Privacy Protection: One Rep. As part of CASE’s commitment to providing the most value for your membership, CASE is now offering an online privacy protection benefit for our members. The company CASE has hired to manage this new benefit is OneRep, a company that scrubs users’ private information from over 190 online search engines. OneRep is free to CASE members and also offers a family plan. You should have received an invitation from One Rep on September 9 to sign up for their privacy protection program. More information about OneRep can be found here.
Franchise Tax Board Telework Arbitration. CASE has received the arbitrator’s decision on the FTB Telework Grievance arbitration. To read the arbitrator’s decision in full, click here. Unfortunately, the arbitrator did not grant the grievance. The CASE Board is currently reviewing the decision to determine future actions.
CASE Elections Start Friday. All rank-and-file members who joined prior to the August 27 deadline for this election cycle will receive a ballot on Friday, October 11 to vote in the 2024 CASE Board of Directors election. Seven Director-at-Large positions are on the ballot. Election information will be emailed to the preferred email address that you have on file. For more information on the election, visit the Elections page in the Member Center (password: membersmatter22)
CalPERS Open Enrollment Continues. The state’s Open Enrollment for health care, vision and dental coverage ends on Friday, October 11, 2024.
The CoBen amounts for 2025 are as follows:
· Single (1) $851
· Two-Party (2) $1689
· Family (3+) $2204
Health Benefits: Information may be found at https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/active-members/health-benefits/open-enrollment. and https://alliantbenefits.cld.bz/CalHRFlexAccounts/25calhrchandbook/6/.
Dental Benefits: Information may be found at https://calhr.benefitsprograms.info/state-employee/general-benefits/dental/.
Vision Benefits: Information may be found at https://calhr.benefitsprograms.info/state-employee/general-benefits/vision/.
CoBen Cash: If you have health care through another qualifying source and wish to receive CoBen Cash, this form needs to be submitted to your department: https://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/dgs/fmc/pdf/std702.pdf. This form must be submitted every year during open enrollment if you are electing CoBen Cash.
One Open Enrollment Closes, Another Coming Soon. CalPERS Open Enrollment closes this Friday. Soon, CASE will open enrollment for some of its exclusive members-only supplemental insurance policies. Watch for more information in a coming issue of CASE Files.
REMINDERS:
MOU Suggestion Box. While we are still a few months away from the next round of bargaining, it’s never too soon to collect ideas for future negotiations. You have access to our MOU Suggestion Box, a place for members – and ONLY members – to contribute ideas for new or improved benefits and MOU terms at any time. We are, of course, aware of the need for the Governor to address continuing salary lags (both within the unit and between state service and local government jobs), so we are hoping to collect your ideas on non-salary MOU items. To complete a suggestion card, click here. (pw: membersmatter22).