<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 11pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Colleagues,</span> </span><br></div><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000" data-mce-style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: black;"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">We are pleased to offer another open enrollment session for the Vacation Donation Program. The enrollment session begins <strong>today, September 28, </strong>and will be offered<strong> through Friday, October 2, at 5 p.m.</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">The program is designed </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">to provide financial assistance to employees during approved unpaid leaves related to a medical illness for themselves or an eligible family member. The employee must have exhausted all of their available sick and vacation leave and would otherwise be subject to a severe loss of income aside from this program. Other eligibility criteria must also be met. Details are available on the Human Resources/Benefits webpage.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">During open enrollment, eligible employees will have the opportunity to anonymously donate vacation time in increments of four (4) hours to the vacation donation bank. The program requires donors to maintain a minimum vacation balance of 80 hours after the donation. Once the session closes on Friday, October 2, all donated hours will be held in the donated vacation bank for use by eligible employees who are approved to become beneficiaries of the program.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">To participate, fill out a Request to Donate Vacation via the Vacation Donation Program application, located here: <a href="https://mis.jlab.org/mis/apps/hr/vacationDonation/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://mis.jlab.org/mis/apps/hr/vacationDonation/"><span style="color: blue;" data-mce-style="color: blue;">https://mis.jlab.org/mis/apps/hr/vacationDonation/</span></a></span><br></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">More program details are available on the Human Resources/Benefits website at: <a href="https://www.jlab.org/div_dept/admin/HR/vacationDonation.html" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://www.jlab.org/div_dept/admin/HR/vacationDonation.html"><span style="color: blue;" data-mce-style="color: blue;">https://www.jlab.org/div_dept/admin/HR/vacationDonation.html</span></a><br> <br> Thanks for your support. Please direct all questions pertaining to this offering to Treva Ferguson at ext. 7291.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Regards,</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black;">Human Resources</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>