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Julie Hittle President [email protected] 857 N. Eastern Ave Las Vegas, NV 89101 www.lvcea.org O: (702) 649-6606 F: (702) 649-2135 MEMBERS’ BULLETIN April 2017 Dear Members: It’s officially spring, and the legislative session continues. As of last week the deadline for new bills has passed, and we made it to this point without any bills that are detrimental to collective bargaining. However, it’s always possible that amendments to bills can occur toward the end of the session, so we are watching this carefully. It’s also time for local elections. The primary was held on Tuesday, April 4. Councilman Stavros Anthony (Ward 4) and Judge Cedric Kerns (Department 5) won their primaries with enough votes to avoid a runoff in June. Judge Susan Roger (Department 2) ran unopposed. There are three races that will be determined in the general election in June: Ward 2 – Councilman Bob Beers (Incumbent) vs. Steve Seroka Ward 6 – Michele Fiore vs. Kelli Ross Department 3 – Judge Heidi Almase (Incumbent) vs. Cara Campbell Speaking of elections, the LVCEA elections are coming up! The positions of Trustee, Treasurer and Vice President will be up for election this year in June, and we will be holding a special training with Jeff Allen, our attorney, for prospective new board members on April 13 at 6pm to discuss the duties and fiduciary responsibilities of the board. If you are thinking of running for a position, but aren’t sure what you’re getting into, please attend. We are also providing in this issue the duties of these positions according to the bylaws. Don’t forget to attend our General Membership Meeting on April 26 – final nominations for the open positions are held at this meeting. If you have any questions regarding the elections, please contact our Elections Chair, Michelle Yaras, at [email protected]. Wishing you and yours a happy and safe Easter, Passover and Spring! Sincerely, Julie
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Julie Hittle
President
857 N. Eastern Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89101
www.lvcea.org
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F: (702) 649-2135
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Dear Members:
It’s officially spring, and the legislative session continues. As of last week the deadline
for new bills has passed, and we made it to this point without any bills that are
detrimental to collective bargaining. However, it’s always possible that amendments to
bills can occur toward the end of the session, so we are watching this carefully.
It’s also time for local elections. The primary was held on Tuesday, April 4.
Councilman Stavros Anthony (Ward 4) and Judge Cedric Kerns (Department 5) won
their primaries with enough votes to avoid a runoff in June. Judge Susan Roger
(Department 2) ran unopposed. There are three races that will be determined in the
general election in June:
Ward 2 – Councilman Bob Beers (Incumbent) vs. Steve Seroka
Ward 6 – Michele Fiore vs. Kelli Ross
Department 3 – Judge Heidi Almase (Incumbent) vs. Cara Campbell
Speaking of elections, the LVCEA elections are coming up! The positions of Trustee,
Treasurer and Vice President will be up for election this year in June, and we will be
holding a special training with Jeff Allen, our attorney, for prospective new board
members on April 13 at 6pm to discuss the duties and fiduciary responsibilities of the
board. If you are thinking of running for a position, but aren’t sure what you’re
getting into, please attend. We are also providing in this issue the duties of these
positions according to the bylaws. Don’t forget to attend our General Membership
Meeting on April 26 – final nominations for the open positions are held at this
meeting.
If you have any questions regarding the elections, please contact our Elections Chair,
Michelle Yaras, at [email protected].
Wishing you and yours a happy and safe Easter, Passover and Spring!
Sincerely,
Julie
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Dereck Hibbler
Trustee
[email protected] 702.806.4650
Julie Hittle
President
702.556.0064
Shawn Bolster
Treasurer
[email protected] 702.787.8136
Marty Toledo
Trustee
[email protected] 702.533.4175
Niki Gomoluh
Trustee
[email protected] 702.561.5495
LVCEA BOARD MEMBERS
LVCEA STAFF AND COUNSEL
Danielle Ottaviano
Office Assistant
Jeffrey Allen
Legal Counsel
Ingrid Friedland
Secretary
702-807.5357
DeAndre Caruthers
Vice President
702.757.8229
Zoya Lindsey
Office Assistant
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FMLA USE AND DISCIPLINE FOR ABUSE
As most everyone knows, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), provides certain protections to
qualified employees who suffer from a serious health condition. As a preliminary matter, a “qualified” employee
is someone who has worked at least 1250 hours for an employer within the past year. A “serious health
condition” means an illness, injury or impairment that involves impatient care or continuing treatment by a health
care provider. “Continuing treatment” means that you have to be incapacitated for a period of more than three
consecutive calendar days and receive treatment by a doctor twice or once with a continuing regimen of care.
