tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post8893675366385534948..comments2024-03-18T13:37:54.620-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: LLNL, LLNS benefits compared to other DOEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-67020137466160635432016-07-16T03:29:09.758-07:002016-07-16T03:29:09.758-07:00Life insurance is very important and it is the bes...Life insurance is very important and it is the best way to save money. If you are busy person and have no any time to go insurance company and you can easily get insurance in the internet.<br /><a href="http://www.rwbenefits.com/" rel="nofollow">employee benefits program New York</a>R W Employee Benefitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390016470242478269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-36837194594495798582013-06-05T08:55:52.630-07:002013-06-05T08:55:52.630-07:00Let's give a big "THANK YOU!" to our...Let's give a big "THANK YOU!" to our elected representatives, for bringing that about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-52634792490566711592013-06-04T16:42:11.994-07:002013-06-04T16:42:11.994-07:00The real tragedy is that the Nation needed its Nat...The real tragedy is that the Nation needed its National Labs, not an LLC enrichment plan.<br /><br />You could do both I guess, but the later in preference to the prior.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-64476495557817116882013-06-02T19:02:48.467-07:002013-06-02T19:02:48.467-07:00Ph.D.'s who hired into LANL by 1977 or early a...Ph.D.'s who hired into LANL by 1977 or early are mostly gone by now. Those employees would have 36 or more years of service and would have not a financial incentive to continue working.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-34370671267423883602013-05-31T19:03:09.669-07:002013-05-31T19:03:09.669-07:00I signed on in '77. SS was the only option tha...I signed on in '77. SS was the only option that year. I believe '76 was the last year of the old plan.<br /><br />I came to LLL from a Civil Service Lab. I was recruited by someone from LLL: I did not apply on my own. In my interviews I expressed concern about the benefits, as I already had considerable time in the Civil Service system. I was assured that the benefits were just as good and that UC health insurance was guaranteed and just as good as Federal.<br /><br />They lied! Although I was already retired, when LLNS took over, UC health insurance went away. There is a lawsuit; substantially equivalent my ***! Don't ever believe anything management tells you.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-34629036644864488952013-05-31T11:58:37.572-07:002013-05-31T11:58:37.572-07:00When UCRP coordinated with SS many, if not most, ...When UCRP coordinated with SS many, if not most, employees elected to stick with the old plan (no SS).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-65563440760071992942013-05-31T03:23:10.185-07:002013-05-31T03:23:10.185-07:00If it shifted to SS in 1977 or thereabouts, then m...If it shifted to SS in 1977 or thereabouts, then maybe a quarter of the 2013 LANL workforce is covered, based on the appearance that one in four looks to have hired on during that era. Since appearances can mislead, it just might be the northern NM lifestyle that caused the white hair and wrinkles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-51280914093289823372013-05-30T22:32:28.390-07:002013-05-30T22:32:28.390-07:00The lab started with PERS. They shifted to UCRP a...The lab started with PERS. They shifted to UCRP about 1962. In 1976 or 1977 the UCRP coordinated with Social Security.<br /><br />In each case those under the existing plan had the choice of shifting over to the newer plan. As an example, those who were in the UCRP only prior to the coordination with SS were given the option to join that plan. At the time folks from HR advised that unless you were closing in on retirement and already had quarters in the social security system, it was not a good idea to change from UC only to UC/SS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-48567349446356092542013-05-30T21:44:12.740-07:002013-05-30T21:44:12.740-07:00Remember, Lab employees historically did not contr...<i>Remember, Lab employees historically did not contribute to Social Security ...</i><br /><br />That's going back a long ways. People starting in 1980 were already UCRS with SS taxes. Don't know how much earlier PERS was not an option, but certainly more than half the Lab history now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com