WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.100 >> ALRIGHT. GOOD MORNING. 00:00:02.100 --> 00:00:05.100 THE MEETING AS WELL CALLED TO ORDER. MR. TROBMAN, ANYONE SIGNED UP 00:00:07.100 --> 00:00:10.100 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> WE HAVE MONTH GENERAL 00:00:10.100 --> 00:00:12.100 COMMENT. WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT 00:00:13.100 --> 00:00:15.100 WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEM ELEVEN. 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:19.100 WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM AT THAT TIME. 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:22.100 >> GOOD MORNING MS. MILLER. >> GOOD MORNING. >> NO CASES TO RECONSIDER UNDER 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:26.100 ITEM THREE. CORRECT. 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:28.100 >> CORRECT. >> TEXT LIABILITY CASES UNDER 00:00:29.100 --> 00:00:31.100 FOUR. WE HAVE THREE CASES ON DOCKET 00:00:32.100 --> 00:00:35.100 35. >> YES. THE FIRST IS TD-21-002-0221. 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:41.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> I DISAGREE WITH STAFF 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:43.100 RECOMMENDATION. WE SHOULD HAVE THIS CASE 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:47.100 RESUBMITTED ON THE ISSUE WHETHER THE GUIDANCE UNDER OFFICER 00:00:49.100 --> 00:00:51.100 LIABILITY OP PAGE SIX OF RID 00:00:52.100 --> 00:00:54.100 LETTER 02-2021 MEANS A CORPORATE 00:00:57.100 --> 00:01:00.100 OFFICER MAY CONTEST THEIR LIABILITY UNDER CONDITION RULE 00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:03.100 13. >> I AGREE WITH STAFF'S 00:01:05.100 --> 00:01:08.100 RECOMMENDATION. >> AGREE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 00:01:08.100 --> 00:01:11.100 >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. >> YES SIR, COMMISSIONER 00:01:12.100 --> 00:01:14.100 DEMERSON. SECOND CASE IS TD-21-014-0621. 00:01:20.100 --> 00:01:23.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> AGREE. >> AGREE. 00:01:24.100 --> 00:01:26.100 >> AGREE. >> THE FINAL CASE IS 00:01:27.100 --> 00:01:29.100 TD-21-018-0721. 00:01:33.100 --> 00:01:36.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> AGREE. >> COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. 00:01:36.100 --> 00:01:39.100 >> AGREE. >> COMMISSIONER. >> AGREE. 00:01:39.100 --> 00:01:42.100 >> THANK YOU. >> NO HOUSING CASES. 00:01:43.100 --> 00:01:46.100 >> NO CASES. >> ITEM SIX. NO WAGE CLAIM CASES PULLED FOR 00:01:48.100 --> 00:01:51.100 ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. >> CORRECT. NONE PULLED. 00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:53.100 YOU SHOULD OF RECEIVED NOW RECEIVING THE WAGE CLAIM SHORT 00:01:54.100 --> 00:01:56.100 FORM DID I SENT LIST FOR DOCKET 00:01:57.100 --> 00:01:59.100 35. >> THANK YOU. 00:02:06.100 --> 00:02:09.100 >> I MOVE WE ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON DOCKET 35. 00:02:11.100 --> 00:02:13.100 >> I AGREE EXCEPT THOSE I'M 00:02:15.100 --> 00:02:17.100 DISSENTING FOR DOCKET 35. >> I CONCUR WITH THE CHAIRMAN 00:02:18.100 --> 00:02:20.100 EXCEPT THE CASES I'M DISSENTING 00:02:22.100 --> 00:02:25.100 FOR DOCKET 35. >> MOTION PASSES WITH EXCEPTIONED NOTED. 00:02:26.100 --> 00:02:29.100 >> THANK YOU. >> ITEM 7. PLEASE PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE 00:02:31.100 --> 00:02:33.100 READY. >> CASE NUMBER 258-3347. 00:02:36.100 --> 00:02:38.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL DECISION 00:02:40.100 --> 00:02:42.100 SHOULD BE MODIFIED. THE EMPLOYER RECEIVED TWO 00:02:43.100 --> 00:02:45.100 HEARING NOTICES WITH DIFFERENT 00:02:46.100 --> 00:02:49.100 DATES. THE EMPLOYER ATTENDED THE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 12th, 00:02:49.100 --> 00:02:51.100 2020. THE EMPLOYER MADE A GOOD FAITH 00:02:52.100 --> 00:02:55.100 EFFORT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING AND SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED FOR THE NON 00:02:56.100 --> 00:02:59.100 APPEARANCE. WE SHOULD MODIFY THE AT DECISION. 00:02:59.100 --> 00:03:02.100 THE EMPLOYER HAD GOOD CAUSE FOR THE NON APPEARANCE. RESUBMIT. 00:03:03.100 --> 00:03:06.100 THE ALTERNATIVE IF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS DISAGREE THE 00:03:06.100 --> 00:03:09.100 EMPLOYER ACCOUNT SHOULD NOT BE CHARGED. 00:03:09.100 --> 00:03:12.100 THE EMPLOYER AT APPEAL STATES THE EMPLOYER'S ACCOUNT SHOULDN'T 00:03:15.100 --> 00:03:17.100 BE CHARGED SINCE THE CLAIM IS TOTALLY COVID RELATED. 00:03:18.100 --> 00:03:21.100 WE SHOULD MODIFIED THE AT DECISION. 00:03:21.100 --> 00:03:23.100 THE EMPLOYER DIDN'T HAVE GOOD CAUSE FOR NON APPEARANCE. 00:03:24.100 --> 00:03:27.100 NO CHARGE BACK. DISASTER. >> MS. MILLER WOULD I AGREE WITH 00:03:31.100 --> 00:03:33.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON ON THE GOOD CAUSE AND RESUBMIT. 00:03:34.100 --> 00:03:37.100 >> AT THIS, SIR. >> REVERSE THE AT. 00:03:40.100 --> 00:03:43.100 EMPLOYER ESTABLISHED GOOD CAUSE, RESUBMIT. 00:03:43.100 --> 00:03:46.100 >> I WILL RESUBMIT THE CASE. >> CASE NUMBER 258-7555. 00:03:49.100 --> 00:03:51.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE DECISION SHOULD BE 00:03:52.100 --> 00:03:54.100 MODIFIED. THERE SHOULD BE A VALID CLAIM 00:03:56.100 --> 00:03:58.100 DATED JUNE 1, 2020. 00:04:00.100 --> 00:04:03.100 THE CLAIM PLANT TOLD SHE WOULD BE LAID OFF AS A RESULT OF THE 00:04:04.100 --> 00:04:06.100 DISASTER. SHE COULD ACCEPT A EARLIER 00:04:07.100 --> 00:04:09.100 SEPARATION DATE AND KEEP HEALTH INSURANCE AND PARTIAL PAYMENT 00:04:10.100 --> 00:04:13.100 THROUGH THE END OF 2020 OR SEPARATED AND NOT RECEIVED 00:04:14.100 --> 00:04:17.100 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. THE CLAIMANT AND OTHER EMPLOYEES 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:20.100 WERE TOLD THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 00:04:21.100 --> 00:04:24.100 THE EMPLOYER DIDN'T DISPUTE THE RECEIPT OF BENEFITS. 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:28.100 THE CLAIMANT WAS LAID OFF AS A RESULT OF THE DISASTER. 00:04:29.100 --> 00:04:32.100 THE DISASTER HAD AN IMPACT ON THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY. 00:04:32.100 --> 00:04:34.100 WHETHER THE LAYOFF WAS JUNE OR 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:38.100 DECEMBER SHOULDN'T CHANGE. MODIFY THE AT. 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:41.100 NO MISCONDUCT. NO CHARGE BACK, DISASTER. 00:04:44.100 --> 00:04:47.100 CLAIM DATE JUNE 21st, 2020. >> THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL DECISION 00:04:49.100 --> 00:04:51.100 SHOULD BE AFFIRMED. I AGREE THE CLAIMANT FILED A 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:56.100 VALID CLAIM. SHE QUIT HER JOB FOR THE EARLY 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:00.100 OUT PACKAGE. WORK WAS AVAILABLE FOR ABOUT 00:05:01.100 --> 00:05:04.100 THREE MORE MONTHS. THE CLAIMANT ACCEPTED THE EARLY 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:08.100 OUT PACKAGE WHEN SHE COULD OF WORKED. 00:05:08.100 --> 00:05:11.100 QUIT TO PERSONAL REASONS, SECURING THE PERSONAL BENEFITS. 00:05:13.100 --> 00:05:16.100 NOT GOOD CAUSE CONNECTED FOR THE WORK. 00:05:16.100 --> 00:05:19.100 WE SHOULD THERE A FIRM THE AT DECISION. 00:05:19.100 --> 00:05:21.100 VALID CLAIM, VOLUNTARY LEAVING, 00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:24.100 NO CHARGE BACK. >> A FIRM THE AT, VALID CLAIM 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:30.100 AFFECT TIFF JUNE 21st, 2020. 00:05:31.100 --> 00:05:33.100 THAT CHARGE BACK. 00:05:37.100 --> 00:05:39.100 >> -- AGREE WITH YOUR VOTE, 00:05:41.100 --> 00:05:44.100 COMMISSIONER. >> IT DOES. >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. 00:05:44.100 --> 00:05:47.100 >> YES, SIR. >> CASE -- 99. 00:05:48.100 --> 00:05:51.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE DECISION SHOULD BE 00:05:52.100 --> 00:05:55.100 REVERSED. DECISION WAS ISSUED APRIL 27th, 2020 QUALIFYING 00:05:57.100 --> 00:06:00.100 THE CLAIM PLANT FOR BENEFITS. UNDER THE ACT IT WAS FINAL AFTER 00:06:02.100 --> 00:06:05.100 14 DAYS. THE DETERMINATIONS ON APPEAL IN THIS CASE WERE VOID FROM 00:06:06.100 --> 00:06:09.100 INCEPTION BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS DETERMINATION WAS FINAL. 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:12.100 THE EMPLOYER DID NOT APPEAL THE ORIGINAL DETERMINATION AND 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:15.100 DIDN'T APPEAR BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL. 00:06:15.100 --> 00:06:18.100 WITH REGARD TO THE MERITS THE CLAIMANT WAS THE ONLY PERSON TO 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:21.100 PROVIDE SWORN TESTIMONY. THIS ESTABLISHED HE WAS 00:06:22.100 --> 00:06:25.100 DISCHARGED WHEN HE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LACK OF SAFETY 00:06:25.100 --> 00:06:27.100 MEASURES. IT FAILS TO ESTABLISH MISCONDUCT 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:31.100 CONNECTED WITH THE WORK. VOID JUNE 19, 2020 00:06:34.100 --> 00:06:37.100 DETERMINATIONS. NO MISCONDUCT. CORRECT LEU. 00:06:39.100 --> 00:06:42.100 >> THE CLAIMANT QUIT HIS JOB DUE TO CONCERNS OF CONTRACTING 00:06:44.100 --> 00:06:47.100 COVID-19 AT THE WORKPLACE. A PHYSICIAN DIDN'T ADVICE THE 00:06:47.100 --> 00:06:50.100 CLAIM ANT TO QUIT. THE CLAIMANT QUIT WITHOUT GOOD 00:06:51.100 --> 00:06:54.100 CAUSE. WE SHOULD THERE SET ASIDE THE AT DECISION, VOID THE JUNE 19th, 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:59.100 2020 DETERMINATION. REINSTATE THE APRIL 27th, 2020 00:07:02.100 --> 00:07:04.100 DETERMINATION. WE SHOULD THEN REVERSE THE 00:07:05.100 --> 00:07:08.100 REINSTATED DECISION. VOLUNTARY LEAVING. 00:07:08.100 --> 00:07:10.100 CHANGE THE LAU REQUIREMENT. 00:07:12.100 --> 00:07:14.100 >> SET ASIDE THE AT. 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:18.100 VOID THE JUNE 19th 2020 SEPARATION AND OVERPAYMENT 00:07:19.100 --> 00:07:21.100 DETERMINATION. REVERSE THE APRIL 27th, 2020 00:07:23.100 --> 00:07:26.100 DETERMINATION. VOLUNTARY LEAVING. CHANGE EMPLOYER NAME AND ACCOUNT 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:29.100 NUMBER. >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. 00:07:32.100 --> 00:07:34.100 >> YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. 00:07:35.100 --> 00:07:37.100 >> CASE NUMBER 272-8460. 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:41.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE AT DECISION SHOULD BE 00:07:42.100 --> 00:07:44.100 REVERSED. THE EMPLOYER HAS NOT PROVIDED 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:48.100 FIRST HAND EVIDENCE OF EMPLOYER'S SUPPOSED WRONG DOING. 00:07:50.100 --> 00:07:53.100 THE CLAIMANT HAS CONSISTENTLY DENIED THE EMPLOYER ALLEGATIONS. 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:57.100 THE EMPLOYER FAILED TO MEET MISCONDUCT CONNECTED WITH THE 00:07:58.100 --> 00:08:01.100 WORK. REVERSE THE AT. NO MISCONDUCT. 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:04.100 CHARGE BACK. >> THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL DECISION 00:08:05.100 --> 00:08:08.100 SHOULD BE AFFIRMED. THE RECORD IN THIS CASE INDICATES THE CLAIMANT WAS 00:08:09.100 --> 00:08:11.100 TERMINATED FOR CREATING A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT. 00:08:12.100 --> 00:08:14.100 THE EMPLOYER WARNED THE 00:08:15.100 --> 00:08:17.100 EMPLOYEE. MOREOVER THE CLAIMANT WAS 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:21.100 ADVISED CONTINUED BEHAVIOR COULD RESULT IN TERMINATION. 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:24.100 THE CLAIMANT WAS WARNED AND ENGAGED IN SIMILAR CONDUCT THERE 00:08:26.100 --> 00:08:29.100 AFTER WE SHOULD A FIRM THE AT DECISION. 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:31.100 MISCONDUCT NO CHARGE BACK. >> REVERSE THE AT. 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:36.100 NO MISCONDUCT CHARGE BACK. >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:40.100 >> YES, SIR, COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:42.100 >> CASE NUMBER 276-4905. 