• Enrollment opened Nov. 1 for Dependent Care benefit

    Enrollment opened Nov. 1 for Dependent Care benefit

    November 15, 2024 — If you pay for childcare, elder care, or disabled dependent care, you may be able to set aside pre-tax money in a Dependent Care Advantage Account...

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  • Kudos to hurricane volunteers from PEF

    Kudos to hurricane volunteers from PEF

    October 2017 — PEF President Wayne Spence knows firsthand what it is like to survive the wrath of Mother Nature. On October 29, 2012, Super Storm Sandy made his home...

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  • Don’t leave money on the table: Unsatisfactory performance evaluations can be appealed

    Don’t leave money on the table: Unsatisfactory performance evaluations can be appealed

    October 29, 2024 — If you receive an unsatisfactory rating on your year-end performance evaluation, and you feel it was unfair, inaccurate, or the process was not properly followed, you...

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  • Extra accruals? PEP might be for you!

    Extra accruals? PEP might be for you!

    October 29, 2024 — If you have extra accruals consider using them to help pay your health insurance premium by taking advantage of the Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP).   PEP...

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  • Don’t leave these valuable contractual benefits on the table!

    Don’t leave these valuable contractual benefits on the table!

    October 30, 2024 — As a PEF member, there are several pre-tax benefits you may be eligible for, including the Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAA), the Health Care Spending Account...

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  • Six new Executive Board seats filled in October Special Election

    Six new Executive Board seats filled in October Special Election

    October 29, 2024 — Six seats in the October 2024 Special Election for PEF’s Executive Board have been filled. Balloting is required for four additional contested seats. Additionally, five seats...

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  • After donating kidney, ITS member Jacques Goulet is spreading awareness of living donation 

    After donating kidney, ITS member Jacques Goulet is spreading awareness of living donation 

    October 29, 2024 — For years, PEF member Jacques Goulet has been a regular blood donor, but he never considered he could do more until he came across a Facebook...

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  • Hundreds turn out for Region 6 appreciation day

    Hundreds turn out for Region 6 appreciation day

    October 29, 2024 — PEF Region 6 — comprising members who work in  Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, and Oneida counties — had a record turnout for its Member...

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  • PEF gives back to community at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo

    PEF gives back to community at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo

    October 29, 2024 — More than two years after the mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo that killed 10 people, the community is still looking for answers and...

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