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Retiree's testimony

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By scooby
Anonymous contribution from a retiree:

I retired from the lab back in October because I did not want to work for LLNS and even though I retired through UC, LLNS is still making sure that my life is as difficult as possible. I sincerely believe that they have intentionally held back the information that UC needed to process the retirement package, just as a way to strike back at us for abandoning LLNS. It has been over 6 months now and I still have not been paid one cent for my sick leave (which was well over a year’s worth of sick leave). As far as I can tell in my case it is still all on hold waiting for information from LLNS. This directly affects the retirement money that I need to live on each month, but LLNS does not care. I would like to compare notes to find out how bad LLNS is screwing up the other retiree’s. Every time I call UC to work out the problems, LLNS is always at the root of the problem.

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Anonymous said…
NO ONE gets paid for their sick leave (under UC or LLNS). Accumulated sick leave adds to service credit, but is not paid out directly (as vacation is).
4/18/2008 8:15 PM
Anonymous said…
NO ONE gets paid for their sick leave (under UC or LLNS). Accumulated sick leave adds to service credit, but has never been paid out directly (as vacation is).
4/18/2008 8:16 PM
Anonymous said…
When the sick leave time is finally transformed into service credit the monthly pension payment will increase.
4/18/2008 8:26 PM
Anonymous said…
You had to use it or lose it unless you told HR you wanted to use it toward years of service. I have hundreds of hours I have to burn up because I made a mistake when I was switching between TCP-1 and TCP-2. TCP-2 won but I never figured I'd have to retire before I wanted to so I will lose all that one the books if I should get laid off. Another great benifit LLNS did not tell us about. Oh I forgot, there were to be no lay offs or outsourcing. I'm sorry
4/18/2008 8:43 PM
Anonymous said…
My husband retired from UC on 10/1/07 with over a year of sick leave credit. I believe his 4/1/08 pension check finally reflected that.
4/18/2008 9:51 PM
Anonymous said…
Did anyone notice that if you are TCP-1 and you get laid off, your sick leave does not get converted to service credit (i.e., you just lose it)? Was that true when we were under UC or is this one example of where TCP-1 is not substantially equivalent? Maybe I read this wrong, but it was on one of Art Wong's viewgraphs (which I don't have access to at the moment). I guess if you get assigned to the "internment camp" you should try to burn up your unused sick leave instead of reporting to a meaningless job.
4/19/2008 8:08 AM
Anonymous said…
Sick leave conversion to service credit just appeared on my April retirement check.

I do not think this is a LLNS conspiracy. It takes U.C. benefits some time to work through all of them.
4/19/2008 9:10 AM
Anonymous said…
Under UCRP, after layoff, you have 120 days to 'retire' in order to convert your s/l into service credit. No direct $/payout for any S/L (only vac).
Can't 'retire' (eg. age=48) within 120 days, you lose it all.
Feeling kind of sick now ?

Too early to retire, transferred my S/L (1000 hours) to TCP2 and now, if you're sick for next 30 days ... that may get you on the hit list. If wait 30days, you have "1 or 2" days out the door.
Either case, all S/L (1000 hours) lost.
4/19/2008 9:23 AM
Anonymous said…
Targeting employees under 50 for layoff who have lots of sick leave could be very profitable for LLNS, since these employees can't legally retire within the 120 day period to convert their sick leave to service credit.

Targeting employees under 50 could also be profitable since it will deny these workers any chance of retiring within the 120 day limit to secure their retirement medical benefits. Medical cost are a big problem for LLNS right now, as Miller clearly indicated in his Congressional testimony.

Finally, targeting those under 50 could end up selecting employees who have little severance that needs to be paid out. Again, this will be looked at by LLNS as an advantage which they can exploit to save money.

If you are under 50 and work at LLNL, watch out! You may be prime RIF-bait due to the hard calculus which LLNS may employ.
4/19/2008 5:39 PM
Anonymous said…
I retired from under UC in OCT 2 and made damn sure they took my 950 hrs SL towards my little 50% check and I did get most of it right away but 4/1 I got almost $ 40 more and back pay to bring me up to what I didnt get. As little as it is $40 X the rest of my life is nothing to sneeze at and yes I will take every week of the unemployment money as it comes in...hell I hope it goes into a extension. Needless to say I'm hurting just like everyone else about spending 32 years trying to make LLNL the best and to have it in this way is the biggest fleecing of america I have ever seen. ummmmm I wonder if 60 mins might run a little enlightment on their show????

signed .. Better off than most but still let down at the end!!!
4/19/2008 8:34 PM
Anonymous said…
The additional service credit has been indicated on pay vouchers over the past few months. Not every one was sorted out at the same time. Yes, it took mine about two months more than I was originally told, but it is now done, and not a big deal.
4/19/2008 9:05 PM
Anonymous said…
60 minutes is a good idea. I say go for it. You're in a great position, but please read this first and use it as you wish. Copy and paste

http://llnlthetruestory.blogspot.com/2008/04/cowards-working-behind-scenes.html
4/19/2008 9:07 PM
Anonymous said…
I retired from UC in October (6 months ago) and they still are at least 2-3 months away from giving me the service credit for my sick leave and having it show up on my pension pay check. UC claims to still be waiting on information from LLNS. I am becoming very impatient!
4/20/2008 9:26 PM
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