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Show ACTION LINEEXT. 77000 Credit for performance overdone the HUltop Times it said that in the event of a in force, credit for 0 years of service would be given for each superior rating an employee has Qln received. If a person received a superior performance rating for three consecutiv e years 'Jiat would equate to 60 years and that sounds pretty ridiculous to me. Could you please explain this more fully? ACTION LINE is your opportunity to make Hill AFB a better place to live, work and play. When you call Evt. 77000, 4 The Annual Appraisal System has two parts. One part is numerical rating with point values one to nine for nine factors. This is used for competitive actions such as promotions. The second part is the overall performance rating w hich rates your past year's work performance as superior, excellent or fully successful. This rating impacts RIF service computation date. It can add 20 years, 16 years or 12 years respectively to your SCD. The last three ratings are added together and divided by three and that figure is subtracted from the person's SCD date. The adjusted RIF SCD ranks employees in their competitive levels along with their career or career conditional status and veteran's or nonveteran's preference. employee who works 40 hours pay period, and I need to know how much it would cost for me to enroll in the different health benefit plans. I went to the personnel and payroll offices, but they didn't have premium rates for part-timemployees. Can you help me get the information I need so I can decide which plan is best for me? QI Ik Premium rates for part-tim- e employees were not A available when you contacted the payroll office earlier because the new rate chart had not yet been received. The office does now have the premium information and can provide it, upon request. Part-tim- e employees pay the full employee share of benefit rate, and a prorated share of the government rate, based upon the number of hours per pay period the part-timemployee is scheduled to work. In your case, you would pay 100 percent of the employee's share of the benefit, and 50 percent of the government's share because you work 40 hours each pay period. e We need paper coveralls can't we get paper coveralls anymore? We QWhy them because we have to get inside the air- plane for some of our jobs and it's greasy and dirty. Paper coveralls are maintained primarily for issue Jl to technicians in the JrA paint and strip facility. This is an individual equipment item required for that activity by technical order. In the past, coveralls were issed to workers in Bldg. 225 based upon foreman approval of need and availability after mandatory requirements had been satisfied. Recently, the source of supply has not provided the total requisitioned quantity. Thus, the limited supply of coveralls has been held for support of the paint and strip function. Currently, negotiations are ongoing between the union and Aircraft Directorate management concerning job skills which will be provided protective coveralls. Future policy for the control and issue of coveralls will be based upon the outcome of these negotiations. I'm afraid of losing my home a member of the Air Force Reserve and I was when I learned what my take home pay would be if I am activated. Why haven't provisions been made for single reservists who own a home to receive full rate basic allowance for quarters when activated? I'm not a coward and have no objection to supporting my country, but I sure don't want to lose my home and valuable possessions. Ql'm Unfortunately, you are one of the many Reserve 4 . participants without dependents who is caught in a regulatory requirement which only considers living quarters at the active duty location when computing pay and allowances due the member. All single members of the Reserve who do not have dependents do not receive BAQ for any active duty periods where they are provided quarters at the duty location. This issue has been addressed many times in the past, but is not something that can be changed at local levels. It is a Comptroller General decision or policy that is covered in federal pay manuals. There is definitely a case for the single reservist to feel that he or she is being discriminated against because a married reservist performing the same duty at the same location would be given quarters and would also receive BAQ. It appears that any relief to be granted on this issue will have to come from Congress. We can do nothing at this level to change the policy. I We will immediately have our Air Force Reserve recruiters specifically explain pay and allowances in detail to all single applicants so that future misunderstandings do not occur. In the meantime, this subject will be submitted to the Air Reserve Forces Policy Council to initiate actions to preclude single reservists from potentially losing their homes upon mobilization. MM uvini i ill iii.n m I. I LINE. Maj. G.n. DoU W. Thompson Jr. have a kudos for the Child Development Center. My little girl goes there and I think they all do a great job, especially the ladies in Room 5. I just wanted to let you know they do good work. Thank you, I appreciate your calling to comment on the excellent care your little girl receives at the Child Development Center. Your comments have been passed on to the ladies in Room 5. I one of many who took the early retirement would just like to express my appreciation for the manner in which the early retirements were handled. The retirement specialists were organized and handled the whole situation very professionally. Considering the large number of people who retired, that was quite an accomplishment. From the first