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STATE MUST COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN WITH THE UNION FOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (PEF) BEFORE REQUIRING DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT SICK LEAVE (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined that the state (petitioner) was required to collectively bargain with the union (PEF) representing state employees before requiring a doctor’s note explaining absences. No such documentation had been required since 1982:

… [T]he record reveals that, since 1982, it was not the policy of RPC to routinely require an employee to submit a doctor’s certificate for each instance of unscheduled absence. Although the policy included certain exceptions where documentation could be required, none of these exceptions related to the new restrictions that petitioner imposed. The testimony of Karen Spotford, who has been employed at RPC since September 1982 and had served as the Council Leader for PEF since 2003, confirmed this course of conduct, and no evidence was adduced that the policy was applied other than as written. Accordingly, the new restrictions presented an altered policy from the one that had been consistently applied uninterrupted for at least 30 years. Petitioner has not proffered any evidence demonstrating that it negotiated with PEF prior to altering this policy. Therefore, substantial evidence supports PERB’s [Public Employment Relations Board’s] determination that a past practice existed and that petitioner engaged in an improper practice by failing to engage in collective bargaining prior to altering the past practice to require medical documentation for individual days of sick leave … . Matter of State of New York v New York State Pub. Empl. Relations Bd., 2019 NY Slip Op 07670, Third Dept 10-24-19

 

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