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:46.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> WE SHOULD A FIRM THE 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:49.100 DECISION. THE CLAIMANT WAS DISCHARGED FOR 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:54.100 ACCUMULATING TOO MANY POINTS UPPED THE EMPLOYER'S ATTENDANCE 00:08:56.100 --> 00:08:59.100 POLICY. WE SHOULD A FIRM THE TRIBUNAL 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:04.100 DECISION, MISCONDUCT OVERPAYMENT OF $2431. 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:08.100 ALTERNATIVE THE COMMISSION SHOULD REMANNED THE CASE TO THE 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:12.100 APPEAL TRIBUNAL. THE HEARING OFFICER FAILED TO 00:09:13.100 --> 00:09:15.100 ADMIT HEARING DOCUMENTS INTO 00:09:16.100 --> 00:09:19.100 EVIDENCE. THESE ARE VERY WELL VANITY AND MATERIAL. 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:22.100 THESE DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BEFORE MAKING OUR DECISION IN THE CASE. 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:24.100 AS SUCH WE SHOULD REMAND THE 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:27.100 CASE. >> THE DECISION IS NOT 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:30.100 SUPPORTABLE. THE CLAIMANT WAS REPORTEDLY 00:09:32.100 --> 00:09:34.100 DISCHARGED AFTER MAKING 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:37.100 COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE COVID-19 PRACTICES. 00:09:39.100 --> 00:09:42.100 THE CLAIMANT ACCUMULATED OVER EIGHT ATTENDANCE POINTS THEY 00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:46.100 HAVEN'T PROVIDED EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM. THE EMPLOYER TESTIFIED EMPLOYEES 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:49.100 HAVE A FINAL WARNING AT EIGHT 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:52.100 ATTENDANCE POINTS. THE EMPLOYER TESTIFIED THE 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:56.100 CLAIMANT WAS GIVEN A FINAL WARNING AT 7 POINTS AND 00:09:57.100 --> 00:10:00.100 DISCHARGED AT 8 POINTS. THEY WERE UNABLE TO TESTIFY 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:03.100 WHETHER THE FINAL ANN ABSENCE WAS WITH APPROVAL. 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:07.100 THE CLAIMANT DENIES ABSENCES AND TARDINESS IN 2020. 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:10.100 THE EMPLOYER HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE AND FAILED TO A 00:10:12.100 --> 00:10:15.100 GUIDE BY THEIR POLICY. REVERSE THE AT, NO MISCONDUCT, 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:18.100 NO OVERPAYMENT. >> REMANNED TO OBTAIN 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:23.100 DOCUMENTATION OF THE ATTENDANCE 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:27.100 RECORD AND WARNS. >> REMANNED THIS CASE. 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:30.100 >> CASE NUMBER 279-3772. 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:35.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE CLAIMANT FAILED, 00:10:37.100 --> 00:10:40.100 CORRECTION THE CLAIM PLANT FILED A CLAIM FOR REDUCED HOURS. 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:43.100 DISCHARGE STATUS TO PRN. 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:46.100 HER CHILD'S SCHOOL SWITCHED 00:10:50.100 --> 00:10:52.100 LEARNING. -- NO OTHER POSITIONS WERE 00:10:55.100 --> 00:10:57.100 AVAILABLE WHEN SHE REQUESTED 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:00.100 FULL TIME STATUS. THE CLAIMANT SHOULD QUALIFY FOR 00:11:01.100 --> 00:11:04.100 BENEFITS AND ACCOUNT PROTECTED FROM CHARGE. 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:06.100 MODIFY AT, NO CHARGE BACK, 00:11:07.100 --> 00:11:09.100 DISASTER. >> WE SHOULD REVERSE THE 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:12.100 DECISION. THE CLAIMANT WAS WORKING A FULL 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:15.100 TIME POSITION AND REQUESTED TO CHANGE FROM FULL TIME TO PRN AS 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:20.100 NEEDED STATUS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSION PRESIDENT THE 00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:22.100 CLAIMANT'S JOB SEPARATION IS 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:26.100 INITIATED BY THE CLAIMANT UNDER SECTION 204.45B OF THE ACT. 00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:32.100 THE REQUEST WAS FOR CHILD CARE 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:36.100 ISSUES. WE SHOULD REVERSE THE AT 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:39.100 DECISION, VOLUNTARY LEAVING, NO CHARGE BACK, ADEQUATE EMPLOYER 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:42.100 RESPONSE. >> REVERSE THE AT, VOLUNTARY 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:46.100 LEAVING, NO CHARGE BACK, 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:49.100 ADEQUATE EMPLOYER RESPONSE. >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:52.100 >> YES, SIR COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. 00:11:53.100 --> 00:11:55.100 TO CLARIFY ON THE PREVIOUS CASE 00:11:57.100 --> 00:11:59.100 REMANNED. COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ DID YOU 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:03.100 WANT TO DISSENT ON THE REMANNED? >> YES. 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:05.100 >> OKAY. SHORT FORM DISSENT. 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:08.100 MOVING ONTO 279-5301. 00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:13.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> THE APPEAL TRIBUNAL DECISION 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:16.100 SHOULD BE AFFIRMED. CLAIMANT ADMITTED AS AN EMPLOYEE 00:12:18.100 --> 00:12:21.100 WALKED AWAY THE CLAIMANT GRABBED HIS WRIST TO GET HIS ATTENTION. 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:25.100 THE EMPLOYEE WAS UPSET BECAUSE PW*T CONTACT AND THE CLAIMANT 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:30.100 WAS FIRED AS A RESULT OF THE STINT. 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:33.100 THE CLAIMANT FORCIBLY GRABBED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE'S ARM AGAINST 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:37.100 THEIR WILL TO PREVENT THE EMPLOYEE FROM CALLING A GM. 00:12:38.100 --> 00:12:41.100 THE MORE'S RESPONSE CONTAINED A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE POLICY THAT 00:12:42.100 --> 00:12:44.100 STATES THE EMPLOYER IS COMMITTED TO A SAFE, HEALTHY AND 00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:48.100 PROFESSIONAL WORK ENVIRONMENT. THE CLAIMANT CONTENDS THAT HER 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:52.100 BEHAVIOR WAS A RESULT OF MEDICAL ISSUES HER ACTIONS WERE NOT IN 00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:54.100 ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMPLOYERS 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:57.100 REASONABLE POLICY AND THE EMPLOYER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:01.100 EXCUSE PHYSICAL CONTACT MAKING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE UPSET. 00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:05.100 THERE THE CLAIMANT MISMANAGED HER EMPLOYMENT. 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:09.100 WE SHOULD A FIRM THE DECISION, MISCONDUCT, NO CHARGE BACK. 00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:13.100 >> THE DECISION IS NOT SUPPORTABLE. THE CLAIMANT WAS DISCHARGED 00:13:15.100 --> 00:13:17.100 CAUSED BY MEDICAL HEALTH ISSUE. 00:13:20.100 --> 00:13:22.100 ALTHOUGH THE EMPLOYER HAS A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINARY POLICY. 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:27.100 THE EMPLOYER DIDN'T FOLLOW THE POLICY BEFORE DISCHARGING. 00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:30.100 THE EMPLOYER -- SINCE THE 00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:33.100 EMPLOYER FAILED TO FOLLOW THEIR 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:37.100 POLICY THE CLAIMANT SHOULD QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS. 00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:40.100 AS THE FINAL INCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF THE CLAIMANT'S MEDICAL 00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:44.100 ISSUE. IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PROTECT THE EMPLOYERS ACCOUNT. 00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:47.100 MODIFY THE AT, NO CHARGE BACK. 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:50.100 >> A FIRM THE AT, NO CHARGE 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:54.100 BACK. >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. >> YES, SIR COMMISSIONER 00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:56.100 ALVAREZ. >> CASE NUMBER 280-2791. 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:01.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE DECISION IS NOT 00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:04.100 SUPPORTABLE. THE PARTIES PROVIDED DIFFERING 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:07.100 TESTIMONY AS PROVIDING NOTICE THAT THERE WERE MAINTENANCE 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:10.100 ISSUES WITH THE TRUCK. THE CLAIMANT PROVIDED TEXT THAT 00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:13.100 HE NOTIFIED THE ISSUES. 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:17.100 THE TEXT WERE NOT LEGIBLE AFTER THEY WERE FAXED. 00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:19.100 THE CASE SHOULD BE REHEARD TO 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:22.100 RECEIVE LEGIBLE COPIES OF THE 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:25.100 TEXT. >> THE DECISION SHOULD BE 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:29.100 AFFIRMED. IT WAS VERBAL MISTREATMENT BY THE CLAIMANT'S SUPERVISOR AND 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:33.100 DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WORK TRUCKS. 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:35.100 NONE THE LESS THE CLAIMANT WORKED UNDER THE UNSATISFACTORY 00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:40.100 WORK CONDITIONS FOR A YEAR BEFORE QUITTING. 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:42.100 THE CLAIMANT BLAMED THE FLAWED 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:45.100 STATE OF HIS WORK TRUCK FOR ABANDONING HIS WORK LOAD AND 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:49.100 JOB. THE WITNESS GAVE CONCLUSIVE 00:14:50.100 --> 00:14:53.100 TESTIMONY THE TRUCKS WERE PROPERLY INSPECTED AND 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:56.100 MAINTAINED. THE CLAIMANT DIDN'T ESTABLISH GOOD CAUSE FOR QUITTING. 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:58.100 WE SHOULD THERE A FIRM THE 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:02.100 DECISION, VOLUNTARY LEAVING, NO CHARGE BACK. 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:04.100 >> REHEAR TO OBTAIN LEGIBLE COPY 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:08.100 OF THE CLAIMANT TEXT MESSAGES. >> WE WILL REHEAR THE CASE. 00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:11.100 >> CASE NUMBER 28120363 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:15.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE AT DECISION IS NOT 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:18.100 SUPPORTABLE. THE CLAIMANT CONTENDED SHE 00:15:19.100 --> 00:15:22.100 MAILED AN EARLIER TIMELY APPEAL. THERE IS A ENVELOPE WITH THE 00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:29.100 POSTMARK OF THE TIMELY APPEAL. 