Access EBF on the go! Are you using a mobile device with Internet access? The CSEA Employee Benefit Fund’s (EBF) website, cseaebf.com, is now optimized for mobile use. If you are at a dental or eye appointment and need your EBF ID Number, you can look it up simply by using the “Look up your EBF ID number” tool. You can even have a new ID card sent to you. You can also search for participating providers, download your plan description and claim forms or chat live with an EBF customer service representative. All of these features continue to be available on the cseaebf.com desktop site, which features more information about your benefits than the mobile site, which is designed primarily to allow CSEA EBF members to access the most commonly requested information while on the go. EBF has seen a large increase in visitors to its website, largely because of the increased use of mobile devices. “In order to meet the demands of changing times, we need to use technology to better serve our members,” CSEA President and EBF Chairman Danny Donohue said. “This new mobile service will better position the EBF to meet that challenge. We are proud of the quality of our benefits. This is just one more way of demonstrating that we continually strive to improve services to help our members.” If you don’t have access to a computer or mobile device, you can still have questions answered about your EBF benefits through the fund’s customer service staff. Call (800) 323- 2732 to speak with a representative. Summary of April Board of Directors meeting Editor’s Note: The Work Force publishes a summary of actions taken by CSEA’s Board of Directors. The summary is prepared by CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley for union members. ALBANY— CSEA’s statewide Board of Directors met on April 23, 2015, in official business the board: • Confirmed the appointment of new Board members Kimberly Teta (State Department), Frederick Hidde (Montgomery County), Stephen Delair (Mental Hygiene-Region 5) and Donna Anastasio (Seneca County). • Approved the resolution to amend the Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. pension plan and Amendment #4 as written in the April 23, 2015 Statewide Treasurer’s Report to the Board of Directors. • Approved for Local 836 to enter into a lease agreement at 3 Coates Drive, Suite 1A, Goshen, N.Y. 10924. • Approved the Standing Legal Committee Report of April 23, 2015. • Approved the proposed 2015- 2016 election schedule for the CSEA Statewide Officers, Region Officers, Statewide Board of Directors and AFSCME Delegates. • Approved the American Arbitration Association as the independent agency for the 2016 combined elections. • Approved to create the position of a Private Sector Specialist, FSA Grade 15/18/20. • Approved to settle the variance between actual and budgeted expenses for the two years ended Sept. 30, 2013, a transfer of funds from the insurance fund to the general fund. • Approved the appointment of Shelia Conroy (Local 429) and Jamel Harewood (Local 460) to the Region 2 Political Action Committee; Lester Cole (Local 999), Vicky Miller (Local 801) and Hope Sherman (Local 690) to the Region 4 Political Action Committee; Barry Richards (Local 414) to the Region 5 Political Action Committee and Clara Forbes (Local 420), Karen Howell (Local 436), Renora James (Local 100A) and Laurence Pelz (Local 607) to the Region 6 Political Action Committee. • Approved to place the audit services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers out to bid since the audit firm no longer has physical presence in Albany. • Approved the dissolution of CSEA Work Institute. The CSEA Work Institute will continue its mission providing grant opportunities to CSEA membership under the CSEA corporate umbrella. This change will yield cost savings to be administratively less burdensome. • Approved a permanent Charter to CSEA Local 775, Golden Hill Nursing Home (109 employees – Region 3), CSEA Local 778, Van Duyn Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing (158 employees – Region 5), CSEA Local 782, Focus Otsego Nursing Home (95 employees – Region 5), CSEA Local 774, Sodexo at Wayne County Nursing Home (42 Employees – Region 6), CSEA Local 784, Comprehensive Health Care (The Villages at Orleans) (70 Employees – Region 6) and CSEA Local 780, Ontario Centers for Specialty Care (20 employees – Region 6). • Approved to dissolve CSEA Local 168 – Mount McGregor Correctional Facility (Region 4) and CSEA Local 190 – Butler Correctional Facility (Region 6). Questions concerning the summary should be directed to Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, CSEA Headquarters, 143 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12210 (800) 342-4146 ext. 1253 or (518) 257-1253. Berkley June 2015 The Work Force 17
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