Scientific and Engineering Unit

Additional information on Plan A and Banked Leave Time

An employee can still participate in Plan A or Plan C. The only difference is that according to the IRS, the employee must deplete their BLT hours before recording the unpaid hours as Plan A or Plan C. For example, if an employee is only working 64 hours and taking 16 hours of Plan A per pay period, the first pay period BLT goes into effect, the employee would enter 64 hours of regular work and 16 hours of Plan A time. Two hours of the 64 will be banked and the remaining 62 hours will be paid. The next pay period, since BLT would have to be depleted before recording Plan A hours, the employee who is taking 16 hours of Plan A would record 64 hours of regular, 2 hours of BLT and 14 hours of Plan A leave. The employee would be paid for 62 of the 64 hours (two hours are banked) and the 2 hours of BLT for a total of 64 hours in the pay period.

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SEIU Challenges Major Changes Made by State Retirement Board for Dependent Care Coverage

Please read the response from Phil Stoddard, Director of the Office of Retirement Services concerning health care coverage for dependents under the state retirement system.

 ORS Dependent Health Care Letter

We will keep you posted as this issue unfolds.

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DELEG Board Position Open

November 6, 2009

No-one from the Department of Energy Labor and Economic Growth ran for the Scientific and Engineering Board position. The Board can appoint a member to fill this vacant position. Please notify Cindy Mason at cmason@seiu517m.org if you are interested in serving in this capacity. Thank you.

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New Seniority List Available

October 29, 2009

A new Scientific and Engineering Unit Seniority List is available.

 H21 Seniority List 10-17-09

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