UUP Buffalo CenterDear Colleagues, SUNY students are invited to apply for annual scholarships of $3,000 offered by United University Professions, the union representing academic and professional faculty of the State University of New York. The application deadline for the UUP College Scholarship Fund scholarships is March 1, 2021. Applications are on UUP’s website, at www.uupinfo.org/awards. Through its College […]
Dear Colleagues, Recently, the Chapter was informed of a message sent by a supervisor which included the following: 1. “All contractual increases (across-the boards, discretionary and compression) are currently paused.“ and 2. “If an employee wishes to submit a self-nomination they are welcome to do so but it is not required nor is there a October 30th deadline.” While […]
Dear Colleagues, Just a reminder on important upcoming dates for your Union negotiated benefits: Flex Spending Open Enrollment Period: Nov. 2-30, 2020 PEP Enrollment Period: Nov. 2-30, 2020 PTCP Election Period 2021: This program allows your Health insurance premiums to be deducted from your paycheck before taxes are withheld, date to be announced. Option Transfer Information […]
Dear Colleagues, The following remains the latest information we have with regards to the 2020 Discretionary Salary Increase (Non-Compression) process. As of this time, there has been no discussion of any postponement of this negotiated benefit. While the distributions of these funds are subject to the administrations discretion, members may nominate themselves for consideration into a portion of […]
Dear Colleagues, The following is the latest information we have with regards to the 2020 Discretionary Salary Increase (Non-Compression) process. As of this time, there has been no discussion of any postponement of this negotiated benefit. While the distributions of these funds are subject to the administrations discretion, members may nominate themselves for consideration into a portion […]
Dear Colleagues, UUP Central has been checking every couple of days and it looks like the Drescher applications for Spring 21 are finally up with a September 1 deadline: https://goer.ny.gov/grant-opportunities In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center
Dear UUP represented employees, There are a few items I wanted to make you aware of, please share widely. TELEMEDICINE UPDATE Effective May 16, 2020 Empire Plan enrollees who use LiveHealth Online, our telemedicine program, will no longer need to enter the coupon code. Instead, when scheduling a visit, they will need to enter their […]
Please see the following benefit update from your Statewide Secretary/Treasurer Jeri O’Bryan-Losse: Hello all,Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline to submit 2019 claims for the Health Care Spending Account (HCSA) and Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAA) has been extended to May 31, 2020. The deadline was previously extended to April 30, 2020. Employees who are enrolled […]
Dear UUP Members – We have two members only benefit announcements we would like to share.Special Enrollment for MetLife Legal Plans During uncertain times we know that now more than ever our members are concerned about their health and personal finances. We want to help our members navigate these challenging times by allowing a special enrollment […]
Colleagues, Please see this important message from Amy Myszka, Director, UB Human Resources – Benefits. In solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center——————————————————————————————————————– Greetings, We are writing to remind state UUP employees to select their holiday pay option by May 15, 2020. State employees represented by United University Professions (UUP) who are eligible to observe holidays can declare their preference for […]