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:33.100 THIS IS CORROBORATED WITH DOCUMENTATION IN THE COMMISSION 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:36.100 RECORDS. THE APPEAL SHOULD BE DEEMED 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:40.100 TIMELY AND RESUBMIT. >> WE SHOULD A FIRM THE APPEAL 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:43.100 TRIBUNAL DECISION. THE CLAIMANT'S APPEAL WAS FILED 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:48.100 LATE. SHE CLAIMS AN EARLIER FILING VIA 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:52.100 FAX -- CORROBORATED BY THE 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:58.100 DISINTERESTED PARTY AND OR PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO THE 00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:03.100 QUESTION. SUCH AS A FAX CONFIRMATION. HERE THE CLAIMANT HAS NOT 00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:06.100 PRODUCED TANGIBLE EVIDENCE FOR A 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:09.100 TIMELY FILING. WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION TO 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:13.100 CONSIDER THE UNDERLYING HER >> WE SHOULD A FIRM THE 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:16.100 DECISION, LATE APPEAL, VOLUNTARY 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:21.100 LEAVING, NOT BILLED. >> A FIRM THE AT. 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:24.100 VOLUNTARILY LEAVING. REIMBURSE -- 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:29.100 >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. >> YES SIR, COMMISSIONER 00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:33.100 ALVAREZ. >> -- 39 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:38.100 >> THE DECISION SHOULD BE REVERSED. THE CLAIMANT PROVIDED A FAX 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:42.100 CONFIRMATION AND HER APPEAL SHOULD BE DEEMED TIMELY. 00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:46.100 REGARDING THE JOB SEPARATION THE CLAIMANT HAD PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:51.100 AND DEPRESSION FROM JOB RELATED STRESS. 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:53.100 SHE WAS RECOMMENDED TO QUIT AND FIND A LESS STRESSFUL JOB. 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:58.100 THE CLAIMANT QUIT ON ADVICE OF THE DOCTOR WITH MEDICAL 00:16:59.100 --> 00:17:01.100 DOCUMENTATION SHE SHOULD QUALIFY 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:05.100 FOR BENEFITS. MBI. >> WE SHOULD MODIFY THE APPEAL 00:17:06.100 --> 00:17:08.100 TRIBUNAL DECISION. I AGREE THE CLAIMANT FILED A 00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:12.100 TIMELY APPEAL. REGARDING THE SEPARATION WITH A 00:17:13.100 --> 00:17:15.100 DOCTOR'S NOTE. THE NOTE WAS PRODUCED MONTHS 00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:19.100 AFTER THE SEPARATION OF EMPLOYER. 00:17:19.100 --> 00:17:21.100 FURTHER MORE THE EMPLOYEE DIDN'T 00:17:24.100 --> 00:17:26.100 GIVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO ACCOMMODATE THE ILLNESS. 00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:30.100 THUS THE CLAIMANT'S DISQUALIFICATIONS IS APPROPRIATE. 00:17:31.100 --> 00:17:34.100 WE SHOULD MODIFY THE DECISION. TIMELY CLAIMANT APPEAL, 00:17:35.100 --> 00:17:37.100 VOLUNTARY LEAVING. >> REVERSE THE AT. 00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:42.100 TIMELY CLAIMANT APPEAL. NO VOLUNTARY LEAVING MBI. 00:17:45.100 --> 00:17:48.100 >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. >> YES SIR, COMMISSIONER 00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:50.100 DEMERSON. >> CASE 285-2700. 00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:54.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> WE SHOULD GRANT THE MOTION 00:17:56.100 --> 00:17:58.100 FOR REHEARING. THEY HAVE MET THE MR CRITERIA. 00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:03.100 THEY STATE A WITNESS WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE AT HEARING DUE 00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:08.100 TO VACATION. THE WITNESS HAS NEW EVIDENCE AND SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY 00:18:09.100 --> 00:18:11.100 TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY TO THE 00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:15.100 COMMISSION FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE CASE. 00:18:15.100 --> 00:18:18.100 WE SHOULD GRANT REHEARING. >> THE EMPLOYER'S MR SHOULD BE 00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:22.100 DENIED. THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE A COMPELLING REASON FOR NOT SUBMITTING THE 00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:26.100 WITNESS STATEMENT AT THE PRIOR HEARING. 00:18:26.100 --> 00:18:29.100 DENY THE MR. >> GRANT THE MOTION FOR REHEARING. 00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:32.100 >> WE WILL REHEAR THIS CASE. >> CASE NUMBER 286-1467. 00:18:37.100 --> 00:18:39.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE DECISION SHOULD BE 00:18:40.100 --> 00:18:43.100 MODIFIED. THE CLAIMANT WAS DEALING WITH A LONG TERM ILLNESS. 00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:46.100 MAINTAINING MEDICAL DOCUMENT TO 00:18:47.100 --> 00:18:50.100 WORK FROM HOME. NOTHING RELEASED HER TO WORK IN 00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:52.100 PERSON. BECAUSE THE EMPLOYER REFUSED TO 00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:56.100 PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE MEDICAL 00:18:58.100 --> 00:19:01.100 DOCUMENTATION THERE WAS GOOD CAUSE CONNECTED WITH THE WORK 00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:04.100 FOR QUITTING. REIMBURSE EMPLOYER, SEVERABILITY 00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:07.100 ISSUE. >> WE SHOULD MODIFY THE 00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:10.100 DECISION. I AGREE THE ABILITY ISSUE SHOULD 00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:14.100 BE SEVERED. CONCERNING THE WORK SEPARATION 00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:18.100 THEY PROVIDE FORMS AND TIME FRAMES FOR SUBMITTING THE WORK 00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:22.100 REQUEST. YET THE CLAIMANT FAILED TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION FOR THE 00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:26.100 REQUEST. IN THE ABSENCE TO SUPPORT THE 00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:30.100 REQUEST TO WORK REMOTELY THE CLAIMANT QUIT BECAUSE SHE WAS 00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:33.100 WARNED ABOUT DISCIPLINARY 00:19:34.100 --> 00:19:37.100 ACTIONS OF HER ATTENDANCE. SHE QUIT TO AVOID POTENTIAL 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:40.100 DISCIPLINARY ACTION THE CLAIMANT 00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:43.100 QUIT WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE CONNECTED TO THE WORK. 00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:47.100 WE SHOULD MODIFY THE DECISION, REIMBURSE THE EMPLOYER, NOT 00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:49.100 BILLED. VOLUNTARY LEAVING. 00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:53.100 SEVER ISSUE. >> MODIFY THE AT, VOLUNTARY 00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:58.100 LEAVING, SEVERABILITY ISSUE. >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. 00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:03.100 >> YES, SIR COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. 00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:05.100 >> CASE NUMBER 286-7627. 00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:09.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE RECORD IN THIS CASE IS 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:13.100 NOT SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED. THE CLAIMANT FILED IN JULY. 00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:17.100 PURSUANT TO THE AGENCIES 00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:20.100 PRACTICE AT THAT TIME IT WAS BACK DATED TO THE DATE REDUCTION 00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:24.100 OF HOURS OCCURRED. BASED ON TESTIMONY AT THE AT 00:20:25.100 --> 00:20:28.100 HEARING IT APPEARS THE CLAIM WAS BACK DATED TO THE WRONG WEEK. 00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:32.100 BASED ON THE CLAIMANT'S TESTIMONY, REPORTED EARNINGS, 00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:36.100 AND WAGE KR-Z REPORTED BY THE EMPLOYER IT'S NOT CLEAR THERE 00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:39.100 WAS A REDUCTION OF HOURS. POSSIBLY IN WEEKS AFTER THE 00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:42.100 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CLAIM. THE RECORD IN THE AT HEARING WAS 00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:46.100 IN SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE WHEN THE CLAIMANT HAD 00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:49.100 A REDUCTION OF HOURS AND WHEN THE CLAIM SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE. 00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:53.100 WE SHOULD NOT VOID A CLAIM BECAUSE AGENCY PERSONNEL 00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:57.100 INCORRECTLY BACK DATED THE CLAIM. 00:20:57.100 --> 00:21:00.100 THE CASE SHOULD BE REHEARD TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN HOURS AND WHEN. 00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:03.100 REHEAR. >> WE SHOULD MODIFY THE 00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:08.100 DECISION. THE CLAIMANT'S TESTIMONY ESTABLISHED HE WAS NEITHER FULLY 00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:11.100 UNEMPLOYED OR PARTIALLY 00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:14.100 UNEMPLOYED. THE CLAIM IS NOT VALID. 00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:17.100 MODIFY THE AT DECISION, IN VALID 00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:20.100 CLAIM. THE CLAIMANT WAS NOT UNEMPLOYED. 00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:23.100 VOID THE SEPTEMBER 1st, 2020 00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:28.100 JOB SEPARATION. SEVER ADEQUATE RESPONSE ISSUE. 00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:32.100 >> REHEAR TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT BEGINNING DATE OF 00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:35.100 INITIAL CLAIM. >> WE WILL REHEAR THIS CASE. 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:38.100 >> CASE NUMBER 286-8732 00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:43.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> WE SHOULD MODIFY THE APPEAL 00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:47.100 TRY WANT DECISION. I AGREE THE CLAIMANT FILED A 00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:52.100 VALID CLAIM. THE EMPLOYER DISCHARGED THE CLAIM. 00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:55.100 SHE CONTINUED TO MAKE MISTAKES ON HER WORK. ACCORDING TO THE EMPLOYER THE 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:59.100 CLAIMANT DID NOT PERFORM HER JOB DUTIES TO THE BEST OF HER 00:22:03.100 --> 00:22:05.100 ABILITIES. HER PERFORMANCE SUFFERED WHEN 00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:09.100 SHE STOPPED FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS. FURTHER MORE THE EMPLOYER 00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:12.100 PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL PRACTICE AND TRAINING 00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:14.100 BUT THE CLAIM APARTMENT REFUSED. 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:17.100 BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED THE CLAIMANT DIDN'T FOLLOW 00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:22.100 INSTRUCTIONS AND FAILED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IMPROVE SHE 00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:26.100 MISMANAGED HER POSITION OF EMPLOYMENT. 