P3A

P3A BULLETIN

Posted on April 19, 2013 by benphillips

Meeting Schedule

The P3A Executive Council is pleased to announce that Bob Rinker, CSEA/SEIU Local 2001 Executive Director will be joining us for the P3A meetings at the dates and times listed below:

Thursday, April 25, Room MCR3, CSDE Middletown, 12pm;
Tuesday, April 30, Room 307A, CSDE Hartford,11am.

The purpose of the meetings is to respond to retirement questions. If you have other questions, please send an email message to P3A Secretary Marcus Rivera at rivmar905@gmail.com and include “P3A” in the email subject heading. Someone on the P3A Executive Council will respond. The May 9, 2013 meeting at BESB has been cancelled; Bob already presented to sister state worker bargaining units there. All P3A members are welcomed to attend these two April meetings (BESB, BRS, CSDE, DCS and DDS). Please feel free to bring your lunch.

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Option to Retain Grandfathered Normal Retirement Date under SEBAC 2011

By now P3A members for whom the “Grandfathered Normal Retirement Date under SEBAC 2011” option would apply, should have been contacted by their agency’s Human Resources bureau. At CSDE, the Bureau of Human Resources (BHR) has scheduled information sessions on Monday, April 22, 9-10am, Room 307A, and Tuesday, April 23, 9-10am, Room MCR3, CSDE Middletown, for eligible CSDE employees. For CSDE employees with questions, please leave BHR a message at the following mailbox: BHRRetDateOptionSDE@ct.gov.

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P3A Website

A number of items have been posted on the P3A website:

P3A 2013, 2014, and 2015 Pay Tables

P3A Labor Management Committee minutes for meetings

P3A Pay Tables can currently be found here. If you have information for P3A members that would be useful, please send an email message to Marcus at rivmar905@gmail.com for P3A Executive Council review. Please include “P3A” in the email subject heading.

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HEP Chronic Care Bonus

For those active state employees who thought they should have received a HEP Chronic Care Bonus, the Comptroller’s Office has set
up a process for members to report non-payment. Employees should email osc.cthep@po.state.ct.us or call 860.702.3560 (this is a voice mailbox for HEP issues). They should email or leave in the voice mailbox their name, employee ID number, phone number and indicate that they did not receive a HEP payment.

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McCusker Memorial Scholarship Applications

Click Here to Download the 2013 McCusker Scholarship Application

Throughout the 50+ year history of the McCusker Scholarship, CSEA has awarded approximately 1,000 scholarships totaling over $1,000,000.00!We give great thanks to all the CSEA councils, chapters and individuals that have contributed over the years. This year’s McCusker Scholarship application will, for the first time, include an essay question. This year’s essay question will be: “What was the Bread and Roses strike, and how did it benefit working families?” Directions and requirements for submission are on the cover letter of the application. All applications must be in the office by Monday, June 3, 2013, with accompanying materials due by Monday, June 10.

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P3A & CSDE Summer Picnic

The P3A and CSDE Summer Picnic will be held at Nevers Park in South Windsor on Friday, June 7. Please save the date!More information will be shared soon.

State Employees: Prohibited Practice Agreement on the Pre-Age 55 Resolution

Posted on March 13, 2013 by benphillips

Below you will find a stipulated agreement and question and answer leaflet regarding settlement of a prohibited practice charge filed by SEBAC regarding an issue that arose in August 2011. The issue was that some state employees were allowed to retire with 25 or more years of service, but they had not yet reached the age of 55.

Some basic facts:

The class of members are those in State Employees Retirement System only.
The member must have had 25 years of service as of September 1, 2011.
The member must have not reached the age of 55 as of September 1, 2011.
The member must have not retired since September 1, 2011 through an effective date of December 1, 2012.
Members in a hazardous duty retirement classification will not be eligible because they can retire with 20 years of hazardous duty service.
The agreement has strict timeframes.
Some members may have aged into normal retirement, Tier 1 at 55, so that there will no actuarial reduction.
Finally, this is not an early retirement incentive program, but a settlement of a prohibited practice charge. There is no early retirement incentive program.

How to Report HEP Chronic Care Bonus Non-Payment

Posted on February 26, 2013 by benphillips

For those active state employees who thought they should have received a HEP Chronic Care Bonus, the Comptroller’s Office has set up process for members to report non-payment.

Employees should email osc.cthep@po.state.ct.us or call 860-702-3560 (this is a voice mail box for HEP issues). They should email or leave in the voice mailbox their name, employee ID number, phone number and indicate that they did not receive a HEP payment.

P3A Council Meetings

Posted on January 7, 2013 by benphillips

The P3A Executive Council wishes all members a peaceful New Year. The first P3A Council meetings of the New Year will be held in January. A calendar of meetings will be developed soon. Please feel free to attend any of the sessions below as your schedules permit. All meetings have been scheduled at noon so feel free to bring your lunch. No need to RSVP your P3A Council steward.

Wednesday, January 9, Room MCR2, CSDE Middletown, 12pm
Th0ursday, January 10 at the Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind (BESB), 184 Windsor Ave., Windsor, 12pm
Monday, January 14, Room 307A, CSDE Hartford,12pm.

AGENDA

I. Welcome and Introductions
II. President’s Report

a. Communication

b. PSPES Process

c. SEBAC 2011 Agreement

i. Breakpoint retirement calculation
ii. Health Care Contribution effective July 1, 2013
iii. General Wage Increase effective July 1, 2013
iv. Sick Bank

III. Chief Union Steward Report

a. Labor Management Process
b. Grievance Process/Updates

IV. Treasurer’s Report

V. McCusker Scholarship Donation

VI. Picnic

need volunteers
set date

VII. Retirement – General Information

VIII. Q&A

IX. Good and Welfare

X. Adjourn

Attachment F – Actuarial Cost of Maintaining Current Normal Retirement Age Beyond June 30, 2022

Posted on January 3, 2013 by benphillips

The Revised 2011 SEBAC Agreement provided for current employees who retired after July 1, 2022:

Normal Retirement eligibility increases from Age 60 and 25 years of Benefit Service or Age 62 and 10 years of Benefit Service to Age 63 Wage and 25 Years of Benefit Service or Age 65 and 10 years of Benefit Service. This change affects all years of service earned on or after July 1, 2011. By July 1, 2013, current employees may make a one-time irrevocable election to begin paying the actuarial cost of maintaining the normal retirement eligibility that exist in the present plan which is scheduled to change on July 1, 2022. The cost shall be established by the Plan’s actuaries and shall be communicated to employees by the Retirement Division. Such election shall be made on a form acceptable to the Retirement Commission and shall indicate the employee’s election to participate or not to participate. In the event the employee fails to make an election, he/she shall not be eligible to participate. Click Here for the calculator to determine the cost of such service.