Joined: 28 Jul 2003
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Location: USA
| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:38 am Post subject: August 1 Benefits eligibility update | |
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Fellow Hourly Target Employees,
I read with great interest the August 1 benefits eligibility update that arrived in today’s mail at my home address. Does anyone else find it odd that the corporation would choose to send this update to all employees, even though the information contained therein applies only to employees hired after June 30, 2003? At first blush, it appears that this may be the corporation’s way of informing us that, in addition to the changes that took effect on January 1 and were announced in April, the corporation has now decided to use a different set of dates to calculate and determine benefits eligibility status for employees hired after June 30. Among other things, I notice that the document is unsigned by any of the individuals who developed or decided to implement this update. I wonder why no one signed it. Also, I wonder if management is making clear to those new employees hired from now until the end of the year that their March 1, 2004 benefits eligibility status will be determined by a calculation of their average weekly hours worked that began in April 2003…before they were employed by the corporation. That’s right. As I understand this memo, a new employee hired tomorrow (August 1) will have the months of April through July included in his/her calculation of average weekly hours worked. Since there are 40 weeks between April 1 and December 31, the employee will have to work a total of 800 hours before December 31 in order to qualify for the Part-Time Benefits Package on March 1, 2004 (as defined on page 5 of the April brochure entitled “Important Benefits Eligibility Changes”). That’s an average of 36.36 hours per week for part time status. To qualify for the Full-Time Benefits Package, an employee hired tomorrow will have to work a total of 1280 hours before the end of the year, an average of 58.18 hours per week. As I write, I’m beginning to understand why none of our “leaders” signed this document. In my opinion, its content is so disgusting, unethical and morally reprehensible that not one of them want their name associated with it. Fellow employees, we need to form a Union, and we need to form it now. In solidarity, Scooter |
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Location: over yonder
| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 3:07 am Post subject: | |
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If you can get me a copy of that doc', I'll put it online.
Have fax, will travel. 
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