00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:28.100 SHE SHOULD MODIFY, VALID CLAIM, 00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:31.100 MISCONDUCT, REIMBURSE EMPLOYER 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:35.100 NOT BILLED ADEQUATE EMPLOYER RESPONSE. 00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:38.100 >> THE DECISION SHOULD BE AFFIRMED. THE CLAIMANT FILED A VALID CLAIM 00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:41.100 REGARDING THE JOB SEPARATION. THE EMPLOYER'S THREE WITNESS AS 00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:46.100 GREE THE CLAIMANT NEVER MET EXPECTATIONS. 00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:49.100 THEY ALSO TESTIFY THE CLAIMANT NEVER SEEMED TO UNDER HER JOB 00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:53.100 DUTIES. ADDITIONALLY THE CLAIMANT EXPRESSED JOB DIFFICULTIES WITH 00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:56.100 TRAINING FROM THE EMPLOYER. AS A GREATER WEIGHT OF THE 00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:59.100 EVIDENCE INDICATES THE CLAIMANT 00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:02.100 NEVER MET STANDARDS SHE WAS DISCHARGED TO HER INABILITY THAT 00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:06.100 IS NOT MISCONDUCT. A FIRM THE AT, NO MISCONDUCT 00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:11.100 BILL EMPLOYER. >> REVERSE THE AT, VALID CLAIM, 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:15.100 REIMBURSE EMPLOYER, NOT BILLED, 00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:19.100 ADEQUATE EMPLOYER RESPONSE. >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. 00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:22.100 >> YES, SIR COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. 00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:25.100 >> CASE -- 284. 00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:29.100 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> THE CLAIMANT WAS EXPOSED TO 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:34.100 COVID-19 AND REQUIRED QUARANTINE. 00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:37.100 THE CLAIMANT WAS HOSPITALIZED DUE TO A SEPARATE MEDICAL 00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:39.100 CONDITION. THE CLAIMANT PROVIDED SWORN 00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:44.100 TESTIMONY SHE RETAINED 00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:49.100 COMMUNICATION WITH THE EMPLOYER. THE CLAIMANT WAS ABSENT DIE TO 00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:52.100 AN ILLNESS NOT MISCONDUCT 00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:55.100 CONNECTED TO WORK. MODIFY AT, TIMELY CLAIMANT 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:59.100 APPEAL, MBI. VOID CHARGE BACK. >> WE SHOULD MODIFY THE 00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:03.100 DECISION. I AGREE THE CLAIMANT FILED A 00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:06.100 TIMELY APPEAL. JOB SEPARATION, THE EVIDENCE 00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:10.100 ESTABLISH THE JOB SEPARATION OCCURRED WHEN THEY STOPPED 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:13.100 PERFORMING SERVICES TO PAY QUARANTINING TO COVID-19 00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:20.100 EXPOSURE. CLAIMANT SHOULD QUALIFY FOR 00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:24.100 BENEFITS. MODIFY, TIMELY APPEAL, NO MISCONDUCT. 00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:26.100 DISASTER. >> MODIFY THE AT. 00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:37.100 TIMELY CLAIMANT APPEAL, MISCONDUCT. 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:39.100 >> WE HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE THE 00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:44.100 CLAIMANT IS NOT DISCALL PIED. 00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:49.100 THE REASONS ARE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE TWO COMMISSIONERS. >> I HAVE DISASTER. 00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:52.100 MR. ALVAREZ HAS MBI. 00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:56.100 >> MBI. >> RIGHT. >> I A GROW WITH THE MBI. 00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:59.100 >> THANK YOU. MBI. 00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:04.100 AND CHAIRMAN DANIEL, YOUR VOTE DIFFERS ON THE SEPARATION ISH A. 00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:08.100 DO YOU WISH TO DID I SENT. >> SHORT FORM DISSENT. 00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:11.100 >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> CASE NUMBER 288-1849. 00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:19.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> WE SHOULD MODIFY THE 00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:22.100 DECISION. I AGREE THE APPEAL IS TIMELY. 00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:26.100 AS TO THE JOB SEPARATION THE CLAIMANT QUIT DUE TO 00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:30.100 DISSATISFACTION HOW THE NEW MANAGER TREATED HER. 00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:34.100 THE CLAIMANT ACKNOWLEDGED SHE QUIT SHE FELT SHE WOULD BE FIRED 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:37.100 EVENTUALLY. DESPITE NOT BEING TOLD SHE WOULD 00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:40.100 BE FIRED. THE CLAIMANT COMPLAINED TO HR. 00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:44.100 BY QUITTING BEFORE THE INVESTIGATION SHE DIDN'T PROVIDE 00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:49.100 ' REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. 00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:52.100 SHE ADDRESSED HEALTH ISSUES AS A 00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:55.100 WREN FOR QUITTING. SHE WAS NOT ADVISED TO QUIT BY 00:25:57.100 --> 00:26:00.100 HER DOCTOR. SHE FAILED TO ESTABLISH GOOD CAUSE, WE SHOULD MODIFY THE AT 00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:04.100 DECISION, TIMELY CLAIMANT APPEAL, VOLUNTARY LEAVING, SET 00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:07.100 ASIDE REIMBURSEMENT RULING. 00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:12.100 >> THE AT DECISION SHOULD BE 00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:16.100 MODIFIED. THE CLAIMANT FILED A TIMELY APPEAL REGARDING THE JOB 00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:20.100 SEPARATION THE CLAIMANT IS A DISABLED VETERAN. 00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:23.100 SHE PROVIDED MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION TO THE EMPLOYER 00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:25.100 AND RECEIVED ACCOMMODATIONS DUE 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:28.100 TO BLOOD CLOTS. A NEW SUPERVISOR TOOK ISSUE WITH 00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:32.100 THIS AND TARGETED 9 CLAIMANT. 00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:36.100 THE CLAIMANT PROVIDED MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION OF DECLINING 00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:41.100 HEALTH AND DOCTOR SAID IT WAS NOT RELATED TO WORK. 00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:45.100 THE CLAIMANT HAD GOOD CAUSE TO QUIT DO YOU TO MBI. 00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:49.100 THE RULING SHOULD BE SET ASIDE. THE EMPLOYER IS A FEDERAL 00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:51.100 AGENCY. MODIFY THE AT, NO VOLUNTARY 00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:56.100 LEAVING MBI. SET ASIDE REIMBURSEMENT RULING. 00:26:57.100 --> 00:27:00.100 >> MODIFY THE AT. TIMELY APPEAL. 00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:03.100 VOLUNTARILY LEAVING. VOID REIMBURSEMENT RULING. 00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:06.100 >> VOLUNTARILY LEAVING MAJORITY 00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:17.100 VOTE. >> MS. MILLER SHORT FORM 00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:21.100 DISSENT. >> YES, SIR COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. 00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:23.100 THAT WAS THE LAST FOR ADDITIONAL 00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:26.100 DISCUSSIONS. YOU SHOULD OF RECEIVED THE SHORT 00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:30.100 FORM DISSENT FOR DOCKET 35. >> I MOVE WE ACCEPT STAFF 00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:34.100 RECOMMENDATIONS. >> I SECOND THE MOTION EXCEPT 00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:37.100 FOR THOSE I'M DISSENTING AS 00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:40.100 REQUESTED. >> I CONCUR WITH THE CHAIRMAN'S 00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:44.100 MOTION EXCEPT CASES I'M DISSENTING AS REFLECTED FOR 00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:48.100 DOCKET 35. >> MOTION PASSES WITH EXCEPTIONS 00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:52.100 NOTED. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:54.100 >> LET'S TAKE A SHORT BREAK. WE WILL BE BACK WITH AGENDA 00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:57.100 EIGHT IN A FEW MINUTES. 00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:50.100 >> LET'S COME BACK WITH AGENDA 00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:53.100 NUMBER 8. 00:30:57.100 --> 00:31:00.100 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS AND MR. SERNA. 00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:04.100 FOR THE RECORD SHUNTA WILLIAMS 00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:08.100 AND WE HAVE WORK BOARD NOMINATIONS FOR GREATER DALLAS, 00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:13.100 THE COASTAL, AND BASIN FOR YOU 00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:18.100 CONSIDERATION TODAY. STAFF RECOMMENDS ALL NOMINATIONS 00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:23.100 TO BE APPROVED. I'M HERE TO SW-R ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:26.100 >> KW*Z QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> NONE HERE, CHAIRMAN. 00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:29.100 >> A MOTION. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE BOARD'S 00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:34.100 NOMINATIONS. >> I SECOND. 00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:37.100 >> SO MOVED AND SECONDED. MOTION CARIES. ITEM 9. 00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:47.100 >> AGAIN GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS, MR. SERNA. 00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:50.100 FOR THE RECORD SHUNTA WILLIAMS. 00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:54.100 BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION ARE THE 2021 SEQUENT CERTIFICATIONS 00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:59.100 OF ALL 28 LOCAL WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. 00:31:59.100 --> 00:32:01.100 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29USC 00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:04.100 SECTION -- C2 THE GOVERNOR SHALL 00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:09.100 ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS CERTIFY ONE BOARD FOR EACH LOCAL AREA IN THE 00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:12.100 STATE. SEQUENT CERTIFICATION IS FOCUSED 00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:17.100 ON THE EXTENT WHICH LOCAL BOARDS ARE COMPOSED TO STATE AND 00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:20.100 FEDERAL LAW. STATUTE REQUIRES BOARD TO INSURE 00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:23.100 WORK FORCE -- ARE CARRIED OUT IN 00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:29.100 LOCAL AREAS TO MEET ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. 