Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract

DE-AC06-96RL13200
Modification M044

Form 5500 will be provided to DOE each year when prepared by the Contractor.

  1. Employee forfeitures of accrued benefits shall be in accordance with the terms of the Plan and such forfeitures shall be used to reduce Contractor contributions made on behalf of remaining participating employees.
  2. In the event of Contract expiration or termination, the Contractor, if requested by DOE to do so, will transfer to a replacement contractor the Plan, Plan assets and Plan liabilities.
  3. In the event of Plan termination, including partial termination, resulting from such actions as reassignment, termination, or expiration of the Contract or termination of the Plan by the Contractor, Plan assets shall be distributed in accordance with the terms of the Plan relating to Plan termination and the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974, as amended. After satisfaction of all Plan liabilities if there are any Plan assets remaining which are permitted by law to revert to the Contractor, such assets shall become payable to the DOE no later than 30 days following the latest date the Plan assets are permitted to revert to the Contractor under ERISA or any other applicable law.
  4. The Contractor will take no action concerning termination, merger, spin-off, or other action affecting the status of the Plans as separate, contract-only plans without the approval of DOE.

4.5 PAID ABSENCES

4.5.1 Personal Time Off - A Personal Time Bank (PTB) will be established for eligible employees. Absences for leisure time off, personal time off, facility closure days (holidays), time away from work due to illness or injury, family emergencies or medical/dental appointments will be charged to the employee's PTB account if the employee wishes to receive pay for the absence. All absences of more than four hours will be charged to an exempt employee's PTB account.

Eligible Employee: Regular full-time or part-time exempt and salaried nonexempt employees.
Pay Rate: Hours taken as time off will be paid at the employee's base salary rate in effect at the time of absence.
Composition: Accrual rates will include the following:
Vacation: 0-5 years service 80 hrs/yr
>5 years service 120 hrs/yr
>10 years service 160 hrs/yr
>20 years service 200 hrs/yr
Holidays: 72 hours designated as facility closure days
8 hours designated by employee as floater
The facility closure days include New Year's Day, President's Day*, Memorial Day*, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday After Thanksgiving, December 24, and Christmas Day.
*These days are observed on the day specified by Federal Law.
Sick/Personal: Exempt 40 hrs/yr
Salaried nonexempt 56 hrs/yr
Time Not Included: Absences for the following will not be taken from an employee's PTB account: Death in the Family (up to 5 days per event), Absences of less than four hours for exempt employees, EA Time (8 hours per year for employees who work north of the Wye Barricade), Jury Duty, Military, Road Conditions, Plant Injury, Volunteerism, and miscellaneous absences as defined in the PTB Policy..
Cash Out Provision: During periods of active service, eligible employees may request a partial cash out of accrued PTB hours.
  • Employees will be allowed one cash out in a calendar year except in those cases where the employee is terminating.
  • At least 120 hours must remain in the employee's account after the cash out.
  • The maximum hours which may be cashed out in a calendar year are 40 hours in 1998, 80 hours in 1999, and 120 hours in 2000 and thereafter.
  • The rate of cash out will be at the base salary at the time of cash out. Cash out will be in one hour increments.
  • Employees may opt to put the cash directly into their after-tax Savings Plan account.
Maximum PTB Hours: An employee may accumulate up to a maximum number of PTB hours as follows:
  • In 1998       720 hours
  • In 1999       800 hours
  • In 2000       900 hours
  • In 2001 and thereafter       1000 hours

Implementation Plan and Schedule

Transition from the current salary continuance program to the PTB Program will be effective January 2, 1998. PTB will be implemented as follows:

EXEMPT ACCRUALS (hours per biweekly pay period)

1998 1999 2000
0-5 years of service 5.85 6.15 7.69
5-10 years of service 7.38 7.69 9.23
10 to 20 years of service 8.92 9.23 10.77
More than 20 years of service 10.46 10.77 12.31

SALARIED NONEXEMPT ACCRUALS (hours per biweekly pay period)

1998 1999 2000
0-5 years of service 5.85 6.15 8.31
5-10 years of service 7.38 7.69 9.85
10 to 20 years of service 8.92 9.23 11.38
More than 20 years of service 10.46 10.77 12.92

5.0 TRAVEL AND RELOCATION COSTS - Necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by employees and prospective employees for travel and relocation at the request of the company in connection with work under this Contract are allowable, subject to applicable provisions of FAR Subpart 31.2 and 31.205-46, except that no Project Assignment Allowance nor return relocation costs are allowable. In accordance with these regulations, Contractor employees, including Major Subcontractors, transferred from corporate entities will be administered under the Contractor's common Relocation and Travel policies which are subject to the review and approval of the Contracting Officer. Special allowances for relocation of employees of Numatec shall be as set out in Schedule 1., attached hereto.

6.0 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS - Wage rates, benefits, and other allowances to be paid to or for bargaining unit employees shall require the approval of the Contracting Officer.

7.0 WORK FORCE RESTRUCTURING - The Contractor will comply with the requirements of the applicable Hanford Site Work Force Restructuring Plan which implements Section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. Costs associated with the implementation shall be allowable for those activities described in the applicable Plan.

8.0 EMPLOYEE MORALE, RECREATION, AND WELFARE PROGRAMS - Costs incurred for such programs are allowable in an amount not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) per employee per year.

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Document Number: DE-AC06-96RL13200
Mod: M044
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Posted: August 12, 1998