Questions & Answers
A: Contact your local president or UniServ Office at once.
Keep written notes of everything that transpires.
Take another Association member if you meet with administrators or law enforcement.
Do not admit guilt or blame, sign any statement or agreement, or agree to make restitution.
Do not make public statements or talk with the media.
Do not resign. Call us first.
A: First, contact your Association UniServ Director. If you do not know who your UniServ Director is, contact your local Association president. The UniServ Director will ask you to put the facts of your situation in writing and will then send it to the CEA Legal Services Department. An attorney at CEA will review your narrative and contact you to advise you regarding the legal merits of your claim.
A: School district administrators sometimes make unfair decisions, which may or may not be unlawful. For example, you may be involuntarily transferred or reassigned, assigned new tasks, denied promotion or even dismissed. Such actions may or may not give rise to a claim of unlawful discrimination. If it can be shown that these decisions ere made because of your race, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, disability (including pregnancy-related disability), there are federal and state laws which protect you and, pursuant to which, you can file a formal complaint.
A: The purpose of the Act is to allow eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in any 12-month period to:
Care for the employee's child after birth or placement for adoption of foster care
Care for the employee's spouse, parent, or child who has a serious health condition
Recover from a serious health condition which affects the employee's ability to do his/her work
A: There are generally four ways you can be drawn into a child abuse case:
You are subpoenaed to testify in a child custody or child abuse proceeding.
You suspect a child has been abused or neglected and are required to make a report
You fail to report an incident of abuse of neglect.
You are accused of abusing a child.
A: An employee is considered “at will” in Colorado if he or she is employed for an indefinite period of time. As a result, either party may terminate the employee's employment, at any time, with or without cause and with or without notice. Such employment may be, but need not be, the subject of a written contract.
A: Workers' Compensation insurance provides medical care and compensation for lost-wages for work-related injuries or diseases. All employers who have a t least one employee must carry workers' compensation insurance. Coverage begins with the first day or work for an employee.
A: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when:
- Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment (quid pro quo),
- Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual (quid pro quo),
- Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment (hostile working environment).