00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:31.100 BASED ON STAFF'S REVIEW OF THE 00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:35.100 BOARD'S COMPETITION AND LOCAL AGREEMENTS AND CONTINUED 00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:38.100 IMPROVEMENT ON SERVICES DELIVERED OF LOCAL PERFORMANCE 00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:42.100 IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:46.100 COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND SEQUENT CERTIFICATION FOR 28 LOCAL WORK 00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:51.100 FORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS THIS. CONCLUDES MY REQUEST. 00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:54.100 I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU. 00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:57.100 HAVE. >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> NONE HERE, CHAIRMAN. 00:32:57.100 --> 00:33:00.100 >> NONE. >> A MOTION. >> I MOVE WE ACCEPT STAFF 00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:02.100 RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPROVE FOR 00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:05.100 SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR FOR CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE 00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:09.100 ACT. >> I SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. 00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:13.100 WE'RE UNANIMOUS. >> THANK YOU. >> MOTION CARIES. 00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:15.100 AGENDA ITEM 10. 00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:25.100 >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. 00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:30.100 MR. SERNA. JUAN GARCIA WITH THE VOC REHAB 00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:34.100 DIVISION. -- ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS 00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:38.100 ESTABLISHED BY THE WORKERS COMMISSION UNDER TEXAS HUMAN 00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:42.100 RESOURCES CODE SECTION 122.105. 00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:48.100 BOTH THAT SECTION AND THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION 00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:53.100 086.21 B-1 REQUIRE THE COMMITTEE 00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:56.100 TO SET SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR 00:33:58.100 --> 00:34:01.100 THE PROGRAM. IN KEEPING WITH THAT REQUIREMENT THE COMMITTEE HAS DEVELOPED 00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:05.100 OBJECTIVES THAT ALIGN WITH THE PURPOSE OF CHAPTER 122 OF THE 00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:09.100 HUMAN RESOURCES CODE WHICH IS FURTHER TORE STATE THE STATE 00:34:10.100 --> 00:34:13.100 POLICY OF ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING PERSONS WITH 00:34:14.100 --> 00:34:16.100 DISABILITIES TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM 00:34:17.100 --> 00:34:20.100 INDEPENDENCE BY ENGAGING IN USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT 00:34:22.100 --> 00:34:24.100 ACTIVITIES. 00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:27.100 CHAIRED BY LINDA LOGAN. 00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:32.100 ANALYST OF TEXAS COUNCIL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND 00:34:33.100 --> 00:34:35.100 LONG TIME ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE 00:34:36.100 --> 00:34:38.100 WITH DISABILITIES. MS. LOGAN IS WITH US VIA ZOOM 00:34:40.100 --> 00:34:42.100 AND PRESENT THE OBJECTIVES AS 00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:45.100 ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE WITH. 00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:49.100 THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. LOGAN. 00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:52.100 >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONERS AND 00:34:54.100 --> 00:34:57.100 MR. SERNA. IT'S A HONOR TO SERVE ON THE 00:34:57.100 --> 00:34:59.100 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I WANTED TO TAKE THIS 00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:02.100 OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR A 00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:05.100 POINTING ME CHAIR THIS YEAR. 00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:09.100 I WILL QUICKLY WALK THROUGH THE FOUR OBJECTIVES THAT WERE 00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:12.100 SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE. 00:35:14.100 --> 00:35:16.100 YOU HAVE, I THINK THE REPORT IN 00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:20.100 FRONT OF YOU. OBJECTIVE ONE IS PROMOTE THE EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL OF PEOPLE 00:35:21.100 --> 00:35:24.100 WITH DISABILITIES. ONE WAY TO DO THIS IS BY 00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:28.100 EDUCATING POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS USING EVIDENCE AND DATA. 00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:32.100 DEMONSTRATING THE SUCCESS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN A 00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:36.100 RANGE OF COMMUNITY BASED OCCUPATIONS. 00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:39.100 ANOTHER WAY IS TO REACH OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING 00:35:40.100 --> 00:35:42.100 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND -- 00:35:44.100 --> 00:35:47.100 ADVERTISING JOB OPENINGS. OBJECTIVE TWO IS TO OPTIMIZE AND 00:35:49.100 --> 00:35:52.100 ENHANCE THE CAREER ADVANCEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:56.100 THROUGH VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND JOB TRAINING. 00:35:58.100 --> 00:36:01.100 THE WAY TO MEET THIS OBJECTIVE IS TO USE THE SAME TECHNIQUES 00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:05.100 AND SUPPORTS THAT ARE USED FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT DISABILITIES. 00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:08.100 THE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES NEEDS TO 00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:11.100 BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE 00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:15.100 WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL AS EMPLOYERS. 00:36:15.100 --> 00:36:17.100 OBJECTIVE THROW IS TO EXPAND 00:36:19.100 --> 00:36:22.100 OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE 00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:25.100 WITH DISABILITIES. THAT REQUIRES FOCUS AT THE 00:36:29.100 --> 00:36:31.100 PROGRAM LEVEL AND IT CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THE AGENCY. 00:36:32.100 --> 00:36:35.100 OBJECTIVE FOUR IS TO FIND AND PROMOTE LIVING WAGES FOR 00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:38.100 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 00:36:39.100 --> 00:36:41.100 AS YOU KNOW THROUGH YOUR WORK 00:36:44.100 --> 00:36:46.100 AND THE WORK OF TEXAS LEGISLATURES AND ADVOCATES THE 00:36:48.100 --> 00:36:51.100 LAW WAS CHANGED TO REQUIRE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM TO BE PAID 00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:55.100 THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGING OF $7.25 AN HOUR. 00:36:58.100 --> 00:37:01.100 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT. 00:37:02.100 --> 00:37:05.100 IN SOME ACCOUNTS THAT IS NOT A LIVING WAGE. 00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:08.100 DEVELOPING A METHOD FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT CONSTITUTES A 00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:11.100 LIVING WAGE IN THE VARIOUS URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL 00:37:13.100 --> 00:37:15.100 COMMUNITIES WILL HELP TEXAS AND THE STATE USE, AND THE STATE USE 00:37:18.100 --> 00:37:21.100 PROGRAM TO PLAN FOR THE EVENT UTILITY OF AN INCREASE IN THE 00:37:22.100 --> 00:37:24.100 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGING. BY THE WAY $7.25 WHICH WAS THE 00:37:27.100 --> 00:37:29.100 ADOPTED FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGING 00:37:31.100 --> 00:37:33.100 12 YEARS AGO THAT SAME AMOUNT 00:37:35.100 --> 00:37:37.100 NOW REQUIRES ALMOST $1 MORE. 00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:41.100 $9.23. ALSO AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT 00:37:41.100 --> 00:37:44.100 WOULD BE HELPFUL. IN CLOSING I DO WANT TO 00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:48.100 EMPHASIZE THESE OBJECTIVES REFLECT TWCs CURRENT AND ON 00:37:49.100 --> 00:37:52.100 GOING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO PEOPLE 00:37:52.100 --> 00:37:55.100 WITH DISABILITIES. THEY ARE NOT NEW IDEAS. 00:37:57.100 --> 00:38:00.100 THEY'RE GOOD IDEAS THAT ARE THE BEDROCK FOR THE PROGRAM 00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:03.100 IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS AND THAT WILL BE 00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:06.100 NEED IN THE FUTURE. 00:38:07.100 --> 00:38:10.100 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THESE OBJECTIVES. MR. GARCIA AND I WOULD BE HAPPY 00:38:12.100 --> 00:38:15.100 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY. HAVE 00:38:15.100 --> 00:38:17.100 >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. 00:38:18.100 --> 00:38:20.100 ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO 00:38:21.100 --> 00:38:23.100 THANK MS. LOGAN FOR HER 00:38:24.100 --> 00:38:27.100 VOLUNTEERISM, HER GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU MR. GASSER YA FOR THE 00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:31.100 GREAT REPORT. >> THANK YOU. >> I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS. 00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:34.100 MS. LOGAN, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. 00:38:34.100 --> 00:38:37.100 THE COMMITTEE HAS MET ON A LOT OF OCCASIONS, A LOT OF WORK IN 00:38:38.100 --> 00:38:40.100 THAT REGARD. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPOT LIGHT. 00:38:41.100 --> 00:38:44.100 I LOVE OBJECTIVE ONE WHERE WE SPOT LIGHT EMPLOYERS IN THE 00:38:44.100 --> 00:38:46.100 STATE THAT ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE DISABILITIES 00:38:47.100 --> 00:38:50.100 SPACE, THOSE INDIVIDUAL WITH OVER TEN PERCENT OF POPULATION 00:38:51.100 --> 00:38:54.100 HIRING DISABILITY SPACE. WE'RE BRINGING ATTENTION TO THAT 00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:58.100 IN BIG BIG WAYS. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 00:38:58.100 --> 00:39:01.100 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. 00:39:01.100 --> 00:39:04.100 >> ALRIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS IS AGENDA ITEM 11. 00:39:12.100 --> 00:39:15.100 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS. 00:39:15.100 --> 00:39:17.100 FOR THE RECORD REAGAN MILLER. 00:39:18.100 --> 00:39:21.100 THIS MORNING WE'RE SEEKING YOUR DIRECTION ON SETTING THE CHILD 00:39:22.100 --> 00:39:25.100 CARE MINIMUM THRESHOLDS FOR BOARD CONTRACT YEAR 22. 00:39:28.100 --> 00:39:31.100 THE DETAILS ARE OUTLINED IN THE MEETING MATERIALS. AS A PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS 00:39:32.100 --> 00:39:34.100 WE SEEK YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR 00:39:35.100 --> 00:39:38.100 HIGHER MINIMUM THRESHOLDS FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS FOR BASE RATES 00:39:40.100 --> 00:39:42.100 AND TEXAS RISING STAR RATES. 00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:46.100 WE HAVE OUTLINED EACH MINIMUM THRESHOLD IN THE PAPER. 00:39:47.100 --> 00:39:50.100 WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SUMMARIZE THOSE. 00:39:50.100 --> 00:39:52.100 SO CURRENTLY THE BASE RATES ARE SET AT THE 30th PERCENTILE. 