This obviously sounds somewhat convoluted (it was probably written by an attorney) but in practice it is fairly
simple. Any injury or illness that lands you in the hospital will be deemed a serious health condition. Also, any
time you are so sick/injured that you are forced to stay home for three consecutive days (and simply get seen by a
doctor such as your family physician) will be deemed a serious health condition. As most people know, if you
obtain certification from a physician that you have a FMLA covered serious health condition, you will be entitled
to twelve weeks per year of unpaid leave. The unpaid part doesn’t do much for you, but it is still helpful because
you get to continue to receive health insurance coverage from your employer while you are on FMLA leave.
Even more importantly, your employer cannot discipline you or take any other adverse
employment action against you just because you use FMLA leave. If the employer attempted to do so, it could be
sued in federal court for violating the FMLA. Moreover, you could contact the U.S. Department of Labor which
could investigate the matter and potentially sue the employer on your behalf. As employers such as the City of
Las Vegas are very well aware of this, they tread very lightly when it comes to employees’ use of the FMLA.
That being said, having an FMLA certified health condition does not give employees the right to
abuse sick leave. Just because an employee has FMLA leave doesn’t automatically mean that they can call in sick
with impunity. They actually have to be sick. This mainly applies to employees who have intermittent FMLA
leave. Intermittent FMLA leave is a serious health condition that requires ongoing medical treatment but which
doesn’t always affect the employee and only sometimes flares up. Examples would be migraines, serious sinus
problems, back problems, etc. Often the FMLA certification for such conditions allows the employee to miss a
specific number of days of work each month. So ultimately, when an employee calls in sick under the FMLA-
claiming for example that they are suffering from a dehabilitating migraine- they absolutely have to be truthful. If
they are not telling the truth, the employer can discipline them up through termination. Some employees aren’t
aware of this seemingly simple truth. They think that the mere fact that they have obtained an FMLA certification
for some health condition completely immunizes them from any discipline whenever they call in sick. The reality
is that the employer is still entitled to make sure that the employee truly is sick and to discipline them- often
severely- if the employee is found to be abusing the system. Thus, if you have an FMLA certified health
condition, please make sure you only rely on it and call in sick when you are actually sick. If you call in sick
based on an FMLA condition and then it is discovered that you actually went out dancing, you will wind up in
very hot water.
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****DISCLAIMER: Any Omissions are unintentional. If, at the time of application, a member did not provide full and accurate information
for our database, we cannot report accurately.
HAPPY “APRIL” BIRTHDAYS!!!!
CELEBRATING “APRIL”
ANNIVERSARIES
JONATHAN
SOUTHERLAND
MIKE WORTHINGTON
TOIA WILLIAMS
DAVIS CERVANTES
BEVERLY EDWARDS
BRENDA KING
SHANNON GREENFIELD
JIMMY MCKENZIE
NEIL WACASER
JONY FRENCH
MELVIN RUNLES
ELLEN COMEAU
DALLAS RUBALCABA
CHARLES HENDERSON
RITA SCHOONMAKER
LARRY JOHNS
ELLEN WEIN
INGRID FRIEDLAND
DEAN GESUALDO
ROBERT BELL
KATHRYN BURKHARDT
RONALD HEIBER
MORRIS TATUM
ANASTACIO DEL REAL
JANIS PETERSON
CHRISTOPHER JONES
TOMMY WILSON
JENNIFER RABANES
WILLIAM FEDERSON
CARL MICHAELSON
JOZEF SAKAC
MARIA VIGIL
STEVEN KEHM
KEVIN LAROSEE
KITTY WARWICK
JUSTIN KRUEGER
REBECCA WHITLOCK
STEVEN HORLOCK
GABRIEL MALDONADO
AARON LOERA-GUERRERO
NORA LARES
JASON GILLMAN
JOSE MACHUCA
STEVE BARNES
RYAN FIELDS
DOUGLAS EASTMAN
CHRISTOPHER DIZON
LASHANA SMITH
MARY FIFITA
ELLEN COMEAU
ELLEN WEIN
BOLIN WONG
EZEQUIAS LOPEZ
ROCHON JONES
SAMUEL TOLMAN
DAVID SECORA
ALETTA ROWRY
LELAND MCCARVER
PHOMPRASEUT MAVADY
LEONARD SHOEMAKER
DIANNE COLLINS
JACK PUTNAM
TERENCE ARCHULETA
DANIEL GRANCE
JAMES WULFF
AUDRA HASTINGS
OZJUANE MATTHEWS
LOUISA TILMON
SEAN KIM
DARREN HARRIS
DOUGLAS DEYARMIN
JERRY GONZALES
ENRIQUE LEON
VIKEN NAJARIAN
DERRICK SIMMONS
ROBERT LEVECK
KEVIN BURLINGTON
TAYLOR FISHELL
AMANDA DONOHUE
PAMELA JOHNSON
REGINALD RUSSEL
JAMI FOSTER
New LVCEA Members!
