Donna Blackwell

Sometimes our fellow coworkers experience life events where they run into severe hardship because they run out of benefits and are unable to work. You can make a huge difference in their lives! Consider donating some vacation so that our coworkers can continue to afford insurance premiums when they need it most. There are many employees needing your help. Some are employees in the MGEC Bargaining Unit. At least one of them has asked us to call your attention to his need. Please follow the instructions below to look into or contribute to this process. Log in to Self Service Portal using ... Read More >>

Employees often ask about traveling for work events or conferences. Sometimes the event or conference starts Monday morning and the employee travels during their off time on the weekend. It is common for the employee and their supervisor to balance the weekend travel time in place of other work time. When the employee travels on their weekend, that often saves the employer money (hotel, meals) and allows them to avoid the less productive time when employees travel on weekdays during the usual work hours. In those situations when the employer won’t work with the employee to balance personal ... Read More >>

Employees denied the Juneteenth Holiday of 2022 shall be allowed an additional floating holiday. This was effective October 4, 2022, but the employer is just getting around to having agency payroll staff enter the additional floating holiday in the payroll system to make it available for employees to use. MMB anticipates that agencies will have added the floating holiday in their system during the November 8th pay period. All eligible employees, who were in employment on June 20, 2022, and covered under this Agreement, shall be eligible for one (1) additional floating holiday which must be ... Read More >>

Employees should have received backpay for periods from 7/1/21 - 6/30/22 and 7/1/22 through the pay period ending 10-25-22. In some cases, employees believe they have found errors in the amount of backpay. In those instances, the employee should contact their payroll staff to address the error. Often, it’s resolved at that level. If there continues to be a discrepancy, contact MGEC for a second opinion or for support in addressing the issue further. ... Read More >>

MMB plans to process the MGEC Range Reassignment for affected job classes the weekend of October 28, effective 10/26/2022 (the first day of the second full pay period following contract ratification, as required by the agreement).  This will place the affected employees on the newly-assigned ranges beginning with the Payroll Period ended 11/8/2022 to be reflected on the paycheck dated 11/18/2022. For more information check out this link on the MGEC website: https://mgec2023.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Range-Reassignment-Notification-to-MGEC-1.pdf Employees who previously ... Read More >>