00:39:53.100 --> 00:39:55.100 WE'RE SEEKING YOUR ATTENTION TO 00:39:56.100 --> 00:39:58.100 SEEK FOR INFANTS AT THE 60th, 00:40:00.100 --> 00:40:02.100 TODDLERS 55th, PRESCHOOL AND 00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:05.100 SCHOOL YEAR AT THE 50th PERCENTILE. 00:40:06.100 --> 00:40:08.100 FOR TEXAS RISING STAR WE CURRENTLY BENCHMARK ALL FOUR 00:40:09.100 --> 00:40:11.100 STAR RIGHTS TO THE 75th 00:40:12.100 --> 00:40:14.100 PERCENTILE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THREE AND TWO BELOW THAT. 00:40:15.100 --> 00:40:18.100 WE SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE ON BENCHMARKING THE FOUR STAR 00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:22.100 INFANT RATE TO THE 85th PERCENTILE. 00:40:22.100 --> 00:40:24.100 FOUR STAR TODDLER TO THE 80th 00:40:25.100 --> 00:40:28.100 PERCENTILE. FOUR STAR FOR PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN WOULD REMAIN 00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:31.100 AT 75th PERCENTILE. 00:40:32.100 --> 00:40:34.100 WE ANTICIPATE THESE WILL INCREASE OUR COSTS BY 00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:37.100 APPROXIMATELY 20% STATE WIDE. 00:40:38.100 --> 00:40:41.100 WE ARE ALSO SEEKING YOUR DIRECTION ON INCREASING THE BOARD CONTRACT YEAR 22 CHILD 00:40:43.100 --> 00:40:45.100 CARE ALLOCATION BY $87 MILLION 00:40:46.100 --> 00:40:49.100 IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED COSTS IN CARE AND 00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:53.100 THOSE ALLOCATIONS ARE AN ATTACHMENT IN THE MEETING 00:40:54.100 --> 00:40:57.100 MATERIAL. AT THIS TIME WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OPERATIONAL INSIGHT ON THE 00:40:58.100 --> 00:41:00.100 EXACT BCY22 PERFORMANCE TARGETS. 00:41:02.100 --> 00:41:05.100 WE'RE UPDATING THOSE CALCULATIONS WITH NEW MORE 00:41:05.100 --> 00:41:08.100 RECENT DATA. WE WILL HAVE THOSE FOR YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH. 00:41:09.100 --> 00:41:12.100 THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. 00:41:12.100 --> 00:41:15.100 >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> NONE HERE. 00:41:15.100 --> 00:41:18.100 THANK YOU, REAGAN. >> THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFINGS. 00:41:19.100 --> 00:41:22.100 >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO FOR PARENTS WHAT DOES -- THIS 00:41:24.100 --> 00:41:26.100 CHANGE GOES INTO EFFECT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR PARENTS. 00:41:27.100 --> 00:41:30.100 THE BOTTOM LINE FOR PARENTS ON THIS. 00:41:30.100 --> 00:41:32.100 >> FOR PARENTS WE'RE OFFERING A COMPETITIVE RATE TO ENCOURAGE 00:41:34.100 --> 00:41:37.100 MORE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBSIDY 00:41:38.100 --> 00:41:40.100 PROGRAM. INCREASING PARENTS CHOICE AND 00:41:42.100 --> 00:41:45.100 INCREASING ACCESS ACROSS THE STATE. >> THE 87 MILLION WE NEED TO 00:41:46.100 --> 00:41:49.100 SORT OF HOLD OUR OWN, WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? 00:41:49.100 --> 00:41:52.100 >> WE HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASES TO THE FEDERAL 00:41:53.100 --> 00:41:56.100 ALLOCATIONS TO TEXAS THE LAST FIVE YEARS AT LEAST. 00:41:57.100 --> 00:41:59.100 WE HAVE BALANCES AT THE STATE. WE WILL USE THE STATE BALANCES 00:42:00.100 --> 00:42:02.100 TO COVER THE 87 MILLION-DOLLAR 00:42:03.100 --> 00:42:06.100 INCREASE. >> FOR PARENTS TO HAVE A MORE MEANINGFUL BENEFIT WE CAN USE 00:42:07.100 --> 00:42:09.100 $87 MILLION THAT WE IN WAYS 00:42:13.100 --> 00:42:15.100 DIDN'T SPEND ON THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MOVE IT FORWARD. 00:42:17.100 --> 00:42:19.100 THAT, DOES THAT ENABLE US TO 00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:24.100 SERVE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME NUMBER OF FAMILIES WE HAVE 00:42:25.100 --> 00:42:27.100 SERVED? >> IT WILL, WE PROJECT, THOSE 00:42:29.100 --> 00:42:32.100 ARE ALL PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THERE MAYBE A SLIGHT REDUCTION 00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:34.100 OF 2000 WHAT WE COULD OF SERVED 00:42:35.100 --> 00:42:38.100 VERSUS WHAT WE WOULD SERVE WITH THE NEW MONIES AND NEW RATES. 00:42:39.100 --> 00:42:42.100 >> THIS IS A NATURAL ATTRITION. NOBODY WOULD LOSE THEIR 00:42:42.100 --> 00:42:44.100 PARTICULAR BENEFITS. IF THIS WERE TWO THOUSAND FEWER 00:42:46.100 --> 00:42:48.100 FAMILIES. WE HAVE A MORE, YOU KNOW 00:42:49.100 --> 00:42:52.100 MEANINGFUL BENEFIT ANYBODY WHO WOULD NOT BE RECEIVING WOULD OF 00:42:53.100 --> 00:42:56.100 BEEN SLATED TO COME OFF THE BENEFITS? 00:42:56.100 --> 00:42:58.100 >> THAT IS CORRECT. NO CHILD WOULD BE TERMINATED 00:42:59.100 --> 00:43:01.100 FROM CARE. WE HANDLE ADJUSTMENTS AND 00:43:02.100 --> 00:43:05.100 NUMBERS SERVED THROUGH NATURAL ATTRITION IN THE PROGRAM. 00:43:05.100 --> 00:43:08.100 >> SO THE 87 MILLION THAT'S NOT ALL WE HAVE SAVED BACK. 00:43:09.100 --> 00:43:12.100 WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO CARRY US FOR A FEW YEARS INTO 00:43:13.100 --> 00:43:16.100 THE FUTURE ON THIS PARTICULAR EXERCISE. IS THAT CORRECT. 00:43:16.100 --> 00:43:19.100 >> WE DO. WE HAVE WORKED WITH FINANCE AND THINK AT THIS LEVEL OF A BOARD 00:43:21.100 --> 00:43:24.100 ALLOCATION WE CAN SUSTAIN THIS AMOUNT FOR THREE YEARS. 00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:28.100 ASSUMING NO ADDITIONAL INCREASES TO THE FEDERAL GRANT. 00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:31.100 >> THIS IS AN ACTION THAT TWC HAS TAKEN IN AN EFFORT TO SORT 00:43:34.100 --> 00:43:37.100 OF FIND THE REASONABLE SPOT FOR THE AMOUNT OF BENEFIT TO INSURE 00:43:38.100 --> 00:43:40.100 WE HAVE QUALITY CARE AT THE SAME 00:43:41.100 --> 00:43:44.100 TIME PARENTS CAN WORK, YOU KNOW WHATEVER JOB THEY'RE WORKING IN 00:43:45.100 --> 00:43:48.100 FOR THE TEXAS WORK FORCE. >> WELL SAID T IS. 00:43:48.100 --> 00:43:50.100 >> YOU KNOW THREE YEARS IS A 00:43:55.100 --> 00:43:57.100 LONG TIME AND A SHORT TIME. WE DON'T HAVE A PREDICTION FOR 00:43:58.100 --> 00:44:01.100 THE FUTURE AS FAR AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED. 00:44:01.100 --> 00:44:03.100 IT APPEARS THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT 00:44:04.100 --> 00:44:07.100 OF DOLLARS FOR CHILD CARE HAGS RAISED. 00:44:07.100 --> 00:44:10.100 IT'S A REASONABLE PROPOSITIONS FOR THIS COMMISSION TO SAY WE WILL TRY THIS FOR THREE YEARS 00:44:11.100 --> 00:44:14.100 AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DOLLARS 00:44:14.100 --> 00:44:17.100 THAT ARE SWIRLING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO CHILD CARE AS A RESULT 00:44:18.100 --> 00:44:20.100 OF PANDEMIC. THE PANDEMIC RELIEF PACKAGES OUT 00:44:23.100 --> 00:44:26.100 OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE'RE NOT TAPPING INTO THOSE 00:44:26.100 --> 00:44:29.100 DOLLARS FOR THIS EFFORT THIS. IS THE CORE CHILD CARE PROGRAM 00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:33.100 WE HAVE YEARS AND HOPE TO HAVE FOR YEARS. 00:44:33.100 --> 00:44:35.100 >> THAT'S CORRECT. THIS MONEY DOESN'T CONSIDER THE 00:44:36.100 --> 00:44:38.100 ONE-TIME STIMULUS FUNDS. 00:44:39.100 --> 00:44:42.100 >> THOSE FUNDS WE HAVE DIRECTED TO ONE-TIME PROJECTS AND WILL 00:44:43.100 --> 00:44:46.100 CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS AS WE ALLOCATE 00:44:47.100 --> 00:44:50.100 THOSE DOLLARS TO USEFUL ONE-TIME PROJECTS. 00:44:50.100 --> 00:44:52.100 >> WE. HAVE WE'RE TRYING TO BE MINDFUL 00:44:53.100 --> 00:44:55.100 THEY'RE ONE TIME FUNDS. ANYTHING WE DO WE SCALE TO THE 00:44:56.100 --> 00:44:58.100 FACT THE FUNDING WON'T BE AROUND 00:44:59.100 --> 00:45:02.100 FOREVER. >> I APPRECIATE THAT LINE OF THINKING ON YOUR STAFF'S BE 00:45:03.100 --> 00:45:06.100 HALF. WOULD I HATE TO CREATE A EXPECTATION FOR LARGE NUMBER OF 00:45:06.100 --> 00:45:09.100 PARENTS TO SEE THAT GO AWAY. I LIKE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF 00:45:10.100 --> 00:45:13.100 THIS. THE THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THIS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE 00:45:13.100 --> 00:45:15.100 BENEFIT. ONE THAT ENABLES PARENTS TO GO 00:45:16.100 --> 00:45:18.100 BACK TO WORK. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER A MILLION 00:45:19.100 --> 00:45:22.100 JOBS FOR WORK IN TEXAS NOW. WE HAVE FEWER FOLKS THAN THAT 00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:25.100 STILL RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT, 00:45:26.100 --> 00:45:28.100 EVEN -- I WAS A COMMUNICATION 00:45:29.100 --> 00:45:32.100 MAJOR FOR A REASON. I CAN DO THE MATH AND SEE THE 00:45:34.100 --> 00:45:37.100 GAP OF OPEN JOBS OUT THERE. I DON'T WANT CHILD CARE TO BE A 00:45:38.100 --> 00:45:40.100 IMPEDIMENT FOR SOMEONE TO GET A 00:45:41.100 --> 00:45:44.100 JOB. PARTICULARLY A MIDDLE SKILLS JOB LEADING TO A GREATER CAREER PATH 00:45:45.100 --> 00:45:48.100 AND INCREASED WAGES FOR THE FAMILY. 00:45:48.100 --> 00:45:50.100 THIS BENEFIT CAN HELP US BRIDGE THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP. 00:45:51.100 --> 00:45:54.100 A LAWED THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE 00:45:54.100 --> 00:45:57.100 MONEY TO ENABLE US TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. 00:45:57.100 --> 00:45:59.100 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> NONE HERE, CHAIRMAN. 00:46:00.100 --> 00:46:03.100 >> NONE. >> ALRIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION. 00:46:06.100 --> 00:46:09.100 >> WE DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. 00:46:11.100 --> 00:46:13.100 BROOKS JONES. MR. JONES, UNMUTE YOURSELF TO 00:46:14.100 --> 00:46:17.100 PROCEED. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME. >> YES. 00:46:17.100 --> 00:46:20.100 >> SO, I AM ACTUALLY VERY -- WE'RE IN SOUTH PLANES, PANHANDLE 00:46:23.100 --> 00:46:25.100 REGIONS. WE HAVE A TOTAL 12 FACILITIES. 00:46:28.100 --> 00:46:31.100 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL THAT MS. MILLER PRESENTED. 00:46:33.100 --> 00:46:35.100 THIS WILL KEEP US KEEPING WITH 00:46:36.100 --> 00:46:39.100 CHILDREN ON SUBSIDY CARE. SO WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO 00:46:40.100 --> 00:46:43.100 THAT RATE INCREASE AND HOPEFULLY THAT HAPPENS QUICKLY. 00:46:45.100 --> 00:46:48.100 HOPE TO SEE IT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE THE 30 PERCENTILE HAS 00:46:50.100 --> 00:46:52.100 MADE IT WHERE WE LIMIT THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL SPOTS THAT 00:46:53.100 --> 00:46:56.100 WE HAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE HOPE TO SEE THOSE INCREASE. 00:46:57.100 --> 00:46:59.100 WE'RE FOR IT. 00:47:01.100 --> 00:47:03.100 >> ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL 00:47:04.100 --> 00:47:07.100 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> NONE HERE. >> A MOTION. 00:47:07.100 --> 00:47:09.100 >> AIRMAN I MOVE WE APPROVE 00:47:10.100 --> 00:47:13.100 SETTING THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. 00:47:13.100 --> 00:47:16.100 ALLOW STAFF TO MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO INSURE 00:47:17.100 --> 00:47:19.100 COMPLIANCE, INCREASE THE BOARD'S 00:47:22.100 --> 00:47:25.100 CHILD CARE ALLOCATION BY $87 MILLION. 00:47:25.100 --> 00:47:28.100 >> SECOND SOMEWHERE. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. UNANIMOUS. 00:47:28.100 --> 00:47:30.100 THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING UNDER ITEM 12? 00:47:33.100 --> 00:47:35.100 ITEM 13? 00:47:47.100 --> 00:47:49.100 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN DANIELS, COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ -- 00:47:52.100 --> 00:47:54.100 THE RECORD -- EMPLOYMENT 00:47:56.100 --> 00:47:59.100 DIVISION. UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD. 00:47:59.100 --> 00:48:01.100 HELPING TO REDUCE OVER ALL 00:48:02.100 --> 00:48:05.100 ASSIGNMENT INVENTORY AND IMPROVE OVER ALL CUSTOMER SERVICE 00:48:06.100 --> 00:48:08.100 DELIVERY. YOU MAY RECALL THE MAJORITY OF 00:48:09.100 --> 00:48:12.100 THE FEDERAL PANDEMIC MAJORITY PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE WEEK OF 00:48:14.100 --> 00:48:16.100 JULY 26th, 2021. 