From Negotiators Notepad 15-04 June 16th

Implementation
The Company expects to be ready to fully implement the new sick leave items by the end of the year. In the interim, the look back periods for both the verification and medical release thresholds will look back no further than the beginning of the current sick leave year, June 1, 2015. That means any missed work days prior to June 1st will not count toward any thresholds. The 365-day metric will grow from that point as will the 1095-day metric. For example, if the new program is fully implemented on December 1, 2015 the initial look back will only be the number of missed work days since June 1, 2015. It will continue to grow until the 365-day point is reached and then will begin a rolling 365-day look back. The same will occur with the 1095-day metric.


The company originally wanted the 3 year look-back to be retroactive but they have already backed off on this.

So much for the myth of the "Last, best offer." Its called bargaining guys. We are allowed to hold out for more. They came to us for an early deal - they want something. We have leverage.

Scoop