Progress Through Unity

Crew Callers Office Working Remotely

Crew callers will be working remotely effective 7am 1/7/22. The following numbers must be used to contact desks:

Hoboken desk: 201-246-2966 or 2967

Newark desk: 201-246-2963 or 2964

No other numbers will have access to the caller

NJ TRANSIT Employee Notice Regarding New CDC Guidance

ATTENTION EMPLOYEES*UPDATED FOR T&E*

 

As a follow up to the “Updated CDC Isolation/Quarantine Guidance” sent to all employees on December 31, 2021, below is more detailed guidance on what employees should do in a variety of COVID-related situations.

 

1. If an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19
• Employee notifies Supervisor and calls COVID-19 Hotline at 888-890-0729 to register their positive test.
Where it says “notifies Supervisor”, T&E will contact Crew callers.
• The positive test result must be submitted to the COVID-19 Hotline email at
covidresults@njtransit.com.
• Employee isolates for 5 days starting from the test date and can return to work
on Day 6 if they are asymptomatic.

  • No clearance or paperwork is required to return to work, as long as the
    employee is asymptomatic. (An MD40 is not required to return to work for
    this COVID-19 related absence).
    • The employee must notify the COVID-19 Hotline and their Supervisor of their
    asymptomatic status and their return to work date prior to returning to work. T&E
    will contact Crew callers.
    • The employee will not be contacted by Medical or Supervision granting approval
    – they should plan to return to work unless notified otherwise.
    2. If an Employee is Symptomatic Beyond 5 Days, But Asymptomatic Before Day
    10 Following Isolation Period
    • Employee notifies Supervisor. T&E is NOT required but must contact the
    Covid Hotline.
    • The employee must notify the COVID-19 Hotline and their Supervisor of their
    asymptomatic status and their return to work date prior to returning to work. (An
    MD40 is not required to return to work for this COVID-19 related absence and a
    doctor’s note will not be required if the employee returns to work within 10 days
    of their test date.) T&E must only contact the Covid Hotline and make themselves
    available for work.
    • The employee will not be contacted by Medical or Supervision granting approval
    – they should plan to return to work unless notified otherwise.
    3. If an Employee Remains Symptomatic Beyond 10 Days
    • Employee notifies Supervisor. T&E must only contact the Covid Hotline.
    • The employee is required to provide a doctor’s note that includes a return date in
    order to return to work.
    • These notes should be sent to the COVID-19 Hotline email
    at covidresults@njtransit.com.
    • The employee must notify the COVID-19 Hotline and their Supervisor of their
    asymptomatic status and their return to work date prior to returning to work.
    Where it says “ their Supervisor” this is not required. T&E must only contact the
    Covid Hotline and make themselves available to work.
    • NOTE: An MD40 will be required for any absence beyond 30 days.
    4. Guidance for Employees Directed to Quarantine by Their Healthcare
    Professional Following An Exposure
    • Employee notifies Supervisor and calls COVID-19 Hotline at 888-890-
    0729 to register they’ve been instructed to quarantine by their healthcare
    professional. Where it says “ notifies Supervisor”, T&E will contact Crew
    callers office.
    • NOTE – COVID Hotline is open 24/7, however we are still experiencing a
    high volume of calls.
    • For people who are unvaccinated or are more than six months out from their
    second Pfizer or Moderna dose (or more than 2 months after the J&J vaccine)
    and not yet boosted, CDC now recommends quarantine for 5 days followed by
    strict mask use for an additional 5 days. Employees quarantining for 5 days
    starting from the date of exposure can return to work on Day 6 if they are
    asymptomatic.
    • Individuals who have received their booster shot — or who have received both
    doses of their Pfizer or Moderna vaccine within the last 6 months, or received
    their J&J vaccine within the last 2 months — do not need to quarantine following
    an exposure, but should wear a mask for 10 days after the exposure.
    • For employees who have to quarantine following an exposure, no clearance or
    paperwork is required to return to work, as long as the employee is
    asymptomatic. (An MD40 is not required to return to work following this COVID19 related absence).
    • The employee must notify the COVID-19 Hotline of their asymptomatic status
    and their return to work date prior to returning to work.
    • The employee will not be contacted by Medical or their Supervision granting
    approval – they should plan to return to work unless notified otherwise

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Integrify Issue

One of the recent issues we encountered while cleaning up payroll, is that members were leaving the following fields blank when submitting DH claims 

  • Unit of Compensation 1:* Hours
  • Constructive Allowance 1 (HHMM/Amount):*
     
    When filling out 008 claims please provide this information otherwise verification will not pay you 

Rail Agreement Electronic Paystubs

Earnings and denial statements will still be sent to pay locations until such a time they can be added to the self-service portal

Good news!  Your paystubs will be now available electronically and paper paystubs will no longer be distributed effective December 21st, 2021.  Login instructions are below with further details in the attached document.