00:48:17.100 --> 00:48:20.100 SINCE THAT TIME WITH THE TEXAS ECONOMY CONTINUING TO RECOVER AS 00:48:22.100 --> 00:48:24.100 WE SEE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES 00:48:25.100 --> 00:48:27.100 STEADILY IMPROVE AND FOR THE MOST RECENT REPORTED MONTH TEXAS 00:48:30.100 --> 00:48:32.100 RATE WAS DOWN 6.2% FROM 00:48:33.100 --> 00:48:35.100 HISTORICAL HIGH OF 12.9% BACK 00:48:37.100 --> 00:48:39.100 WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST HIT. 00:48:40.100 --> 00:48:43.100 AUGUST 20th, 2021 THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NOTIFIED THE 00:48:43.100 --> 00:48:46.100 TEXAS WORK FORCE COMMISSION THAT TWC OF STATE EXTENDED BENEFITS 00:48:49.100 --> 00:48:52.100 AZTECS TEXT THREE MONTH TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED TO 00:48:53.100 --> 00:48:56.100 6.4%. THAT IS BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF 00:48:57.100 --> 00:48:59.100 6.5% REQUIRED FOR EXTENDED 00:49:01.100 --> 00:49:03.100 BENEFITS. UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW TWC 00:49:04.100 --> 00:49:07.100 HAS A THREE WEEK TRIGGER OFF PERIOD. 00:49:07.100 --> 00:49:10.100 BEGINNING WITH BENEFIT WEEK AUGUST 28th, 2021 THROUGH 00:49:11.100 --> 00:49:13.100 SEPTEMBER 11, 2021. 00:49:14.100 --> 00:49:16.100 THOSE THREE WEEKENDINGS SERVE AS 00:49:20.100 --> 00:49:23.100 THAT THREE WEEK TRIGGER OFF PERIOD. 00:49:23.100 --> 00:49:26.100 SO AS A RESULT TWC WILL STOP PAYING EXTENDED STATE BENEFITS 00:49:28.100 --> 00:49:30.100 WITH BENEFIT WEEKENDING, CORRECT 00:49:32.100 --> 00:49:35.100 STOP PAYING EXTENDED BENEFITS WITH BENEFIT WEEK AFTER 00:49:36.100 --> 00:49:38.100 SEPTEMBER 11th, 2021. 00:49:40.100 --> 00:49:42.100 SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 WILL BE THE 00:49:43.100 --> 00:49:46.100 LAST WEEK FOR STATE EXTENDED BENEFITS. 00:49:46.100 --> 00:49:49.100 CLAIMANTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING EXTENDED BENEFITS MAY RECEIVE 00:49:51.100 --> 00:49:54.100 FOR WEEKS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11, 2021 AS LONG AS THEY REMAIN 00:49:55.100 --> 00:49:57.100 ELIGIBLE AND FILE TIMELY PAYMENT 00:49:58.100 --> 00:50:00.100 REQUESTS. AS YOU POINTED OUT, CHAIRMAN, 00:50:01.100 --> 00:50:04.100 THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS AVAILABLE. THE UI DIVISION WILL CONTINUE TO 00:50:06.100 --> 00:50:08.100 WORK CLOSELY WITH WORK FORCE TEAM AND WITH OUR REEMPLOYMENT 00:50:11.100 --> 00:50:14.100 SERVICES, REALLY GETTING THE PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. 00:50:14.100 --> 00:50:17.100 THAT IS WHAT THE FOCUS IS FOR US AS WE TRANSITION FORWARD. 00:50:18.100 --> 00:50:20.100 AS ALL FEDERAL BENEFITS END AS 00:50:22.100 --> 00:50:24.100 OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2021. 00:50:26.100 --> 00:50:29.100 THIS CONCLUDES MY UPDATE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 00:50:29.100 --> 00:50:31.100 YOU MAY HAVE. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 00:50:32.100 --> 00:50:35.100 >> NONE HERE, CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. 00:50:35.100 --> 00:50:37.100 ANYTHING ELSE UNDER ITEM 13. 00:50:38.100 --> 00:50:41.100 >> NO. >> LEGISLATIVE REPORT TODAY? >> NO. 00:50:41.100 --> 00:50:44.100 >> LET'S SEE I KNOW WE HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT. 00:50:45.100 --> 00:50:47.100 >> YES, SIR. JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE 00:50:48.100 --> 00:50:50.100 THE COMMISSION WITH A BRIEF 00:50:53.100 --> 00:50:55.100 NOTICE WE'RE CHANGING ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE TO THE 00:50:56.100 --> 00:50:59.100 AGENCY AS OF TOMORROW. THE EMPHASIS OF THE CHANGE IS TO 00:51:00.100 --> 00:51:03.100 CONTINUE TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE OUR SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AS 00:51:04.100 --> 00:51:07.100 WELL AS OUR OUTREACH OF COMMUNICATION. 00:51:08.100 --> 00:51:10.100 DURING THE PAST 18 MONTHS THE 00:51:11.100 --> 00:51:14.100 PANDEMIC, I NOTICED WE PROVIDED GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE GIVEN ALL 00:51:15.100 --> 00:51:17.100 THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. 00:51:18.100 --> 00:51:21.100 IF I HAD TO GRADE US I WOULD GRADE US A B OR B MINUS. 00:51:24.100 --> 00:51:27.100 HOWEVER I CONTINUE TO THINK THAT AFTER, AFTER THE RUSH OF THE 00:51:28.100 --> 00:51:31.100 PANDEMIC AND IF THINGS GET BACK TO NORMAL. 00:51:31.100 --> 00:51:33.100 THEY WILL. IF WE CONTINUE TO A HIGH 00:51:34.100 --> 00:51:36.100 OURSELVES AND FOCUS ON OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE WE 00:51:38.100 --> 00:51:41.100 COULD REALLY EXCEL. WITH THAT IN N. MIND CREATING A 00:51:42.100 --> 00:51:44.100 NEW DIVISION, WORKING TITLE 00:51:46.100 --> 00:51:49.100 CUSTOMER CARE DIVISION. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO SET 00:51:50.100 --> 00:51:52.100 UP. THE INTENT IS THE MAIN DOOR TO 00:51:53.100 --> 00:51:56.100 BOTH TWC AND WORKFORCE SYSTEM. SO SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW 00:51:58.100 --> 00:52:00.100 THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO KNOW 00:52:01.100 --> 00:52:04.100 THAT WE PROVIDE CHILD CARE OR ALL OF THESE OTHER SERVICES. 00:52:04.100 --> 00:52:07.100 THEY JUST HAVE TO GET TO THE ONE PLACE AND GET THE OFFICERS THEY 00:52:08.100 --> 00:52:10.100 NEED. THIS WILL NOT BE A CALL CENTER 00:52:12.100 --> 00:52:14.100 OR A CHAT BOX THAT TELLS YOU TO 00:52:15.100 --> 00:52:17.100 CALL SOMEPLACE ELSE OR GIVES YOU 00:52:18.100 --> 00:52:20.100 A WEBSITE. IT IS ACTUALLY A CALL CENTER TO 00:52:21.100 --> 00:52:23.100 HELP THE CALLER. WHETHER THE CALLER IS A 00:52:24.100 --> 00:52:26.100 EMPLOYER, JOB SEEKER, FAMILY 00:52:28.100 --> 00:52:30.100 NEEDING CHILD CARE OR OTHER 00:52:31.100 --> 00:52:34.100 ASSISTANCE, OR A STUDENT LOOKING TO START THEIR CAREER. 00:52:35.100 --> 00:52:37.100 LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON 00:52:38.100 --> 00:52:40.100 APPRENTICESHIP OR INTERN 00:52:41.100 --> 00:52:44.100 OPPORTUNITIES THAT. WILL TAKE TIME TO SET UP. THAT IS EFFECTIVE 00:52:45.100 --> 00:52:47.100 SEPTEMBER 1st. ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED 00:52:48.100 --> 00:52:51.100 DURING THE PANDEMIC AGAIN I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB GETTING 00:52:51.100 --> 00:52:54.100 THE WORD OUT ON WHAT WE WERE DOING AND DEALING WITH. 00:52:55.100 --> 00:52:58.100 I DON'T THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB DOING THAT. 00:52:58.100 --> 00:53:01.100 IF WE A PLOY OURSELVES WE CAN DO A GREAT JOB WITH OUTREACH AND 00:53:02.100 --> 00:53:04.100 COMMUNICATIONS. REFORMULATING ONE OF THE 00:53:05.100 --> 00:53:08.100 DIVISIONS, CURRENT DIVISION OF OFFICE OF EMPLOYER INITIATIVES. 00:53:09.100 --> 00:53:11.100 CHANGE THAT FUNCTION AND EXPAND 00:53:12.100 --> 00:53:14.100 D THAT DIVISION. STILL DOING THAT, OUR FOCUS IS 00:53:15.100 --> 00:53:18.100 STILL ON A CORE CUSTOMER, OUR EMPLOYERS. 00:53:18.100 --> 00:53:21.100 IT WILL ADD OUTREACH, STRATEGIC OUTREACH EFFORTS AND 00:53:21.100 --> 00:53:24.100 COMMUNICATIONS TO THAT GROUP. TO THAT END I'M COMBINING ALL OF 00:53:26.100 --> 00:53:29.100 OUR STRATEGIC OUTREACH OR COMMUNICATIONS, DESIGN SERVICES, 00:53:31.100 --> 00:53:34.100 THINGS LIKE THAT INTO THAT DIVISION. 00:53:34.100 --> 00:53:36.100 IF WE WERE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THIS DIVISION WOULD BE 00:53:37.100 --> 00:53:40.100 EQUIVALENT OF A MARKETING ARM. WE'RE NOT. 00:53:40.100 --> 00:53:42.100 WHAT IT IS, IS AN OUTREACH ARM. 00:53:43.100 --> 00:53:46.100 THE INTENT IS NOT JUST PRESS RELEASES BUT GET INFORMATION TO 00:53:47.100 --> 00:53:50.100 OUR CUSTOMERS. TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE 00:53:50.100 --> 00:53:53.100 STATE ON HOW ALL OF THE SERVICE THAT'S WE CAN PROVIDE -- I HEARD 00:53:54.100 --> 00:53:57.100 THIS SESSION AND LAST SESSION THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE STATE'S 00:53:57.100 --> 00:54:00.100 BEST KEPT SECRETS. WE DON'T NEED TO BE A BEST KEPT 00:54:01.100 --> 00:54:04.100 SECRET CONSIDERING THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO CITIZENS IN THE 00:54:05.100 --> 00:54:07.100 STATE. MORE THAN UNEMPLOYMENT AND JOB 00:54:08.100 --> 00:54:11.100 SEEKING. SO THE CONCENTRATION THAT HAD GROUP WILL BE TO ENHANCE OUR 00:54:13.100 --> 00:54:15.100 OUTREACH, IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS, AS WELL AS 00:54:16.100 --> 00:54:18.100 CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW WITH SKILLS 00:54:19.100 --> 00:54:22.100 DEVELOPMENT, HIGH DEMAND, AND THE OTHER GRANTS THEY WORK WITH. 00:54:23.100 --> 00:54:25.100 ALSO FINAL MAJOR CHANGE IS I 00:54:28.100 --> 00:54:30.100 MADE STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO, WILL 00:54:31.100 --> 00:54:34.100 MAKE STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO CURRENTLY THE INTEGRITY 00:54:35.100 --> 00:54:37.100 DIVISION. THAT'S A REAL, REAL COOL NAME 00:54:38.100 --> 00:54:41.100 AND GOOD NAME. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. 00:54:41.100 --> 00:54:44.100 THE PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IS WHERE FRAUD IS 00:54:45.100 --> 00:54:48.100 ADDRESSED. I KNOW THAT FIRST HAND. EVERY TIME I TALKING TO A 00:54:49.100 --> 00:54:51.100 CUSTOMER ABOUT A FRAUD ISSUE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, I TOLD 00:54:52.100 --> 00:54:54.100 THEM I WAS REFERRING THEM TO 00:54:55.100 --> 00:54:57.100 REGULAR I WILL TORY DIVISION EIGHT OR NINE TIMES I GET BACK, 00:54:59.100 --> 00:55:02.100 THEY WILL HANDLE THE FRAUD RIGHT. 00:55:02.100 --> 00:55:05.100 I WOULD CONFIRM THEY ARE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IS TAKING REGULATORY INTEGRITY AND 00:55:07.100 --> 00:55:10.100 HAVING THEM CONCENTRATE ON FRAUD, PREVENTION AND 00:55:10.100 --> 00:55:12.100 MONITORING. TAKING THE COLLECTIONS GROUP OUT 00:55:13.100 --> 00:55:15.100 OF THAT DIVISION AND MOVING IT 00:55:16.100 --> 00:55:18.100 TO FINANCE. FINANCIAL FUNCTION. 00:55:19.100 --> 00:55:22.100 I'M ALSO CHANGING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DIVISION SO THERE IS 00:55:22.100 --> 00:55:24.100 CONCENTRATION ON FRAUD AND FRAUD 00:55:25.100 --> 00:55:27.100 DETECTION. THEY'RE CHANGING THE NAME ALSO 00:55:28.100 --> 00:55:31.100 OF THAT DIVISION, GAME THEM THE OPTION, THE DIVISION WILL BE THE 00:55:33.100 --> 00:55:35.100 DIVISION OF FRAUD PROTECTION, 00:55:36.100 --> 00:55:38.100 VERY CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND VERY CLEARLY WHAT 00:55:39.100 --> 00:55:42.100 THAT DIVISION DOES AND THE EMPHASIS. 00:55:42.100 --> 00:55:45.100 THE REST OF THE AGENCY WILL PRETTY MUCH STAY INTACT. 00:55:46.100 --> 00:55:49.100 MAKING THESE CHANGES I DID DISSOLVE THE EXTERNAL RELATIONS 00:55:50.100 --> 00:55:52.100 DIVISION. THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THAT 00:55:54.100 --> 00:55:56.100 DIVISION ARE MOVING TO EITHER 00:55:57.100 --> 00:55:59.100 NEW DIVISION OR RESTRUCTURED 00:56:01.100 --> 00:56:03.100 DIVISION OF OUTREACH INITIATIVES 00:56:04.100 --> 00:56:07.100 AND OTHER DIVISIONS. STAFF, NO STAFF IS IMPACTED. 00:56:08.100 --> 00:56:11.100 NOBODY IS LOSING A JOB OR PAY. NOBODY IS LOSING POSITION. 00:56:13.100 --> 00:56:15.100 ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE STAFF 00:56:16.100 --> 00:56:19.100 WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PLACE. 00:56:19.100 --> 00:56:21.100 ONE LAST CHANGE I ALMOST FORGOT IT AND IT'S SIGNIFICANT AS WELL, 00:56:23.100 --> 00:56:25.100 CURRENTLY LMCI WAS IN OUR LABOR 00:56:28.100 --> 00:56:30.100 MARKETING CAREER INFORMATION DEPARTMENT WAS IN EXTERNAL 00:56:31.100 --> 00:56:33.100 RELATIONS. THERE IS AN ARM IN THAT GROUP, 00:56:35.100 --> 00:56:37.100 THE GROUP OF LMCI THAT FOCUSES 00:56:39.100 --> 00:56:41.100 ON EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. THEY'RE GOING TO THE NEW 00:56:42.100 --> 00:56:45.100 STRATEGIC OUTREACH DIVISION. THE LMCI, THE NUMBERS PART OF 00:56:47.100 --> 00:56:49.100 LMCI IS GOING TO THE DIVISION OF 00:56:50.100 --> 00:56:52.100 OPERATIONAL INSIGHT. WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF OUR, WHAT I 00:56:54.100 --> 00:56:57.100 CONSIDER TO BE ALL OF MY NUMBERS FOR PEOPLE TOGETHER. 