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User guide for overtime waiver managment in DOE Payroll Portal
User guide for overtime waiver managment in DOE Payroll Portal with instructions and screenshots.
Dental HMO Plan
If you elect to receive dental coverage through the Dentcare HMO, the Welfare Fund's Scheduled Benefit Plan is not applicable. Dentcare would provide all covered services.
UFT Provider Retirement Plan
The UFT has developed this program to help family child care providers plan for a financially secure retirement.
Injury Prevention - Workers' Compensation Quick Facts
Guide to Workers' Compensation from the UFT Safety & Health Department
Leaves of absence
Any regularly appointed teacher may apply for a leave of absence. Leaves of absence with partial pay include military leaves and sabbatical leaves for study and for restoration of health.
Welfare Fund Green Apple benefits booklet for in-service members
View or download the Green Apple guide to UFT Welfare Fund health benefits for in-service members and their families.
Disability benefit
In‑service UFT Welfare Fund‑eligible members employed by the DOE have the protection of a short-term disability benefit that provides valuable income when personal illness renders them temporarily unable to work and they are on an approved leave...
D75 Pacing and Assessment Calendar
D75 Pacing Guidance and D75 Pacing and Assessment Calendar are available for schools to pace and prioritize the program structure of lnto Reading based on student needs and goals.
Health benefits open enrollment period is active
The annual open enrollment/transfer period for both in-service employees and retirees is Nov. 1 - Nov. 30. During this period, active DOE employees and retirees may transfer from their current health plan to any other plan for which they are eligible...
How can I change my city health plan and enroll in a different plan?
A Health Benefits Transfer Period for city employees, such as DOE staff, is held once each year, usually in November. During this period, all employees may transfer from their current health plan to any other plan for which they are eligible, or they...
Florida Center’s Day at the University
The Retired Teachers Chapter and the UFT Welfare Fund are proud to present an in-person series of educational, thought-provoking and entertaining lectures as part of the UFT Florida Center’s Day at the University. Please join us for one or all of...
Cost Care program
The Cost Care program allows members and their dependents to obtain medication in a cost-effective manner, while maximizing the resources available to the Fund.
Your retirement timeline
Whether you are a new member, in mid-career or close to retirement, here are steps you can take to learn about your pension benefits and stay on track as you progress down the road to a financially secure retirement.
Your retirement timeline
Whether you are a new member, in mid-career or close to retirement, there are steps you can take to learn about your pension benefits and stay on track as you progress down the road to a financially secure retirement.
Absences
Learn about policies around absences, sick time and additional attendance policies.
Safety and health
Find information about your role as chapter leader in injury in the line of duty situations, school safety planning, environmental safety and health, and renovation and construction projects.
Are there any illnesses for which time off will not be deducted from my sick bank?
Yes. Measles, mumps and chicken pox are childhood diseases that are not deductible from your sick time. Ask your school secretary or UFT chapter leader for an OP 198 application to submit to your principal. Form: http://www.uft.org/files/attachments...
I stopped receiving UFT mail, including the New York Teacher. What do I do?
To find out if we have your correct address on file and to update it if we don’t, the quickest way is to log in to the UFT website and go to "My Account" in the top right corner. From the My Account page, you can access our online change of address...
Eligibility for in-service members
In general, subject to the requirements pertaining to the definition of “covered employees,” members in covered categories are eligible for benefits as long as they are considered in-service.
Changes to Special Education Remote Learning Service Plans
The UFT heard from many members about their frustrations with the paperwork demands created by the Department of Education’s Special Education Remote Learning Service Plan. After relaying those concerns, we were able to convince the DOE to extend the...
A member of my immediate family is graduating and I need the day off. Do I have to use my CAR days to attend?
It depends on the type of ceremony, the location and your job title: Pedagogues and paraprofessionals: One day with principal’s or supervisor’s permission to attend their graduation or that of a parent, child, step-child, spouse or registered...
UFT Staten Island Canasta Tournament
Are you competitive? If so, join your fellow retirees at the UFT Staten Island borough office for our canasta tournament. Register with a partner to become our canasta champ! Please bring your own cards and tray. We’ll have prizes, refreshments and fun. We hope to see you there!
Teachers' Retirement System
For more than a century, the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) has ensured that UFT members and their families have a financially secure future, and today the TRS membership includes more than 200,000 in-service members, retirees and beneficiaries.
Can I opt out of Teacher’s Choice?
If you do not wish to participate in Teacher’s Choice, you should submit a Request for Non-participation (opt-out) form to your school by the deadline indicated for that particular school year.
Mercury
Information about how to prevent and address exposure to mercury.
Measures of Teacher Practice
In the Measures of Teacher Practice component of the teacher evaluation system, teachers engage in a cycle of observation, feedback and reflection with their principal or other evaluator.
Article Sixteen — Leaves
Cumulative Absence Reserves and Sick Leave back to top Teachers on regular appointment reinstated after retirement will be credited with the cumulative reserves remaining to their credit upon retirement and such reserves as they accumulated as...
How do I sign up for UFT text messages?
Simply fill out the online form at www.uft.org/text or type the word " UFT" to number 86366. The UFT uses text messages to convey important information and reminders to members. Please note that this is a one-way form of communication and we are...
I had surgery and now I am being billed for the anesthesia because HIP rejected the claim. Can I file with the Fund for payment?
Yes, the Welfare Fund pays 80 percent of reasonable and customary charges when the benefit is not covered by HIP PRIME for in-service members. To file for payment, you need to complete a Welfare Fund anesthesia claim form and attach an itemized paid...
Military leaves of absence
Employees who are serving in the military or who have family members serving in the military qualify for special leaves of absence.
What to do if your LODI is medically denied
If your LODI request for 20 or more consecutive school days was denied medically (as opposed to administratively) by the doctors at the DOE, you have the option to apply for medical arbitration.