NYSHIP RATES & DEADLINES FOR 2019

From attendance issues to staffing shortages, panelists at the Nov. 9, 2018 UUP Fredonia Chapter forum discussed the challenges that Chautauqua County educators are facing.  The eight panelists who met at SUNY Fredonia explored these issues and also discussed ways in which they are currently being addressed or could be addressed in the future.  The Observer…

This past session, Governor Cuomo and the NY State Legislature amended NY State Election Law increasing the amount of time employees can take off from work to vote to three (3) hours of paid time off on the day of an election to vote. Read more.

Know Your Contract Workshop was held at SUNY Fredonia.  The question and answer workshop was attended by 84 Fredonia UUP members.  Presenters were Fred Kowal, Jamie Dangler, Philippe Abraham, and Tara Singer-Blumberg. Here are some questions from Workshop: Q: What is used to calculate Dependent Care Advantage/Flexible Spending Accounts? A: Base salary (available to all…

The LEAD Institute is completely ‘on demand’ with content and instructions all on one page.  Members can now view current workshops at any time and at any location they choose. Just follow the link – https://uuphost.org/leadinstitute/

The 2016-2022 NYS/UUP contract includes an historic agreement to establish four annual salary pools, each 0.5% of the total basic annual salaries at each campus, for distribution to eligible UUP-represented employees to address salary compression and inversion. Read more.

All UUP members qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. You may register through the UUP Events Calendar.