2021 Audited Financial Statements
2021 Audited Financial Statements
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Proposed Constitutional Amendment 2021
The following proposed amendment to Article IX, B, 1 of the PEF Constitution will be presented for ratification to delegates at the 2021 PEF Convention. The amendment was approved by the PEF Executive Board at its August 26 and 27, 2021, meeting for presentation to the Delegates. The amendment would change the required signatures on...
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Reasonable accommodation to continue working at home – RA Denied
Before COVID, Joan Schiener, who lives 55 miles from her office, rented a room in Rochester to continue working at NYSIF. The pandemic changed that arrangement and her room is no longer available. NYSIF wants her back at the office. At 69 years old, the situation is unsustainable and she asked for reasonable accommodation to...
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Work from home – RA Denied
NYSIF determined it would also be a hardship to the agency if Ellen Kurzdorfer, who has permanent hip and back injuries, continued to work from home. The bigger hardship, Kurzdorfer maintains, would be if she were to retire instead in the wake of her RA denial. “They think I’m causing an undue hardship by asking...
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Member with ill child – RA Denied
PEF member Tiffany Sutherland gave birth in April 2020, just as New York was going “on pause” and the state workforce converted to working at home. Her son Slade had health issues from birth, initially nothing she thought would be too concerning. After four months of her planned seven-month maternity leave, Sutherland was able to...
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Member with asthma and hypertension – RA Denied
Linda Romeo’s asthma gets bad enough to require hospitalization. Combined with her hypertension, she is at increased risk of COVID. The poor air quality in Linda Romeo’s office in Watervliet triggers her asthma and she has no doubt the office is poorly equipped to filter the virus. “COVID is aerosolized and the new variants are...
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Pregnant member with doctor’s note – RA Denied
Another approval alternative came down from NYSIF for PEF member Tessa Shanley. Six months pregnant, Shanley received a note from her doctor stating he felt it would be safer for her to continue working from home while pregnant due to the pandemic. Because of limited research on the vaccine’s potential effect on unborn children, she...
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Member with special needs son – RA Denied
To enter first grade, the 5-year-old son of PEF member Kari Merritt must attend summer school five days a week. The requirement is part of his Individualized Education Plan, designed to prevent regression between kindergarten and first grade. There are no childcare programs available to transport her son, even if there were facilities that had...
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NYSIF claims requests for reasonable accommodations are ‘hardship’; members in need left hanging
Sept. 10, 2021 — A mother requested reasonable accommodation to continue telecommuting so she can transport her son with special needs to required summer schooling. Another needs a reasonable accommodation (RA) to care for her son who is fighting a blood disorder. A pregnant member’s doctor recommends she continue telecommuting, but her agency prefers to move her...
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