| December 1999 |
Your benefits
Changes in Service Awards program begin in January
Beginning with the January 2000 services awards, all employee service awards will be shipped directly to the employee’s supervisor for presentation. The order forms that are mailed to the employee’s home have been revised to collect the supervisor’s name and work mailing address. (The grandfather clock will still be shipped directly to the employee’s home mailing address).
Each award will be accompanied by a presentation box that contains a personalized (with name and years of service) recognition certificate and a lapel pin with the appropriate number of years of service.
ORNL’s participation in the Lockheed Martin service award program will end when the LMER contract expires on March 31. Contact OneCall (574-1500 or 1-877-To-1Call) or Josten’s (1-800-582-0918) regarding questions about service awards.
No retirement estimates during holidays
Because of Y2K-related issues, the program that calculates retirement estimates will be shut down in mid-December. Benefit Plans estimates the program should be back in action after the holidays.
Retirement estimates now are done through the OneCall service center (574-1500), making a trip to the Benefit Plans offices unnecessary. Call between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., or on the Internet, go to the Benefit Plans home page and make the request to the service center. If you have any questions about retirement estimates or any other Benefit Plans program, call OneCall.
LM scholarship program ends at ORNL
Children of LMER employees will not be eligible for the Class of 2001 Lockheed Martin scholarship program. That’s because LMER will no longer be the contractor by the time the scholarships are awarded next spring.
Scholarships that have been awarded to previous classes will be honored for the full commitment. Human Resources and ORNL Reporter will pass along information on any succeeding scholarship programs if and as they emerge from the transition process.
Correction to SAR
In last month’s Benefit Plans summary annual report, under “savings programs,” the figure 419,432,226.00 should have read $19, 432,226.00 and the figure $1,124,951.00 should have read $1,124,951,970.00.
No service anniversaries
ORNL Reporter didn’t get the usual list of service anniversaries for December. We’ll catch up with them next issue.