***Please contact the IT Helpdesk directly at Helpdesk@njtransit.com or (973) 491-HELP(4357) with any login-related questions or concerns.***

Paystubs will post at 12:01 a.m. on your payroll date and historic stubs will be available dating back to October 2014.  As is our current practice, any historical pay advice information prior to October 2014 must be requested through Payroll.

To access your pay stub online for the first time, visit https://selfservice.njtransit.com and use the following information (instructions attached as well):

Last Name:         Name in CAPS (i.e., “SMITH”)
Person Code:     Employee Number (i.e., 012345) 
Password:           First Letter Last Name (CAPS) + Last 4 digits of SSN (i.e., S1234)

You will be asked to change the password immediately, then you will be able to view your pay stubs.  (At first sign-on, some users have had to log out and then immediately log back in)

You will be able to view and print your annual W2 and 1095c from the self-service portal, and also view your tax filing status and benefits. In our continued effort to improve our internal customer service, we will be adding more features to the Employee Self-Service in the future.  Please be on the lookout for communications regarding new services available through the Employee Self-Service portal.

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2022 Mileage Rate Increase

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NY Ticket Receivers

Due to continued staffing issues and problems with Covid-19, vacancy and preapproved paid time off in the NY Receiver’s Office, the office will be closed today from 4:00pm – 11:30pm. We continue to monitor the situation closely and are working diligently to get the office back to normal operations safely.

 

We anticipate the office reopening tomorrow Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 6:01am.

General Chairman/President Smart-TD Local 60/GO-610

8 Wilson Ave 3rd Fl

Newark, N.J. 07060

Office: 973-527-7020

Cell: 908-294-0166

BULLETIN CORRECTIONS

Attention All Members,

As you all know the Carrier made a mistake by advertising assignments for Friday New Years Eve/Day. We all know this caused another rollover. We were able to have the Carrier agree to put everyone whose assignment should not have been advertised, back to their respective assignments prior to that bulletin. If anyone’s assignment now works Friday New Years Eve/Day that will be considered a One Day Assignment Change and that member will have the choice to remain on the assignment or receive a pick. If any member was outbid for their assignment they owned prior to that bulletin that member will be put back to that assignment.

RETRO PAYMENTS

Attention All Members,

Retro payments were made today. Printouts are available on the Self Service portal. Please note if you’re out of service you will not receive the retro payment until your status is changed to active.

2021 Christmas and New Year Holidays _ Verification Dept Schedule Memo

Reminder effective 12/13/2021 paper timecards are no longer accepted you must use the  Integrify site to submit, ensure you have an email response, otherwise claim has not been sent.

This site can be accessed through your MVD, the HOS computers at sign-up and rest locations, or your personal devices including home computers.  

See division notice DN2-1201 “Attached below”

If you are filling out for a flag or yard assignment do not use code 055 “continuous time“. This will trigger a required supervisor signature; non-passenger assignments do not get cut, so it is not needed. Use the 055 if you are requesting additional overtime for a regular yard assignment.    

When filling out shortage form on local 60 the “Request #” you receive from email response is mandatory to process shortages.

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BULLETIN 50-2021T

Good afternoon Brothers and Sisters:  

 
Bulletin 50 will be released no later than tomorrow Saturday 12/18/21 by 12p.m. The Union has agreed to work with the Carrier on this issue, because of the mistakes caused as a result of the last two bulletins. We are trying to stop the bleeding from the mistakes made, which have been at the detriment of our members.  This is just the first step of correcting the errors, but we didn’t want the errors to compound. You will see some pertinent changes in this bulletin if done correctly, and more changes will, should happen in the upcoming days.
 
As always we will keep the membership posted with accurate information, but only when that information is solidified.
 
Thank you all for you patience and trust!  
 
Fraternally,
 
Jerome 
 
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General Chairman/President Smart-TD Local 60/GO-610
8 Wilson Ave 3rd Fl
Newark, N.J. 07060
Office: 973-527-7020
Cell: 908-294-0166