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)

The FOSCEP office is temporarily closed due to the closure of the AFL-CIO Building in downtown Harrisburg. We will update our office status here as soon as the building is reopened.

Click on the following link to access a copy of the 2019-2023 MOU.

Attached is a copy of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for 2019-2023.

We have been notified by the Governor’s Office of Labor Relations that the pay raise has been processed.  You will see your increase and back pay as follows:

If your next scheduled pay date is November 22, 2019, you will receive your raise on the December 6, 2019 paycheck (Zones Z3/T3).

If your next scheduled pay date is November 27, 2019,  you will receive your raise on the December 13, 2019 paycheck (Zones Z1/Z2/T2).

This will include the back pay to July 1, 2019 to coincide with the effective date of our contract.  Thank you for your patience while we negotiated a new contract and completed

The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by both the Commonwealth and FOSCEP and is in the last stage prior to issuance of the pay raises which will be retroactive to July 1, 2019.

The Commonwealth is anticipating 6-8 weeks from November 6th for the raises to take effect.

If you have any questions, please email either foscep.president@gmail.com or foscep@gmail.com.