UUP Buffalo CenterDomenic J. Licata is an Instructional Support Technician and Instructor in the Department of Art at the University at Buffalo. His primary areas are Graphic Design and Emerging Practices. He has also worked as an Adjunct Professor of Digital Media at Canisius College, and is the owner of Licata Design, offering photography, graphic design, and consultation services. He holds an Ed.M. in Education and Technology from UB.
Domenic serves as the Buffalo Center Chapter Membership Development Officer and Delegate for Professionals. He is the previous chair (2015–2019) of the UB Professional Staff Senate.
As the university begins to prepare for the fall 2020 semester, department specific plans are being developed. Each Department has to have an approved specific plan that fall in line with the established guidelines of New York State. Members are encouraged to ask to see their department’s approved plan before being asked to return to […]
Recently, members have raised concerns about the employer’s liability and Covid. The attestation form is NOT a waiver of liability, and anytime you are coming in to campus to work you are required to fill it out. The option for an employee who gets sick from work is to file a workers compensation claim. Additional […]
Colleagues, Late yesterday, the Governor extended his order that non-essential employees work from home through May 28th. The new order does modify his earlier order to permit public employers to reopen those activities that are consistent with the reopening phase in their region. What this means is that nearly all of our bargaining unit members […]
The University cannot unilaterally impose a dress code. Dress codes are a term and condition of employment that must be negotiated with UUP before it can be implemented. A dress code is a requirement to wear a specific type of clothing, e.g. you must wear a tie, or khaki pants to work. Another way to […]
UUP offers a medical benefit to UUP members only provided by UNUM through Assist America, that makes active and retired members eligible for medical emergency assistance, when traveling 100 or more miles from home. Services include: Guaranteed hospital admission Emergency medical evacuation to a medical facility Medically supervised return travel to your home Prescription replacement […]
Article 23.4(f)(3) of the UUP Contract permits the College President to require an employee to furnish suitable medical evidence from the employee’s physician at ANY time he or she is absent and using sick leave. Your medical information is confidential and protected by HIPAA. Your supervisor is not entitled to know your medical information, or […]
New York State public sector employees who are members have a statutory right to Union representation at any interrogation that might result in discipline. This right to representation is known as “Weingarten rights” (Weingarten Rights Bill, Ch. 244, L. 2007). This right is documented under Article 19 of the UUP Contract. Interrogations are conducted by Employee […]
Employees who are off work and charging a sick or vacation or holiday accrual have no obligation to perform ANY work. They should not be expected to check emails or answer calls. UUP recognizes UB’s need to staff certain units. Sometimes employees are required to be on-call on contractual holidays. This means that if you […]
If you are on a tenure track line but have not yet received tenure, you should not be asked to undertake substantial administrative tasks. This is stated specifically in the Policies, Procedures, and Criteria for Faculty Personnel Actions Section ll.A. The reason for this, is so that faculty members working towards tenure are allowed a […]
We want to document and stop any “creeping work week” problems you face. Some of our members are concerned that their workload is increasing along with the number of hours it takes for them to get their job done. This usually occurs for one or more of the following reasons: An increase in the number […]