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<font face="Arial">Colleagues, <br>
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On Friday, December 18, 2010, you received an email from Mont with
notification of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement to
implement a two year pay freeze for DOE sites/facilities and all
national laboratories effective January 1, 2011. This decision
follows the recent announcement last month to freeze all federal
workforce salaries. As noted, this decision will impact all
employees at Jefferson Lab for FY 11 and FY 12. <br>
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The details as we currently understand them are:<br>
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• No merit increases for FY 11 & FY 12<br>
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• Adjustments to salary ranges are frozen<br>
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• National Labs will not be permitted to implement catch-up
increases in future years<br>
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• No other benefits offered by Jefferson Lab will be impacted
by this decision (medical/401(k)/dental/life insurance, etc)<br>
<br>
• Hiring requests may still be made through the routine
recruitment channels for critical needs<br>
<br>
• Promotions will continue to be evaluated in the current
review cycle. Final approval for all promotions will be
coordinated through DOE. <br>
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<li><font face="Arial"> When approval is given, the effective date
for promotions is scheduled for March 2011. </font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial"> Promotional considerations are given for
those employees whose job duties and scope have increased
significantly. <br>
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The website below has been established to provide you with
additional information and as more details are known we will pass
them along. A list of Q & A's from DOE has been posted for
reference. <br>
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<a href="http://www.jlab.org/div_dept/admin/HR/freeze.html">Information
on DOE Salary Freeze</a><br>
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For now, if you have questions, please contact Doug Roeder (ext.
7576) or me (ext. 5991). <br>
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<br>
Regards,<br>
Rhonda<br>
<i>Human Resources<br>
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