Federation of State Cultural & Educational Professionals

Group Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance Coverage

Just one of the benefits of belonging. AFT and FOSCEP Local 2382 together provide $5,000 insurance coverage in the case of your accidental death or dismemberment in an accident. All AFT members – active and retired – are covered. And for active members, the coverage doubles if the accident occurs on the job. There is no cost to members for this coverage. MORE

New Paid Parental Leave Program

FOSCEP Brothers and Sisters,

In accordance with the Governor’s announcement on August 25, 2020, the Commonwealth is instituting a Paid Parental Leave program, to be effective October 15, 2020 for those employees who work in agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction, in accordance with the following parameters:

Up to six (6) weeks of Paid Parental Leave may be utilized by full-time (225/240 hours) or part-time (prorated based on regular hours worked) permanent employees who have been continuously employed by the Commonwealth for the immediate twelve (12) months preceding a qualifying event and

Sick Family Leave - Five (5) Day Cap Modification

FOSCEP Brothers and Sisters,

Due to the current state of emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic, the Commonwealth is temporarily increasing the five (5) day limitation on Sick Family Leave usage in each calendar year to a fifteen (15) day limitation on Sick Family Leave usage within a calendar year.

This modification will retroactively take effect March 30, 2020 and will expire with the expiration of the Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency or the end of the current calendar year whichever occurs sooner.

Upon expiration of this modification, the temporary increase to fifteen (15)

Right to Know Request and Appeal Withdrawn

On June 17, 2020, the Office of Administration sent you a notice about a Right to Know Law request and appeal filed by Ben Straka of the Freedom Foundation, in which he was seeking the middle names and day and month of birth for commonwealth employees.

Mr. Straka withdrew his appeal (OOR AP#2020-0571) in the Office of Open Records. As a result, the Office of Administration’s denial of employee middle names and day and month of birth will stand, and no further action is required to prevent the disclosure of this information to Mr. Straka.

ATTENTION TELEWORKING AND FRONT LINE MEMBERS

AFT is now offering an additional benefit of trauma counseling.

We’re very excited about this new benefit and hope you are too. If you have any questions about this or other benefit programs, please contact AFT National at aftplus@aft.org. Thank you.

Tina Weaver
President, FOSCEP Local 2382

Cancellation of 7 Pay Period Deadline for Use of Excess Annual Leave

FOSCEP Brothers and Sisters,

Please read the note below forwarded to us by OA regarding excess annual leave:

Commonwealth employees represented by your organization have the ability to carry-over unused Annual Leave from year-to-year subject to a defined maximum outlined in your collective bargaining agreement (CBA)/memorandum of understanding (MOU).

If an employee is unable to utilize such excess leave by the end of the year, they are automatically granted an extension of seven (7) pay periods into the next year to utilize such excess leave. The current deadlines associated with this seven (7)