The third-party administrator is in place, the formula for disbursement has been calculated—but the Federation is still waiting for a final piece of information from the state in the $1 million settlement of the DD case resource management lawsuit.
As you recall, the goal was to get the settlement checks to the 360 affected DD case resource managers by the end of the year.
These are the folks affected by the Federation lawsuit filed in December 2005. The settlement came in August 2007. The Legislature funded it in March 2008 and the courts OK’d the settlement that same month.
The DD case resource managers filed the pay equity lawsuit to bring them in line with social workers. They perform similar work.
******* UPDATE******** 12/9/08
DD CASE RESOURCE MANAGER UPDATE
It’s taking a little longer to get technical issues resolved in the payout of the DD case resource manager settlement.
But it’s worth the time so none of the recipients of the $1 million settlement is shorted.
To recap, the settlement was OK’d by the Legislature and the courts last year to settle the pay equity lawsuit. The case resource managers were doing work comparable to that done by social workers, but not getting paid for it.
Since then, the settlement money has been transferred, the third-party administrator has been chosen and the formula for disbursement finalized.
However, the key information from the Department of Personnel on recipients, including work history that would determine how much of the settlement each would get, had several discrepancies that we have to challenge them on.
There are discrepancies affecting about 10 percent of the case resource managers entitled to the settlement. We do not want anyone to be shorted because of DOP’s errors.
When the settlement checks finally go out, they will include what each recipient is entitled to, plus their share of interest on the $1 million since it was deposited in the bank.
We’ll keep you updated.
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The members would like to see a list of the CRM's that are going to receive the settlements.
DDD Case Resource Managers should receive an update from the union asap regarding the status of the settlement as well as timelines and the process currently happening.
CRM's have not received specific information throughout this process. We deserve an update on what information is still needed to distribute the settlement, how they will be distributed and a list of CRM's who will receive the settlement.
When will Case Managers be given additional information about the settlement? In the last update it states that the goal was to get settlements to affected Case Managers by the end of the year, is that still the plan? Members would really appreciate more detailed information.
Who should CRM's contact to get additional information? CRM's have not received regular updates regarding the settlement and want to know what is currently happening.
I've called twice to request information and no one returns my calls!
This is extremely frustrating! I have also tried to get information from the union but never received a response. The union has done a poor job of communicating with Case Managers!!!!!
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