Aflac Group Enrollment is Open!
The FY18 Group Aflac enrollment period is open and goes until June 30. The Group Aflac enrollment website (www.Aflac.com/SDMEA) is also open and all three plans (Group Accident, Critical Illness and Group Hospital) are available with guaranteed issue to all eligible employees. What is Aflac? Aflac is supplemental insurance that provides you and your family with cash in your time […]
Read more >>Reminder: MEA’s Supplemental Tuition Reimbursement Program
We want to remind all members about MEA’s Supplemental Tuition Reimbursement Program, aimed at assisting our members with the costs of continuing education tuition and training. The purpose of MEA’s Supplemental Tuition Reimbursement Plan is to augment the City’s current tuition reimbursement program, which limits reimbursement to $2,000 per fiscal year for tuition or job-related training and certification. Under MEA’s […]
Read more >>Court of Appeals Prop B Ruling Reverses PERB
Today the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in the Prop B case declaring that the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) got it wrong and that no meet and confer obligation under state law ever arose in connection with these drastic changes to pensions and compensation for City employees hired on or after July 20, 2012. In a […]
Read more >>Aflac Group Hospital Plan “The Most Comprehensive Group Aflac Plan”
If you’ve ever been hospitalized due to an illness or injury, getting well should be your main focus. Your major medical insurance tends to cover many of the medical expenses related to a hospital stay, surgery, an emergency room or doctor office visit. Yet even with a great health insurance plan, you may be left with out-of-pocket expenses or lost […]
Read more >>Managing Hypertension at Home
The CDC estimates that about 1 in 3 U.S. adults — or about 75 million people — have high blood pressure (HBP), also known as hypertension. Only about half of these people have their hypertension under control. This common condition increases the risk for heart disease and stroke which are two of the leading causes of death for Americans. Because […]
Read more >>City’s Employee Satisfaction Survey Reminder
Have you had a chance to participate in the City’s Employee Satisfaction Survey yet? The deadline to participate is this Friday, March 24. This is the first time ever, or at least in a long time, that City leadership has given the Voice of the Employee an opportunity to be heard. Don’t miss this chance to tell the Mayor and […]
Read more >>MEA Letter of Support for California Senate Bill 362
MEA has sent a letter to California State Senator Cathleen Galgiani in support of Senate Bill 362. SB 362 would provide City of San Diego Code Enforcement Officers DMV confidentiality, meaning that individuals could not access a Code Enforcement Officer’s home address through DMV records. Although MEA has previously sought confidentiality for our Code Enforcement Officers, the City has been […]
Read more >>MEA Negotiating Team Election—Call for Nominations
It is time to elect a new MEA Negotiating Team. This is your opportunity to directly participate in one of the most important activities of MEA—negotiating the contracts that affect your wages, benefits and the overall quality of your work life. What is the Negotiating Team? The MEA Negotiating Team is made up of three representatives from each of the […]
Read more >>Special Salary Adjustment (SSA) Application Process – Deadline Approaching!
MEA’s current four-year labor contract includes across-the-board flex and salary increases that apply to all MEA-represented job classifications. In addition, a number of previously approved classification-specific “Special Salary Adjustments” (SSAs) were included to become effective on July 1, 2018. MEA’s contract includes a process whereby additional SSAs that are recommended by the City’s Civil Service Commission in FY 2017 or 2018 can […]
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