LLNL News on Line
March 7, 2012
Possible LLNL salary reduction plan delayed until April
The
Laboratory will not begin its salary reduction/closure day program
until April at the earliest, Director Parney Albright has announced.
With all the uncertainties surrounding the details of the continuing
resolution deadline of March 27, impacts as a result of sequestration,
and other factors, it was decided to wait until more clarity was
provided from Washington, D.C. on the fiscal impact to the Laboratory.
Additional updates will be provided as more information becomes available.
The
Laboratory created a 10 percent salary reduction/closure day program in
response to sequestration, which began last Friday. Sequestration
refers to a series of automatic, across-the-board budget cuts to address
the federal deficit. Sequestration is expected to result in up to $120
million in budget cuts at the Laboratory for the remainder of fiscal
year 13.
12 comments:
Knew it wouldn't work! Here comes the VSIP.
Hardly. They're just seeing where the CR comes out at. They can still go forward with the 10% salary reduction. The RIF will be in 2014, when they get a look at that budget.
And it won't be a VSIP. It will be a straight RIF. And they will make life miserable leading into the RIF in order to get as many people to self deport as possible.
And they'll RIF you while your under the 10% salary reduction so your vacation pay out will be 10% less.
Wake up: they're doing everything to their advantage, not yours.
Do we still have a severance plan?
March 8, 2013 at 10:25 AM:
I believe you are correct. Also, there will be some controversy about required notifications under the WARN Act, if the lawyers can claim the WARN Act doesn't apply. One big loophole is that the Act does not apply if fewer than 500 employees are laid off and that number is less than 1/3 of the total workforce at a site. This exists because the Act was intended to apply only to "plant closings and mass layoffs."
"Do we still have a severance plan?" (11:18 am)
Yeah, but probably not for much longer. At LANL, they've already whacked away at accumulated severance of the long term staff and the plan is probably to eventually bring it down to only two weeks pay at all the NNSA labs.
As far as the WARN Act goes, LANS has already claimed that LANL is immune from it and they'll give at most only 30 days notice before sending out pink slips. LLNS will probably follow the same path. Not sure it's legal but we'll never know for sure until someone challenges them in court.
March 8, 2013 at 1:37 PM
My bet is this. the 2014 budget will not come in as good as 2013. When the director realizes his pay along with everyone else is going to be cut for years he's going to realize there's not enough money to keep the number of people he has onborad and the only way to get their salaries back to 100% is to get rid of people. To do that today he's have to lay off 400 people before Oact 1st. Then when he's another $120M short on his 2014 budget he'll have to lay off 400 more. That's be 800 out the gate in FY14 and I suspect 2015 will bring more cuts. Remember we have $16.6 T to pay off rather quick and it's all going to be paid for by cutting programs and facilities we do not need at this time.
March 8, 2013 at 1:37 PM
My bet is this. the 2014 budget will not come in as good as 2013. When the director realizes his pay along with everyone else is going to be cut for years he's going to realize there's not enough money to keep the number of people he has onborad and the only way to get their salaries back to 100% is to get rid of people. To do that today he's have to lay off 400 people before Oact 1st. Then when he's another $120M short on his 2014 budget he'll have to lay off 400 more. That's be 800 out the gate in FY14 and I suspect 2015 will bring more cuts. Remember we have $16.6 T to pay off rather quick and it's all going to be paid for by cutting programs and facilities we do not need at this time.
When the director realizes his pay along with everyone else is going to be cut for years...
March 9, 2013 at 5:49 AM
No it won't. The director and other "key personnel" (i.e., Associates and ADs) get their salary from the LLC regardless of what program funding levels are, and regardless of what the award fee is.
When your executive level salary has gone up by around 400% since the LLCs took-over, taking a minor 10% cut doesn't even register on the pain meter, does it?
March 9, 2013 at 9:29 PM
True, a $3K to $4K a month doesn't make a dent in those boys salary where as a $1K a month in a low-life salary makes a big hole and for them to do without things they use to enjoy.
You idiots still don't get it. There will be NO reduction in Upper Management salaries because of the sequestration. Their salaries don't depend on government funding and are guaranteed by the LLC. Get a clue.
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