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News
Weather emergency grievance update
April
18 , 2005 - Due to the large numbers of grievances filed
over the weather emergency this winter, the process is taking much
longer than expected. OCSEA received hundreds and hundreds of grievances—many
more than anticipated.
Although the process will take some time, progress
has begun. A state employee has been hired and has been inputting
the information on each of the grievances, according to Herman
Whitter, Assistant General Counsel.
“Just entering the information is a slow
and tedious process, because there are so many cases,” said
Whitter. “Then the grievances have to be divided up according
to scenarios, a task that is also expected to take time.”
After all the grievances have been categorized,
the OCSEA attorneys will then meet to make an assessment.
Because of their large numbers, it could be the
end of summer before an evaluation is made on the grievances.
The Article 13.15 class
action grievance seeks appropriate compensation for affected state
employees.
If you have questions, please
call OCSEA at 614-865-4700 or 800-969-4702.
Please share the UBBN
posting 
on the weather grievance with your co-workers.
Article 13.15 -
Emergency Leave states:
Employees directed not to report
to work or sent home due to weather conditions or another
emergency shall be granted leave with pay at regular rate
for their scheduled work hours during the duration of the emergency.
Employees required to report to
work or required to stay at work during such emergency
shall receive pay at time and one-half (1 1/2)
for hours worked during the emergency.
Any overtime worked during
an emergency shall be paid at double time.
An emergency shall be considered to exist
when declared by the Employer, for the county, area or
facility where an employee lives or works. For the purpose
of this Section, an emergency shall not be considered to be an
occurrence which is normal or reasonably foreseeable to the place
of employment and/or position description of the employee.
Essential employees shall
be required to work during emergencies. Essential
employees who do not report as required during an emergency must
show cause that they were prevented from reporting because of
the emergency.
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