All,

 

I hope you are all having a good week.  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE CHECKING THE LINE VACANCIES AND INDICATING WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT IT.  We are currently working on the plan for April’s line.  I will let you know when I know more.

 

Possible LMT Trip

I’ve been told there might be a little extra money in this year’s budget for a trip to LMT.  If this does happen, the people that go will be those that were selected to go last time when it fell through.

 

EAP

I recently learned that EAP is actually something we can safely use.  They provide financial and legal advice as well as many other services.  When I came into the Agency I was taught never to use the Agency’s programs because I was told “never tell the agency something is wrong with you if you don’t have to.”  That has since changed and the EAP is co sponsored with NATCA and confidential (unless you are a harm to yourself or others).  You probably all learned this in IST like I did but here is the link if you decide to use it:

Magellanhealth.com/member

 

Shift Change Request Reminder

Remember that shift changes for an entire pay period can be done 28 days before the first day of that pay period.  So the actual day of the request could be 40 days out but as long as it is within 4 weeks of the Sunday that starts the pay period, it is legit.  A simpler way to look at it is that at midnight on Saturday night/Sunday morning is the first second that you can put in a request for a pay period that is two ahead.

 

Schedule Issues

If you come across a schedule issue and it is something that the FLM can easily fix, feel free to pursue it yourself.  However, if you do not get the answer that you want, please let me know and I will deal with them.  This is easier than beating your head against a wall with certain FLMs.

 

I'm on Leave

I will be on leave until 3/21 but I will be pretty accessible.  I’ll be in Denver on 3/14 and 3/15 for the Regional Preconvention Meeting and then I’ll be off to Chicago to celebrate 34 years of not dying by drinking green beer and puking in a green river.

 

 

In Solidarity,

 

Drew