00:56:57.100 --> 00:56:59.100 PERFORMANCE NUMBERS AND THE 00:57:00.100 --> 00:57:02.100 ECONOMIC FORECASTED NUMBERS 00:57:03.100 --> 00:57:06.100 TOGETHER TO BEGIN TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION AND CUSTOMERS 00:57:07.100 --> 00:57:09.100 CONCERNING THE ECONOMY, OUR 00:57:10.100 --> 00:57:13.100 PERFORMANCE MAKING MORE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS FROM A SINGLE 00:57:14.100 --> 00:57:16.100 POINT. THAT KIND OF CAPSULATES OR 00:57:18.100 --> 00:57:21.100 SUMMARIZES ALL OF THE CHANGES WE'RE MAKING. 00:57:21.100 --> 00:57:24.100 A MESSAGE WILL GO OUT TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS A 00:57:26.100 --> 00:57:29.100 REVISED WORK CHART THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE PROBABLY LATER TO DAY. 00:57:30.100 --> 00:57:33.100 I WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 00:57:35.100 --> 00:57:38.100 >> JUST GOING TO ASK IF THERE WOULD BE AN UPDATE TO THE WORK 00:57:39.100 --> 00:57:41.100 CHART. REVOICED ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. 00:57:42.100 --> 00:57:44.100 GOOD. I DO HAVE SOMETHING FOR ED 00:57:45.100 --> 00:57:47.100 DURING THIS TIME SINCE ONE IS 00:57:48.100 --> 00:57:51.100 SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU AND STAFF. >> YES. 00:57:51.100 --> 00:57:54.100 >> THE OTHER IS A PERSONAL NOTE. ED, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO 00:57:54.100 --> 00:57:56.100 EXPLORE UTILIZE IKEA FUNDS FOR 00:57:58.100 --> 00:58:00.100 THE SECOND CHANCE ROUND TABLE 00:58:01.100 --> 00:58:04.100 AND INVITE. THE PURPOSE OF THE ROUND TABLE 00:58:05.100 --> 00:58:07.100 TO DID I SEMINATE OF FIDELITY 00:58:09.100 --> 00:58:12.100 BONDING, WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT, EDUCATING HIRING SECOND 00:58:14.100 --> 00:58:16.100 CHANCE INDIVIDUALS TO FILL GAPS 00:58:17.100 --> 00:58:19.100 AND HIGHLIGHT TWCs WORK WITH 00:58:20.100 --> 00:58:22.100 MOUs -- SCHOOL DISTRICT AND 00:58:24.100 --> 00:58:26.100 THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REENTRY 00:58:27.100 --> 00:58:30.100 GRANT IN THE RIO GRAND VALLEY AREA. 00:58:30.100 --> 00:58:33.100 I WOULD ALSO LIKE STAFF, CORRECTION I WOULD LIKE OUR 00:58:33.100 --> 00:58:36.100 OFFICE OF EMPLOYER INITIATIVES OR THE OFFICE YOU HAVE JUST 00:58:37.100 --> 00:58:40.100 CREATED OR MENTIONED TO US PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR GRANT 00:58:41.100 --> 00:58:43.100 OPPORTUNITIES AND LIKE OEI TO 00:58:44.100 --> 00:58:47.100 ORGANIZE THE EVENT AND WORK WITH MY OFFICE. 00:58:47.100 --> 00:58:50.100 I EXTEND THE INVITATION TO FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO JOIN ME 00:58:50.100 --> 00:58:53.100 IN THE ROUND TABLE AND EXPLORE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION TO PROVIDE 00:58:54.100 --> 00:58:57.100 INFORMATION AT THIS ROUND TABLE AS WELL AS AEL. 00:58:57.100 --> 00:58:59.100 WE SHOULD INVITE ANY SISTER 00:59:00.100 --> 00:59:03.100 AGENCIES THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE DISCUSSION. 00:59:04.100 --> 00:59:06.100 ORGANIZATIONS OF TAB OR CHAMBER 00:59:08.100 --> 00:59:11.100 OF COMMERCES AROUND THE STATE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SOME 00:59:12.100 --> 00:59:15.100 REMARKS OR STATE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE PERSONAL. 00:59:17.100 --> 00:59:20.100 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MAYBE A PICTURE HERE. 00:59:20.100 --> 00:59:23.100 WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT RECENTLY RETIRED AND I WOULD 00:59:24.100 --> 00:59:26.100 LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. AFTER 25 YEARS OF STATE SERVICE 00:59:28.100 --> 00:59:30.100 WITH THE TEXAS WORK FORCE COMMISSION IS RETIRING EFFECTIVE 00:59:32.100 --> 00:59:35.100 TODAY AUGUST 31st, 2021. HE BEGAN MAY 1st, 1996. 00:59:38.100 --> 00:59:40.100 DOLF SPENT MOST OF HIS CAREER IN 00:59:42.100 --> 00:59:44.100 THE FINANCE DIVISION. 00:59:47.100 --> 00:59:49.100 HE HAS EXHIBITED CUSTOMER 00:59:50.100 --> 00:59:52.100 SERVICE TO ALL VENDORS, GRANTEES 00:59:54.100 --> 00:59:57.100 DURING THE BUSINESS AND ALL TWC EMPLOYEES. 00:59:57.100 --> 01:00:00.100 WE WISH HIM THE BEST ENJOYING HIS HOBBIES OF GOLFING, FISHING 01:00:02.100 --> 01:00:05.100 AMONG SOME OF THOSE. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE 01:00:05.100 --> 01:00:07.100 JIMMY MULLINS RETIRED 01:00:08.100 --> 01:00:10.100 JULY 31st, 2021. 01:00:14.100 --> 01:00:16.100 MOST RECENTLY JIMMY SERVICES AT 01:00:17.100 --> 01:00:20.100 BONDSMAN HELPING CUSTOMERS WITH UI ISSUES. 01:00:20.100 --> 01:00:22.100 JIMMY WAS OUR ORIGINAL TEXAS 01:00:23.100 --> 01:00:25.100 GENTLEMAN. HIS KIND AND STEADY MANNERS 01:00:27.100 --> 01:00:30.100 HELPED CUSTOMERS EASE AND HIS TEXAS TALK MADE THEM SMILE. 01:00:31.100 --> 01:00:34.100 HE WAS TENACIOUS HELPING CUSTOMERS RESOLVE PROBLEMS. 01:00:35.100 --> 01:00:38.100 LASTLY, THAT'S A OLD PICTURE OF JIMMY. 01:00:38.100 --> 01:00:41.100 LASTLY I WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE SOMEONE VERY HELPFUL TO ALL 01:00:41.100 --> 01:00:44.100 COMMISSION OFFICES IN THIS AGENCY THAT. IS ROSA PEREZ. 01:00:46.100 --> 01:00:48.100 RETIRED FOR THE SECOND TIME JULY 10th, 2021 AFTER MORE 01:00:50.100 --> 01:00:53.100 THAN 44 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE TWC UNEMPLOYMENT DIVISION. 01:00:54.100 --> 01:00:56.100 ROSA SERVED AS EIGHT YEARS AS A 01:00:58.100 --> 01:01:00.100 MANAGER BEFORE OMBUDSMAN HELPING 01:01:07.100 --> 01:01:09.100 CUSTOMERS. THERE WAS NO RULE OR PROCEDURE, 01:01:11.100 --> 01:01:13.100 SHE DIDN'T KNOW. SHE WAS INCREDIBLY THOROUGH IN 01:01:15.100 --> 01:01:17.100 HER WORK. FREELY SHARING KNOWLEDGE WITH CO 01:01:19.100 --> 01:01:21.100 WORKERS AND STAFF. SHE HELPED TO TRAIN NEW STAFF 01:01:22.100 --> 01:01:25.100 AND WAS TEAM LEADER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 01:01:25.100 --> 01:01:28.100 TOGETHER THE DYNAMIC PAIR WAS PART OF THE TRIO AT THE AGENCY 01:01:29.100 --> 01:01:32.100 INCLUDING FRANCIS BROWN STILL WORKING FOR TWC DURING THE WORST 01:01:34.100 --> 01:01:36.100 OF THE PANDEMIC. THESE AMAZING PEOPLE WORK 01:01:37.100 --> 01:01:40.100 OVERTIME TO HELP UI HANDLE THE SURGE OF CALLS AND REMAINING 01:01:41.100 --> 01:01:43.100 RESPONSIVE IN THEIR HEAVY WORK 01:01:44.100 --> 01:01:46.100 LOADS. THEY HANDLE HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS 01:01:47.100 --> 01:01:49.100 AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE 01:01:50.100 --> 01:01:53.100 PAYMENT PARTNERS TO HELP CUSTOMERS GET BENEFIT PAYMENTS. 01:01:54.100 --> 01:01:56.100 THE FIRST TO HELP TWC USE 01:01:57.100 --> 01:01:59.100 ENHANCED CLAIMANTS. 01:02:00.100 --> 01:02:03.100 WE CELEBRATE THE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE TEXANS 01:02:04.100 --> 01:02:07.100 THROUGH THE TEXAS WORK FORCE COMMISSION. 01:02:07.100 --> 01:02:10.100 WE WILL MISS THEM AND WISH THEM THE BEST IN THEIR RETIREMENT. 01:02:11.100 --> 01:02:14.100 ON A SAD NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO ACT WE LOST STEVE RILEY HEAD OF 01:02:16.100 --> 01:02:19.100 TAX DIVISION. PASSED AWAY FRIDAY. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH HIM. 01:02:20.100 --> 01:02:22.100 THANK YOU, ED. >> COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, THANK 01:02:26.100 --> 01:02:28.100 YOU FOR MAKING THAT RECOGNITION. 01:02:29.100 --> 01:02:32.100 IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAVE RETIRED AND 01:02:34.100 --> 01:02:37.100 REACHED THOSE MILESTONES THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOGNITION. 01:02:37.100 --> 01:02:40.100 SECONDLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THE TEAM AS 01:02:41.100 --> 01:02:43.100 IT RELATES TO THE INITIATIVE THAT YOU MENTIONED, I'M NOT SURE 01:02:45.100 --> 01:02:48.100 THE FORM OR CAPACITY THAT WILL GO FORWARD. 01:02:48.100 --> 01:02:50.100 I LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING THE 01:02:51.100 --> 01:02:53.100 OPPORTUNITY IN THAT AREA. LASTLY, ED, IN REGARDS TO THE 01:02:55.100 --> 01:02:58.100 CHART AND THE CHANGES I COMMEND YOU ON THE WORK GOING FORWARD 01:03:00.100 --> 01:03:03.100 THERE. THE CUSTOMER CONTACT CENTER TAKING A YEAR TO STAND UP. 01:03:04.100 --> 01:03:07.100 I CHALLENGE THE TEAM TO DO THAT MORE QUICKLY THAN LATER. 01:03:08.100 --> 01:03:10.100 I THINK WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WE 01:03:11.100 --> 01:03:13.100 KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO YOU MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT 01:03:14.100 --> 01:03:16.100 EVEN FASTER. WE CAN LOOK AT IT IN A YEAR. 01:03:17.100 --> 01:03:19.100 IF YOU CAN STAND IT UP FASTER THAT MAKES THIS AGENCY THAT MUCH 01:03:20.100 --> 01:03:22.100 BETTER. I CHALLENGE YOU GUYS TO DO THAT. 01:03:23.100 --> 01:03:25.100 TAKE EVERY ADVANTAGE TO DO SO. 01:03:26.100 --> 01:03:29.100 LASTLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNICATION FOR THIS AGENCY IS 01:03:29.100 --> 01:03:32.100 VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT. ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE HAVE 01:03:33.100 --> 01:03:35.100 RECENTLY DEALT WITH. HOWEVER YOU STAND IT UP OR SO, 01:03:36.100 --> 01:03:39.100 WE TALKED ABOUT MY THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO THAT. 01:03:39.100 --> 01:03:42.100 MAKING SURE WE ARE SOLID LEON BOARD IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE 01:03:43.100 --> 01:03:46.100 TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. >> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU. 01:03:46.100 --> 01:03:49.100 >> ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. 01:03:49.100 --> 01:03:52.100 ANY OTHER ORDER OF BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION. >> NONE HERE, COMMISSIONER. 01:03:53.100 --> 01:03:55.100 >> A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> CAN I ASK QUICKLY, SINCE IT'S 01:03:58.100 --> 01:04:01.100 REGARDING THE USE OF THE IKEA REMAINING BALANCE OF THE IKEA 01:04:03.100 --> 01:04:06.100 FUNDS IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO COME BACK TO THE 01:04:06.100 --> 01:04:09.100 COMMISSION WITH, WITH A HERE IS HOW WE WOULD STRUCTURE IT TO 01:04:10.100 --> 01:04:13.100 TAKE A LOOK -- >> YES. >> -- MAKE A DECISION. 01:04:13.100 --> 01:04:15.100 >> YES. >> THAT'S NOT MY MONEY TO SPEND. 01:04:16.100 --> 01:04:19.100 >> I AGREE. >> ED, I WOULD ASK FOR INPUT 01:04:21.100 --> 01:04:24.100 FROM THE COMMISSION OFFICERS. >> YES, SIR. >> I WOULD I AGREE WITH 01:04:25.100 --> 01:04:28.100 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON TALK ING ABOUT COMMUNICATION BEING 01:04:28.100 --> 01:04:30.100 IMPORTANT TO THE AGENCY. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE EMPLOYERS 01:04:31.100 --> 01:04:34.100 THAT HAVE, ALONG WITH FOLKS CALLING THE OFFICES I'M SURE 01:04:35.100 --> 01:04:37.100 REGARDING REENTRY AND SERVICES. 01:04:38.100 --> 01:04:41.100 AGAIN JUST PIGGY BACKING OFF YOUR INITIATIVE AND YOUR GOAL 01:04:42.100 --> 01:04:45.100 HERE TO PROMOTE WHAT THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE HERE AT 01:04:46.100 --> 01:04:49.100 THE AGENCY THIS. IS ANOTHER AVENUE FOR THIS POPULATION. 01:04:49.100 --> 01:04:51.100 I APPRECIATE THAT. IF YOU GET THE OFFICES ENGAGED I 01:04:53.100 --> 01:04:56.100 WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD AND SOMETHING COME OUT 01:04:56.100 --> 01:04:59.100 SOON. >> YES, SIR. >> ONCE YOU DEVELOP THE PROGRAM 01:04:59.100 --> 01:05:02.100 BRING IT BACK FOR A FINANCIAL VOTE. 01:05:02.100 --> 01:05:05.100 WE WILL LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT. >> YES, SIR. >> ANYTHING ELSE? 01:05:05.100 --> 01:05:08.100 >> NONE HERE. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> CHAIRMAN, I MOVE WE ADJOURN. 01:05:10.100 --> 01:05:12.100 >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO 01:05:13.100 --> 01:05:16.100 ADJOURN. VOTE IS UNANIMOUS. WE ARE ADJOURNED.