The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), states that your time in PAID Leave status counts as “Hours of Work”. So if you have 8 hours of Annual Leave you have a sufficient number of hours to work overtime, or you can work 6 hours (regular time), use 2 hours Leave (annual/credit) and work 2 hours overtime.
REFERENCES:
5CFR 551.401 Hours of Work
5CFR 551.501 Overtime Pay
NOTE: However, you can only work Credit Hours after you have worked an 8 hour day.
KNOW YOUR CONTRACT!
Article 31, Section 3. G. Employees with Mobility Impairments
During emergency conditions, employees with disabilities, whether temporary or permanent impairments, may be unable to report to work. Management may grant excused absences even when their respective office is open.
Other Weather Delays or Absences..
Employees who are union representatives use official time to help address labor-management issues, and to aid employees in cases of alleged discrimination or retaliation, and disciplinary actions. Critics charge that official time is too expensive, while labor groups maintain that it saves time and money by avoiding litigation and time-consuming procedural avenues for settling disputes.
“Federal unions are legally required to provide full representation to all members of a bargaining unit, whether or not the worker elects to pay voluntary union dues,” Junemann wrote. “In exchange for being forced to provide representation to dues payers and non-dues payers alike, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 permits federal unions to bargain official time arrangements to the mutual benefit of labor and management.”
RALLY on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5
WHERE: CORNER OF MADISON AND JEFFERSON
WHEN: Noon to 1:00pm
Help us distribute flyers to passers-by!
SEND A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS:
NO CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC NEEDS
Download the entire flyer 12/05/2012 rally.
SSA Bargaining Unit employees should see a increase in their transit cards today as the new ratified contract goes into effect.
Sick Leave counseling should be for a leave PATTERN per Article 31 of the AFGE/SSA National Agreement below. A pattern is when you continually do the same thing, i.e. calling in sick every Monday. A pattern is not using all of your leave when you are sick. The agency should not be counseling on your leave BALANCE.
The Social Security Administration and its largest union, the American Federation of Government Employees, have signed off on a final contract, capping more than two years of tough negotiations.
|
YES
|
NO
|
ABSTAIN
|
|
| PSC |
145
|
2
|
1
|
| FO |
173
|
2
|
1
|
| ODAR |
177
|
1
|
1
|
| OQP |
10
|
0
|
0
|
| TOTAL |
505
|
5
|
3
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After 27 months of intensive hard labor the goal of a new contract has finally been achieved.
What we need you the Union Member to do is “VOTE”, to ratify (approve) or not ratify (deny) the new contract.
This ratification vote must be completed by June 12, 2012. Information on how to VOTE will be attached.
You can see the New Contract on www.mycontract2009.org under “Contract for Ratification”.
[ Contract Changes ] [ Contract Flyer ] [ Ratification Ballot ]
Ruling
Arbitrator Charles Feigenbaum ordered the agency to discontinue using its Internal Vacancies on-Line program, IVOL, except that the agency could continue to announce vacancies online and accept paper or electronic SSA-45 forms. The arbitrator ordered that all current openings be re-announced in accordance with his decision. (more…)