DANNY BRADSHAW
DIANNE COLLINS
ROBERT ARNOLD
DONALD ERNST
LAUREN STORLA
SCOTT DYCUS
DOROTHY CARIDINE
MICHAEL AHLERT
BRADLEY SCHIRMER
HORACE MULLINAX
LEE JASZKOWSKI
BARNEY SUE PERKINS
MIKE WORTHINGTON
TRACY HEVEL
CAMILLE FRANKLIN
WILLIAM LOGAN
CINDY MORI-FREDERICKSON
DAWN BOYER
BRUCE BREED
BILL SCOTT
JANET WHITE
LOUISE LUCCI
NORMA VASQUEZ
JEFFREY HALL
GLENDA GUTIERREZ
CRISTA MISSICK
STEVEN GEBEKE
PHYLLIS SARGENT
ALETTA ROWRY
DIANA MAATOUK
KRISTINA HAYES
ROBERT BELL
JAMIE LEE WILLIAMS
DAVID CHRISTENSEN
GERARDO LUEVANOS
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SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING YOUR SAFETY COMMITTEE WORKS FOR YOU!
Debbie Austin O&M@ESC 229-6980
Jennifer Beasley HR@CityHall 229-5914
Latosha Brooks MC@RJC 229-6872
Rusty Coleman PW@DSC 229-5375
Ronda Gierczic D&[email protected] 229-5296
Mike Habighorst P&R@CityHall 229-2133
DeAndre Caruthers CEAVP@LVCEA Office 649-6606
Holly Jensen HR@CityHall 229-5048
David Klein FirePrevention@DCS 229-0336
Robin McCartney OCA@CityHall 229-4613
Richard Rozier FirePrevention@DCS 303-0935
Woody Smith PW@WPCF 229-7222
Winny Wallen HR@CityHall 229-4011
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Name Work # E-mail
Mark Avis 229-1821 [email protected]
DeAndre Caruthers 757-8229 [email protected]
Peter Jackson 806-4650 [email protected]
Cyndi Leavitt 595-4899 [email protected]
Gary Myers 229-0699 [email protected]
Julie Hittle 556-0064 [email protected]
Murray Smith 229-1515 [email protected]
Marty Toledo 229-6364 [email protected]
Chuck Bridges 229-8103 [email protected]
Dereck Hibbler 806-4650 [email protected]
Site/Info Representatives
Name Work # E-mail
Roger Bailey 229-2196 [email protected]
David Beske ** [email protected]
Paul Smith ** [email protected]
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DON`T MISS OUT ON THE “INSIDE SCOOP” AND
AWESOME DEALS!!!
SIGN UP FOR ACCESS TO OUR “MEMBERS ONLY” LVCEA
WEBSITE @
WWW.LVCEA.ORG
TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT
It`s easy!
Visit our website (www.lvcea.org) and click “Create New Account”.
Fill out information, click “Create Account” and wait for approval. (Approval will
be made within 1 business day).
**For fast approval you may call the office to notify us that you
have created an account.
Check your e-mail, click the link to validate your e-mail address.
(This link is no longer valid after one time use)
Click “Log in” button to create a password
Click “Save” at the bottom of page. And you`re done!
** Keep your username and password in a safe place!**
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$25 DISCOUNT WITH PROMO CODE: LVCEA25
(Click the "Register" button on www.puzzlingadventures.com and create a team
name and a password, then select your state and city, then input the code into the
"Promotional code" slot.)
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To purchase tickets please visit our website at
LVCEA.ORG and click on the unique URL
link found in the Member Discount section.
All-Access Ticket! A special offer for Las Vegas
City Employee Association!
Enjoy savings of OVER 50% OFF All-Access
tickets to Madame Tussauds Las Vegas.
Walk Up price $29.95. Online price $14.98$
Your tickets are for All-Access admission to the all new Madame Tussauds Las Vegas and include our Marvel 4D experience.
Dear Members, LVCEA is looking for volunteers for the Safety Oversight Committee. If you are interested, please contact VP DeAndre Caruthers at [email protected], or our office phone at 702-649-6606.
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Mention Las Vegas City Employees Association/
LVCEA and receive $15 races any day (compared
to $26 per race regular price)
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The Las Vegas City Employees’
Association independently represents the
interests of their members through
contract negotiations, grievance,
arbitration representation, and by
working in tandem with the City of Las
Vegas to provide and maintain the best
benefit package possible.
ARTICLE CONTRIBUTORS
LVCEA BOARD
LVCEA MEMBERS
JULIE HITTLE
DEANDRE CARUTHERS
DANIELLE OTTAVIANO
ZOYA LINDSEY
JEFFREY ALLEN
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT
ARTICLES:
The 1st week of each month.
Submit to: [email protected]
All articles and photos will be
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IF YOU NEED AN ID BADGE, PLEASE CONTACT THE LVCEA
857 N. Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Office: 702.649.6606 Fax: 702.649.2135
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