01/22/2026
With the impending storm, I just want to give a refresher on weather emergencies.
-As this is a KNOWN event, that is coming over a weekend, if you are telework eligible, please be proactive and take your equipment home.
-If you are a 24/7, please be sure to go to work prepared, including packing extra clothes and food/drinks.
-These worksites should also have a plan in place for rest periods if at the worksite more than 2 consecutive shifts.
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Section 5. Emergency Conditions
The Procedure for Release of State Employees Under Emergency Conditions, Revised October 8, 1999 (Emergency Release Procedure, or ERP) applies to the State employees covered by this MOU. The terms of Section 5 of this MOU supplement the ERP as stated below. There are no differences between the terms of this MOU and the terms of the ERP, except as specifically supplemented below. A copy of the ERP is attached to this MOU as Appendix B.
A. Work During Declared Emergency Conditions – Supplemental MOU Terms This MOU supplements the ERP as follows:
1. Generally, under Paragraph VI of the ERP, when one of the authorized State officials
identified in Paragraph V of the ERP declares an emergency condition and makes an
emergency release determination that results in the closure of an agency or facility affected
by the emergency condition, non-emergency essential employees who would otherwise be
required to report to work at such agency or facility, would be released from duty and
provided with paid leave during the period of the emergency closing.
This MOU supplements the ERP by providing that if a non-emergency essential employee
covered by this MOU is actually required by the employer to work or stay at work at an
agency or facility that has been closed due to declared emergency conditions, per the
procedures of the ERP, such non-emergency essential employees will be credited with two
hours of work time for each hour actually worked during the emergency closure.
2. In the specific case of weather-related emergency conditions, when an authorized
governmental jurisdiction prohibits all non-emergency vehicle travel on specified
roadways, and the declared weather-related emergency condition is in the home
jurisdiction, a jurisdiction along the route or the jurisdiction of the work location, as
determined by official personnel records, thereby proscribing an emergency essential
employee’s ability to get to work, the Employer shall provide transportation to work. If
transportation is not provided, the employee shall be granted administrative leave; such
paid leave shall be provided until the end of the prohibition on travel or the end of the
employee’s normal work shift, whichever comes first, or until transportation is provided.
An employee shall notify the appropriate designated contact person as early as feasible,
but normally at least one hour before the start time of the employee’s shift of the weatherrelated
emergency that constrains the employee’s travel. The employer shall ensure that a
functioning voice-mail service is available for this communication should the contact
person be unavailable when an employee calls.
3. Efforts will be made to restrict an employee to no more than two consecutive shifts during
a declared emergency condition. In the event that an employee is required to remain at
work more than 2 consecutive shifts, the Employer shall, where feasible, provide the
employee with a place to sleep for a minimum of 6 hours, toiletries, and meals.
