During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, PEF and the State reached multiple agreements allowing eligible employees to carry over unused vacation accruals that would otherwise have been forfeited on April...
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November 18, 2021 — Among the many physical hazards PEF members face on the job is the additional risk of being charged with abusing or neglecting the individuals they help....
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November 17, 2021 — PEF is moving quickly to help members affected by the state’s plan to close five correctional facilities and a drug-treatment center by March 10, 2022. The...
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November 17, 2021 — Many PEF members continue to face challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, especially fear of returning to increasingly occupied offices. The PS&T contract contains a...
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November 17, 2021 — Health and safety in the workplace is on all of our minds as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our lives. Which is why holding an...
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Danielle Bridger is a Region 8 native, born in Troy, N.Y., and a resident of the Capital District her entire life. As a graduate of Lansingburgh High School, Bridger went...
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November 15, 2021 — The state must hire more mental health nurses and other professionals to meet the mounting demands of New Yorkers throughout the state. But the state can’t...
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In written testimony submitted to the Mental Health Joint Legislative Budget Hearing Committee February 5, President Wayne Spence urged the state to reconsider privatizing public mental health services, facility closures...
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Members who wish to take advantage of the 2022 Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP), which allows members to exchange previously accrued annual leave (vacation) and/or personal leave in return for credit...
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The New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs honored PEF member Evelyn Wilson, a social work assistant at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood, N.Y.,,...
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