Officers, RA &
Stewards Available
for Lunchtime Meetings
A&R's Officers, Representative Assembly Members and Stewards are
willing to travel to lunchtime meetings anywhere in Connecticut if three
people or more will attend the meeting. Call 953-1316 or 1-800-842-4443 and leave a
message. Please spell your last name and leave your phone number.
Check the Release
You Sign at Your Doctor's Office
A&R's contract
protects members from having to divulge diagnoses to management when
they are out on sick leave for more than five days. All the doctor has
to do is state that you were absent for medical reasons. Make sure that
the medical release form you sign at your doctor's office does not
include "employer" in the list of those people your doctor can
talk to about your medical condition. Your employer can call the doctor
and ask for information if they are included in the release. The Department of
Revenue services has written to doctors asking them to change their
orders and permit workers who were made sick by 25 Sigourney Street,
Hartford, back into the building. Without a release including employer,
any doctor who responds to DRS's request will be violating the privacy
of their patients.
Only HR Staff Can
Correct Seniority List
After we posted the
seniority list on our web site, some members believed the
Union could correct the list. Only your department's human resources
staff can access the on-line Automated Personnel System and correct the
list.
The Office of Labor
Relations knows the list is inaccurate. A letter has been sent to all
agencies asking them to update our layoff seniority list. We'll post the
new list when it's available. (Remember, the entire list is at the mercy
of the slowest and least accurate state agency.)
