From the LANL NewsBulletin:
December 7, 2007
The voluntary self-selection application period, part of the first phase of the Laboratory's workforce restructuring plan, ended at 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 6. At that time, about 450 employees had applied for the voluntary separation.
December 7 begins a one-week period during which employees may rescind their decision. Employees accepted for voluntary separation will be notified on December 20.
Here is the Self-Selection schedule:
December 7-13 employees may rescind their decision
December 20 employees receive notice of acceptance
January 2-8, 2008 employee departure meetings
January 10, 2008 employees depart from the Laboratory.
Can employees' rescind their decision not to take the SSP, durning the "Rescind Period?"
ReplyDeleteArmed Forces Veterans rejoice.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. Government has laws to assist veterans who seek Federal employment from being penalized for their time in military service. Veterans who are disabled or who served on active duty in the Armed Forces during certain specified time periods or in military campaigns are entitled to preference over others in hiring from competitive lists of eligibles and also in retention during reductions in force.
Pay particular attention to the last line in the paragraph above.
Yeah, well... Too bad working at the lab doesn't count as "Federal Employment".
ReplyDeleteYou are mistaken, 11:01 AM. LANL is run by a for-profit corporation. You are not an employee of the Federal government. You are an employee of a private contractor called LANS. It's amazing that some workers at LANL still don't get this point.
ReplyDeleteThe paragraph you reference only applies to Federal workers, i.e., those on the "GS" Civil Service wage scale. It doesn't apply here.
Yes it does. The policy is intended for Government Contractors. LANS LLC is a DOE contractor is it not?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/ofccp/faqs/jvafaqs.htm
Can employees' rescind their decision not to take the SSP, durning the "Rescind Period?"
ReplyDelete--12/7/07 9:45 AM
Only employees who aren't considered "team players" can do that, aka whistleblowers.
12/7/07 1:19PM "You are mistaken, 11:01 AM. LANL is run by a for-profit corporation."
ReplyDeleteNope. YOU are wrong 1:19PM. LANL is run by UC and the "world class" managers it brought into the Lab years before LANS even existed. Same monkeys, different trees. Just a different name now--LANS.
--S Hecker
Oh brother, I see a "www.dol.gov" in a post!
ReplyDeleteLooks like the disgruntled at LANL are already cruising the Dept. of Labor (DOL) web sites looking for legal recourse. This coming RIF should be barrels of fun. It won't be long until we also start seeing references to EEOC sites in the blog postings.
"Looks like the disgruntled at LANL are already cruising the Dept. of Labor (DOL) web sites looking for legal recourse."
ReplyDeleteIIRC, the Department of Labor is the arm of the Federal government that oversees pension plans and 401(k) plans.