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.<\/p>\n
The bigger hardship, Kurzdorfer maintains, would be if she were to retire instead in the wake of her RA denial.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey think I\u2019m causing an undue hardship by asking to stay on and work from home,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m going to create a hardship by retiring. I started in 1990. I have been through all phases of the State Insurance Fund, from when we weren\u2019t even on computers yet. There are so few veteran case managers left.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s crazy,\u201d she said. \u201cI have more than 750 cases since people in our unit retired. If I go, there will only be two people left and they would have to divide that and add it to their caseloads. You would think they would want to keep someone with my years of service and experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
She is as confused and upset as fellow members about the agency\u2019s insistence on returning to the office when telework has been effective.<\/p>\n
\u201cProductivity has increased,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople don\u2019t call in and there is less absenteeism. We\u2019ve been doing it for a year and a half and there has been no hardship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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