It is as easy as 1-2-3!
Newsline will have series of articles scheduled as follows:
Monday: The notification process
Tuesday: The exit center
Wednesday: The transition center and job search opportunities
Thursday: Specific benefit information
Friday: Dealing with the loss of a job and the loss of colleagues
Monday: Summary story with detailed questions and answers
See how efficient we are?
6 comments:
What Monday. Do you think they're going to tell them on a monday they're fired and let them stay on site the entire week? I doubt it very much. I've placing my bet that on the morning of thursday the 22nd you'll be told you're fired, you'll then be given 10 minutes to pack your stuff. It will stay, you will go.You'll then be escorted for the rest of the day by your supervisor who will not let you out of his or her sight until you are out the gate waving bye-bye. Now that's a simple and as safe as it gets. You have no phone, no VPN, no e-mail and no access to your computer. The cord will have been cut.
May 9, 2008 5:31 PM
Read the post. This is next week's schedule of briefings, not the plan for layoff week. Hopefully you're not in a group where SKAs are important for determining who goes first.
May 12, 2008 First Notification
Editor’s note: Today, Strategic Human Capital Management kicks off a six-part series of articles detailing the involuntary separation process. The information provided each day is intended to help employees understand what will occur in each phase — notification, the exit center and the resource center. Today’s article looks at the day of notification.
Employees who have been selected for the Involuntary Separation Program (ISP) will be personally notified by their manager on May 22 or May 23. Employees in the non-200 series and 200 series (scientists and engineers) with less than 10 years of service will receive notice on Thursday, May 22. Employees in the 200 series with 10 or more years of service will receive notice on Friday, May 23.
Notices will be staggered throughout the day and will take place in a neutral location, away from the employee’s or manager’s office.
Any employee off site that day due to an adjusted work schedule, Laboratory travel, leave, including vacation or sick leave, will be notified by telephone and U.S. mail on the designated date. Under special circumstances, this process may vary.
At the time of notification, each employee will receive a packet containing a letter detailing terms and conditions, information on severance, benefits and the exit process. Non-200 series employees and 200 series employees with less than 10 years of service will receive pay in lieu of notice for up to 30 days. Employees with 60, 90 or 120 days notice will be given a telecommute agreement, which will require their signature to allow them to fulfill their notice period at home.
Managers will make arrangements with employees to return off-site Laboratory property such as laptop computers, pagers and cell phones. If a telecommuting option has been elected, employees may retain their computer equipment at home through the notification period. However, they will only have green network access. If a telecommuting option is not elected, workspace will be provided in a white area. Computer access also will be limited to the green network.
Directorates will make arrangements for retrieving any classified materials.
Employees will be allowed time to gather their thoughts, say goodbye to colleagues and pack their personal belongings following notification; boxes will be provided. If packing is too big a task, arrangements will be made for the employee’s department to complete the packing and ship belongings to the employee’s home. Shipments will be paid for by the Laboratory. Employees will be allowed to retrieve e-mail and other necessary files from their computer, under escort, prior to exiting the Lab.
Employees will be escorted to the exit center, located in Trailer 1879, to begin the checkout process.
This will be a difficult time for all employees. It is vitally important that employees support and help one another as much as possible during this process.
Tomorrow’s article will talk about the employee’s next steps at the Exit Center.
Administrative Information
May 13, 2008 Second Notification
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles by Strategic Human Capital Management on the Involuntary Separation Process. Today’s article provides an overview of the Exit Center process.
Employees who have been selected for involuntary separation will check out from the Exit Center, located in Trailer 1879 on either May 22 or May 23 after they have been given time to pack their belongings.
Once there, instructions will be given on meeting with the exit business organizations, such as Central Clearance, Badge Office, Locks and Keys, Records Management and Property Management. The customary checkout forms will need to be signed and any Lab keys, cell phones or pagers will need to be turned in. Badges also will be turned in.
While information and forms on severance payment options, benefits and retirement will be given to employees, decisions and/or selections will not need to be made at the Exit Center. Employees will be given a prescheduled appointment with an employment specialist to discuss terms and conditions of the layoff and various job search resources. Each employee will receive an individualized packet describing his or her benefits.
Retirement-eligible employees will be prescheduled for one-on-one benefits counseling. These appointments, which may be rescheduled, will occur at the HR Resource Center, located in Bldg. 41, over the next seven to 10 work days. Those not eligible to retire may schedule a benefits appointment as needed. Employees also may schedule follow-up appointments.
Employees within the 200 job series with 10 or more years of service will work at home under a telecommuting agreement, or they may request work space, which will be located in a white area. Employees who telecommute may retain any Laboratory computer equipment they already have at home through the notification period.
Employees who rely on carpools, vanpools or public transit and do not have transportation home will be provided assistance by the Exit Center.
As the Exit Center begins operating, the Protective Force Division requests that any employees who have cars, trucks, trailers or other vehicles parked for potential sale in lot A-8 or A-8E, near the Exit Center, move their vehicles no later than Friday, May 16.
Any employee with vehicles for sale remaining in lot A-8 or A-8E after Friday, May 16, will be contacted directly by Protective Force to have the vehicles moved. Vehicles may return May 27.
To read about the ISP notification process, go to the Web.
Tomorrow’s article will describe the HR Resource Center and job search opportunities.
Administrative Information
I'm glad that I retired last year on July 1
I am trying to find out more information about
this telecommunications agreement. I remember
it saying something about giving LLNS the right
to come to your home, but I can't find a copy of it now.
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