{"id":3911,"date":"2021-06-28T10:49:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:49:41","slug":"telecommuting-update-telecommuting-request-document%e2%80%8b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2021\/06\/28\/telecommuting-update-telecommuting-request-document%e2%80%8b\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecommuting Update &#8211; Telecommuting Request Document\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 18, GOERS released guidance for all New York State \u201cAgencies and Authorities.\u201d&nbsp; The guidance related to the upcoming July 2 expiration of the current Telecommuting Pilot Program AND (more importantly) granted Agencies and Authorities the power to develop their own, individualized, telecommuting programs.&nbsp; The Agencies and Authorities have been given until July 31, 2021 to submit their own specific telecommuting programs to GOER for review\/approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Agency and Authority-specific telecommuting programs are to address the following situations \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Requests for reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the New York State Human Rights Laws.<\/li><li>Temporary COVID19 specific accommodations for employee issues (child and elder care) that are outside the scope of ADA\/HRLs \u2026 where reasonable and do not adversely impact agency or authority operations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the UUP Presidents Retreat&nbsp;held last week, we were told that&nbsp;members can apply NOW for access to these telecommuting benefits \u2026 even though the agency-specific plans have not yet been created, submitted, or approved.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that guidance provided by the UUP leadership, attached is a&nbsp;\u201cdraft\u201d telecommuting request document which you may use as an&nbsp;attempt to secure telecommuting benefits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be clear, the authority that has been granted to Agencies and Authorities is not likely to be permanent.&nbsp; For example, the GOER guidance &nbsp;issued on June 18 indicates that the COVID 19-telecommuting flexibility related to child and elder care will only continue through September 7, 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, UUP would like to know if there are areas&nbsp;where&nbsp;blanket&nbsp;refusal\u2019s to consider telecommuting requests for the categories referenced above are being issued.&nbsp; UUP believes that reporting the blanket denials to the Chancellor and GOER will result in corrective, follow-up action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Solidarity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken Kern<br>Chapter President<br>UUP Buffalo Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telecommuting Request Document can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1jsOAZYDUa4Yu9lkbraTd3O0M_LWhryCF\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues, On June 18, GOERS released guidance for all New York State \u201cAgencies and Authorities.\u201d&nbsp; The guidance related to the upcoming July 2 expiration of the current Telecommuting Pilot Program AND (more importantly) granted Agencies and Authorities the power to develop their own, individualized, telecommuting programs.&nbsp; 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