Details about the age discrimination suit. This is only the beginning for LLNS
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jury-awards-27-m-against-lawrence-livermore-lab-for-wrongfully-terminating-long-time-employees-in-2008-207236961.html
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jury-awards-27-m-against-lawrence-livermore-lab-for-wrongfully-terminating-long-time-employees-in-2008-207236961.html
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People are rooting for the plaintiffs to win.
Be careful what you wish for my friends because of the payouts, it may cost you your job.
Because I am not sure the Lab can afford this, without being forced to let more employees go than they planned.
Because I am not sure the Lab can afford this, without being forced to let more employees go than they planned.
So we are not suppose to well wishing for these employees?!!!
The Lab just has to lift its head out of the sand and begin to discipline many of its managers who exercised their authorities at the wrong time, at wrong places, to wrong employees. The Lab still has time to settle for much less money. But guess what? Highly likely it won't. It just does not get it.
At the "gold box" level they should be held to a higher standard of performance and accountability.
I do pity the employees left to take on additional work following the VSP.
Yes save yourself.
These lawsuits will cost people jobs working presently at the Lab.
If the Lab pays out 100 million or less it is almost "for certain" that some of the employees left will lose their jobs.
I do not see how anyone can argue that point, unselfishly.
LLNS chose to go to trial, and they lost.
LLNS chose to ignore the employee layoff policies and that was proven to be illegal.
LLNS chose to act in bad faith in dealing with the laid off employees and that was proven to be illegal.
The court has determined these claims are now legal facts.
LLNS also chose to discriminate against long term older workers and that will be proven too.
Yeah, I'm rooting for the plaintiffs.
See the LLNS prime contract, Section I (http://llnsllc.com/contract/docs/SEC_I_LLNL_Full_Text_11-2011_Mod_258.pdf) page 245.
Basically, it looks like the govt will reimburse LLNS (out of existing budget) for any claims incurred in performing the govt's business, EXCEPT for 1) illegal activities; 2) things that should be covered by insurance; 3)willful misconduct; 4)lack of good faith, or 5)failure to exercise prudent business judgement.
The RIF plan was certainly approved by DOE, so LLNS can argue it was just doing the govt's business, so DOE ought to pay.
But I think the court verdict includes the words "bad faith", so maybe that'll put the burden on LLNS.
Yet another suject for lawyers to argue, while making money.
Other interesting clauses include: govt won't pay punative damages, and govt' will not increase the yearly budget to pay for costs like these. So as feared, court judgements will result in reduced program budgets, unleass all of this is covered by some sort of insurance.
If you read the last sentence in the SF Gate article about the verdict the "official" comment from LLNS is still "The laboratory believes it acted in good faith," Unbelievable. Deny, deny, deny.
As I recall, we had an ex-astronaut in charge of HR in 2008. It was one of the improvements that came with LLNS.
Ha Ha Ha !!! Perney MIGHT SEEMS to be a decent guy..! ! !
He WAS decent until he nailed the last nail in the coffin. I saw he did it.
The LLNL was a good place to work before LLNS took over.
May 15, 2013 at 1:08 PM
If you believe in "karma" then you probably also believe in the tooth fairy. Stuck in the 60's, huh? Good luck with that.
Hat off to you, all employees who were laid off in 2008. Thanks to the lawyers who defended them. Shame on you, LLNS! for your horrible illegal act against helpless employees who you escorted out the gate like criminals.
Last but not least, Thanks to SPSE, for being there to fend off the fangs of LLNL's managment from many of its employees
upte will be gone because any company will just stop hiring and farm it out...that's why you do not have high school drop outs run the union.
You made a terrible mistake. I want to correct you that the representatives of SPSE at the LLNL are either fine scientists and or people with integrity.
Bruce Warner, Art Wong, Gaby Odell, Marina Gonzalez, Bob Perko, and Renee Breyer - high dollar folks of which at least one of them as been double dipping since October 2007. They are an embarrassment to the Lab posing as competent leaders -let them feel the pain of having your career stripped out from under them - they are all over 50 - let them see how quick they can find another job in this economy..
They will never fire them. As a matter a fact they'll get bonus checks for doing such a SH job as do al the big wigs.
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What the heck does ^^This^^ mean. Some type of texting lingo?
You have to have a total union mentality to be a cheerleader for any union.
If you write on this blog and believe the Lab is corrupt (I do not)then it is indisputable that unions are the most corrupt entities in this country.
All you have to do is look around and you will see that the unions of today have no (none!) resemblance to the good unions in the 50's, 60's and 70's.
Jerry Brown received $85 million from unions and that is what put him in office. You can bet your first born that the high Speed rail is going forward (even though Ca is in the hole for $165B, that can never be paid)and guess what.....it will be a PLA (a union only contract) at 20=-30% more than a non-union contractor could do with more competitive bidding.
Why do all the states that are Right to Work states (20 some)all have state surpluses.
Why are all new factories built in Right to Work states (Toyota, Boeing, Subaru, Honda)?
I am guessing that the new Apple plant will not be built in California.
Here is my advice to you.
Keep voting for these hack Democrats who just spend, spend and spend here in California and watch this once great state go bankrupt. Stockton is bankrupt because of over spending and 30-40% of there intake went to unions.
Bottom line, a Lab with a high school drop out punk union head telling Dr. Parney what he can and can't do would be a quite a nutty place.
Remember that's what drop outs aspire to do, becoming a drone.
I assume that you are very well "educated." So well "educated" that you look so down on high school drop outs.
I know many high school drop outs have a better manner than you have exhibited.
Keep drinking the union kool-aid....how many Lab people are union members Oh!! <1%....Interesting....
How many workers in the US are union members Oh!!!! <15%. Interesting...
Answer this,
How come union membership dropped ~30-50% in Wisconsin when good people were given a choice to leave the union just a year ago? Interesting....
Try the goofy grape kool-aid
and have one with Jerry Brown, he's a good union hack.
Just be sure to give him some nice campaign money before you leave.
May 16, 2013 at 7:34 PM
if you will provide what you feel is incorrect about the posting.
Time to put your money where your mouth is.....
What specifically are you saying is in error and I will provide the documentation to back up that post.
Be specific...........
Or is this just another union bs posting?
What!!!! Who's an Obama hater?
The question is not, if Obama constantly lies. I think in light of recent events that's a given.
The question is, is it possible for Obama to not tell a lie?
Just ask our dead hero Navy Seals.
Oh we can't...they didn't get any help and are not here any more.
The bad news is our heroes died.
The good news is Obama was able to cover it up and get re-elected.
In the eyes of a total liberal hack like above (May 17, 2013 at 1:36 PM) that is a good trade.
May 19, 2013 at 12:18 AM
Apparently, a very bad future with an abusive administration based on intimidation and lies (i.e., Chicago politics), and a President who claims to only find out what is going on from news stories. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight meets Al Capone.