Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 5:35:35 GMT -6
Public Employees Federation vice president is ordered back to her state job
Albany -- The president of the Public Employees Federation has banished one of the union's vice presidents from its day-to-day operations and told her to return to her state job.
President Wayne Spence told Vice President Nikki Brate he is terminating her union leave, and starting Monday she is to be back at her information technology job at the Department of Financial Services, rather than at PEF headquarters in Latham.
In a letter to Brate on Thursday, Spence said she has "not properly performed" key assignments, and he could not justify paying for her leave time. He told the Governor's Office of Employee Relations her union leave has been ended. Keeping her in full-time leave status, he said, cost PEF $162,906 for annual salary and benefits.
Under state labor agreements, PEF reimburses the state for leave time — the hours state workers spend on union business. That way, the employees can continue to accrue pension credits even while working full time on union matters.
Read more: www.timesunion.com/local/article/PEF-vice-president-is-ordered-back-to-her-state-8324467.php
Albany -- The president of the Public Employees Federation has banished one of the union's vice presidents from its day-to-day operations and told her to return to her state job.
President Wayne Spence told Vice President Nikki Brate he is terminating her union leave, and starting Monday she is to be back at her information technology job at the Department of Financial Services, rather than at PEF headquarters in Latham.
In a letter to Brate on Thursday, Spence said she has "not properly performed" key assignments, and he could not justify paying for her leave time. He told the Governor's Office of Employee Relations her union leave has been ended. Keeping her in full-time leave status, he said, cost PEF $162,906 for annual salary and benefits.
Under state labor agreements, PEF reimburses the state for leave time — the hours state workers spend on union business. That way, the employees can continue to accrue pension credits even while working full time on union matters.
Read more: www.timesunion.com/local/article/PEF-vice-president-is-ordered-back-to-her-state-8324467.php