CWA 1133 Communications Vital Signs

November 2024 Vital Signs

Weather Emergency:

Common Table, Article 39:

Section 2. It is expected that all employees will make every effort to report for work as scheduled despite severe weather conditions which may adversely affect their travel. Catholic Health employees are permitted to travel during a local travel ban by showing their ID badge to law enforcement. The back of each ID badge identifies the employee as essential personnel authorized for emergency travel.

• a. If employees are traveling through municipalities where severe weather or a travel ban exists and are told to return home despite showing law enforcement their ID badge, and are unable to report to work, such employee shall have an excused absence approved.
• b. An employee who reports for work during a weather emergency and who works at least one-half (1/2) of their shift will be paid for the hours that they usually work, even though the employee may have come to work late or was sent home before the end of the shift.
• c. An employee who reports for work during a weather emergency and works less than one-half (1/2) of their shift will be paid only for the hours actually worked.
• d. Employees shall not be paid for remaining scheduled hours if they voluntarily leave early. An employee being paid a portion of a scheduled workday may request the remainder of the day be paid with accrued paid time off (PTO) or take an excused absence without pay.
• e. Accrued sick time may not be used.
• f. Employees unable to report for work must notify their supervisor. Such employees may choose to be paid accrued paid time off (PTO) or take an excused absence without pay.

Please read the rest of the article. Winter is coming.

The ERT will be activated again this year, we are waiting for more information on that.

If you would like to sign up, please visit chsbuffalo.org/ERT.

ERT is voluntary, it is not mandatory.

If a weather emergency happens again this year and you are mandated and your manager is not there, please contact the house supervisor, (please get the name of the supervisor you spoke with).

If there are any emergent situations during the storm, those will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

Bargaining Committee:

MHB RN Bargaining Committee:

Jennifer Williams & Maureen Kryszak

Alternate: Lisa Golab

MHB STC Bargaining Committee:

Jeff Banks & Heather Strellrecht

Alternate: Ray Zygaj

KMH RN Bargaining Committee:

Vanessa Quinn & Gina Willet

Alternate: Dennis Protas

KMH Tech Bargaining Committee:

John Pirrone & Maria Robertson

Reminders:

• Please make sure you are filling out your short staffing forms, this is your protest of assignment!
• If you are interested in communicating information to your unit regarding bargaining updates, please contact Bob Scime at the union hall 716-828- 1133

PTO Buyback:

• MHB RN Article 11, Section 21
• MHB STC Article 10, Section 21
• KMH RN Article 11, Section 19.
• KMH Tech Article 10, Section 18

Full-time and part-time employees are eligible to participate in the PTO buyback program up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) hours as follows:

• a. Eligible employees may elect in December of each year by filling out an irrevocable PTO buyback election form. The form must be submitted by the employee to myhr@chsbuffalo.org or the HR department by December 15th. Forms will be made available to employees no later than December 1st.
• b. Employees’ PTO payout will be made by the end of November of the following year.
• c. Employees shall only be able to receive a cash payout on PTO accrued in that calendar year and as long as the employee has the accrued time in their bank at the time of payout.

E.J. Mays Scholarship:

Congratulations to all of the scholarship winners!

This update was brought to you by the Communications Committee:

This update was brought to you by the Communications Committee: Jamie Banks, Kerri Diebold-Phillips, Kimberly Hayward, Brian Magner, Kevonna Neely, Larry Potts, Rebecca Scime, Sharon Scime, Bonnie Shantz and Jennifer Williams.