出版日期:7月15,2020

Earlier this week, SEIU 503 joined the leaders of Oregon's 7 public universities to send a letter to Oregon Governor Kate Brown calling for unemployment insurance protections for higher education workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.本周早些时候,SEIU XNUMX与俄勒冈州XNUMX所公立大学的领导人一起致信俄勒冈州州长凯特·布朗,呼吁因COVID-XNUMX大流行而为高等教育工作者提供失业保险。 The letter asks the Governor to work with the Employment Department to extend unemployment insurance eligibility and increase access to accrued leave during Work Share for higher education workers.这封信要求总督与就业部合作,以扩大失业保险的资格,并增加高等教育工作者在“工作共享”期间获得应计休假的机会。

Oregon state law prohibits education workers from receiving unemployment benefits during established vacation or holiday periods, but many 12-month higher education workers who would have been working through the summer recess are being rejected because of an incorrect interpretation of the law.俄勒冈州的法律禁止教育工作者在既定的假期或假日期间领取失业救济金,但是由于对法律的错误理解,许多本应在夏季休假期间工作的XNUMX个月的高等教育工作者被拒绝了。 Our letter asks the Governor to allow the Employment Department to receive lists from educational institutions identifying which employees would be employed during the summer if not for the pandemic and to continue UI benefits for employees on that list.我们的信要求总督允许就业部从教育机构收到清单,以确认如果不是大流行,夏季将雇用哪些雇员,并继续为该清单上的雇员提供UI福利。 We also call for retroactive benefits for higher education workers whose claims are denied but don't return to work after the summer recess.我们还呼吁对要求拒绝但在夏季休假后不返回工作的高等教育工作者提供追溯福利。

“工作共享”计划要求工人“可以上班”。 The Employment Department interprets this requirement to mean that workers taking sick or vacation leave are not available for work and ineligible for Work Share.就业部将这一要求解释为意味着,请病假或休假的工人无法上班并且没有工作分担的资格。 In addition to encouraging workers to come to work sick during a pandemic or lose Work Share benefits, this policy also ignores recent guidance from the Oregon Health Authority and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission requiring universities to “review and revise where necessary sick-leave and absentee policies to minimize any incentives to work while ill.”除了鼓励工人在大流行期间生病或失去工作份额福利外,该政策还忽略了俄勒冈州卫生局和高等教育协调委员会最近的指导,要求大学“在必要时审查和修订病假和缺勤”。减少患病工作的激励政策。” Universities can't effectively change policies in accordance with this mandate if the Employment Department does not adopt a similar interpretation of the Work Share requirement.如果就业部未对“工作份额”要求采取类似的解释,则大学将无法有效地根据此任务来改变政策。 We ask the Governor to clarify with the Employment Department that people are still eligible for Work Share if they use approved leave.我们要求总督与就业部门澄清,如果人们使用批准的假期,他们仍然有资格获得工作分成。 

The letter to Governor Brown was signed by the Presidents of the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, Oregon Institute of Technology, Portland State University, Eastern Oregon University, Western Oregon University, and Southern Oregon University, as well as SEIU 503 Executive Director Melissa Unger.致俄勒冈州长的信是由俄勒冈大学,俄勒冈州立大学,俄勒冈理工学院,波特兰州立大学,东部俄勒冈大学,西俄勒冈大学和俄勒冈南部大学的校长以及SEIU XNUMX执行董事梅利莎(Melissa)签署的恩格We'll keep you updated on the Governor's response to our request for relief that will keep campuses, students, and workers safe and not harm the financial stability of higher education workers during the pandemic.我们将为您提供总督对我们的救济请求的最新动态,该救济将使校园,学生和工人安全,并且在大流行期间不会损害高等教育工作者的财务稳定性。