Paid Time Off
How do you qualify,
and how to access paid time off.
you earn 16 hours of paid time off
for a total of 32 hours per year.
You may accumulate your earned
paid time off from each year
of the contract (2005-
| 2007), but if you have
F not used the balance by
06-30-07, you will lose it.
substitute caregiver for your client,
any assistance you can provide to
your client and the case manager in
locating a replacement caregiver for
you while you are gone will be
appreciated. Replacement care
givers can be either paid caregivers
with an active provider number, or a
volunteer who is not paid. In either
case, it must be someone who meets
your client's approval.
If you and your client are unable to
find a replacement caregiver, it is the
program manager's responsibility to
assist. If you encounter barriers to
accessing your paid time off, please
contact your union steward or
organizer. Paid time off is an impor
tant benefit and we want to make
sure we have the ability to access it.
Here's how it works:
24-hour Caregivers earn
24 hours of paid time off per month
for a total of 144 hours a year. This
paid time off is not subject to the
"use it or lose it" provisions for
hourly caregivers, but you cannot
accumulate more than 144 hours
total. Once you hit that cap, you
must take time off or lose any
additional earned time off.
For Hourly Caregivers: If you work
at least 80 hours in April, May or
June of any year you earn 16 hours
of paid time off. Additionally, if you
work 80 hours in November,
December or January of any year,
How to Access Your Paid Time
Off: You must arrange and prior-
authorize paid time off with your
client and notify your client(s) case
manager(s). While it is not your
responsibility to arrange for a
You can go to our web site at
www.seiu503.org to access a full
copy of the 2005-2007 Homecare
Contract. Paid Time Off is located
in Article 16.
Recognizing how important it is for
caregivers to take care of ourselves,
the homecare bargaining team
increased the total number of days
off per year from 1 to 4 days in our
current contract.
Homecare Leadership sets Ambitious Goals for 2005-2007
by Steve Shumate
When home
care leaders
met in
September
to evaluate
our progress
and set our
goals for the
next two
.
years,
one
Steve Shumate
7, .
thing was
clear, everything we've accom
plished has been because homecare
workers have made contributions,
from joining the union, registering
‘Dignity
to vote, contributing to CAPE,
lobbying at the legislature,
writing letters, making phone calls,
attending local meetings and
phone banks. To all who have lent
a hand, thank you! You made a
difference.
In the next two years, we want to
build on our successes and invite
you to be a part of strengthening
our union and our power to stand
up for our clients and ourselves.
Our goals include: increasing our
membership, voter registration and
CAPE contributors, training new
stewards and strengthening our
relationships with coalition
partners. Join the union. Join
CAPE. Register to Vote. Attend
a local homecare meeting to learn
more about our union and how
you can join together with your
co-workers in helping to make a
difference. We all have a gift, a
talent that will help us help
each other.