TEXT-MESSAGE ALERT SYSTEM

Essex County continuously strives to ensure the wellbeing of its constituents. The Text-Message Alert System is a quick and easy way for employees to immediately receive emergency notifications and vital warnings such as health and safety emergencies and College closings due to inclement weather or catastrophic events.

The College strongly encourages you to subscribe to this service to receive timely information as soon as it becomes available. If you have not already subscribed or if you need to update your telephone number, please follow the instructions below:

To Subscribe to the Text-Message Alert System:

1. Log onto MyECC portal at http://myecc.essex.edu

2. Once logged in, locate the 'Sign Up for ECC Text-Message Emergency Alerts' portlet on your portal home screen.

3. Enter your cell phone number; choose your cell provider from the drop-down menu; then select 'Subscribe'

4. Press the 'submit' button Essex County College works vigilantly to protect our community, but this effort requires your participation.

DON'T DELAY - Subscribe to receive text message alerts today!

For Activation Problems contact:  helpdesk@essex.edu  ph.(973) 877-3582

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Leaders of the unions in the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) on Friday filed a State Prohibitive Practice (SPP) charge with the Connecticut Board of Labor Relations. At issue is the State’s offer to certain employees the ability to retire with 25 years of service regardless of age. The State made that offer without notice to or bargaining with SEBAC — and without making it available to the vast majority of the state’s workforce.

Union leaders are responding to news reports that thousands of appointed officials, managers, and top agency officials would receive upwards of $7 million in longevity bonuses in October. The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) is filing a grievance on behalf of the front-line members of its constituent unions for allowing the payments to go forward.

Members who qualify for an October longevity payment should consult the chart to find the payment's value. All subsequent longevity payments will be at full value. Click here to download the current table.

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Additional Resources

Additional Resources

PFT Teacher of the Month Application

There are only 2 reasons classified employees can be laid off: "lack of work" and "lack of funds."

If you are laid off, the district is required by law to give you 45 days notice. The law also mandates that layoffs occur by seniority within a single classification on a district-wide basis. In most cases, the last hired is the first laid off within a classification. Our contract determines seniority by date of hire.

If the district eliminates positions and lays off employees, it may try to shift their duties to other employees. However, there are restrictions that govern what the employer can do as far as transferring duties to other employees. If you are asked to take on the work of a laid-off employee, talk to a BCCE representative immediately.

Districts are prohibited from laying off a classified employee whenever a short-term employee is doing work that the classified employee is qualified to do. However, this law does not apply to short-term workers hired for 45 days or less (their short-term service cannot be extended or renewed).

This tip sheet should help answer most of your questions about layoffs and your reemployment rights.  If you still have questions after reading this tip sheet, read Article 14 Layoffs of our contract or contact a union representative.