seminar, everything was explained explicitly and they were able to make complicated matters quite simple and easy to understand. Then, when it came time to process out, everything was so well organized. They are truly a professional group and I feel they deserve a pat on the back. The security people were bombarded by so many people at once, and they too handled their jobs very professionally and got the people through in an expeditious manner. Hats off to them also. I would also like to express my thanks to the people at the Finance Office. I've worked at Hill AFB for many years and have always been amazed at how well they do their jobs. Would you please pass these thanks on to all these folks. I 'm and I We appreciate receiving comments as nice as these on behalf of our people involved in the retirement process. Thank you for your recognition and comments. On behalf of Mrs. Chinburg and the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, we express sincere appreciation to all those who attended the memorial services. At times like these, the Hill family is most supportive and it did not go unnoticed. Once again, thank you all for your attendance. Col. Peter H. Fox Vice commander, 388th TFW Are lunchtime computer games OK? on on playing computer games QWhat breaks?policy Is it illegal or is it all right to use old software? il Your inquiry about software, including games, comes at a most opportune time. The use of government equipment, as stated in Air Force Regulations 200 and 700 series, is to be limited to official use computers will not be used for only. Government-ownegames, personal correspondence or other use at any given time or place. d nt Walk slows down production We have to walk to Bldg. 225 to get parts we need fy to do our jobs and it's frustrating to get there and have the special tool equipment area closed for cleaning. This slows down production, and I can't see any reason why the crib should have to be shut completely down while they clean the floors. Can something be done so that we can get the equipment we need? fl I am sorry the RIF article was not completely clear. Veteran's preference is a complicated issue. Hopefully, the following will clear up the confusion. Military retirees are treated as a separate category for RIF preference. Congress changed the law in 1964 and grants RIF veteran's preference to military retirees only when one or more of the following conditions is met: Military retirement was based upon a war or combat-incurreinjury or disability. When military retirement was based upon less than 20 years of active service and the retiree qualifies as a disabled veteran. When a military retiree has been employed continuously in the civil service since Nov. 30. 1964. without a break in service. Military retirees not meeting the above conditions do not qualify for RIF veteran's preference. All other disabled veterans are entitled to RIF preference. d commander Kudos is the Clarify veterans' rights article that was in the Nov. 30 issue QThe Hilltop Times printed regarding the pending reduc- r serve your interests through the ACTION ALC 11 A calling ACTION LINE. This will help me better Ogden Hilltop Times tion in force was misleading as far as disabled v eterans' rights are concerned. Although what was stated was not really wrong, it implied that all disabled veterans have retention rights during a RIF. and that is wrong. The only disabled veterans uho have retention rights are those who were injured during combat. I'm sure the majority of the veterans hired at Hill AFB ere not aware of this and think they are safe when it comes to a RIF. Could you print a clarification so that they can make some preparations and it won't b such a shock to them when the RIF comes? answering questions and solving problems before part-tim- e e n will be recorded and staffed through the responsible agency for action. Please give your supervisor and chain of command the opportunity to work with you in Health benefits information sought am a your comments umiy Jan. 18. 1991 When looking into this, I found that the services division within the Aircraft Directorate still has one special equipment tool crib in Bldg. 225 with tile flooring and rubber mats. The cleaning contract calls for periodic sweep and damp mop of this area. In the interest of safety to personnel working in the crib, we do close the issue window and restrict the movement of equipment, etc., until the floors are dry. It is not our intention to slow production down. Signs have been posted identifying an alternative issue point during these short cleaning periods. Shelter, crosswalk would help Would it be possible to provide a bus shelter and crosswalk across the street from Bldg. 849? I ride the bus and it is really hard to get across the street to catch our bus at night. The people on the west side of the road have a shelter and a crosswalk, and a shelter sure would help those of us who have to catch the bus on the other side of the street. Q The base traffic planner did a survey from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 to determine the need for an additional shelter across the street from Bldg. 849 and a crosswalk near the building. Here are the results. The traffic planner noted each day only five people used the bus stop opposite the shelter. Consequently, such a low use wouldn't justify building a new shelter, especially since a nearby shelter is available for pedesM r trians. Additionally, building a crosswalk in this area is not practical due to the low volume of traffic, both by pedestrians and vehicles. Why weren't reservists invited? reservist who would have liked to attend the Appreciation Day Christmas party with my family. Why weren't reservists include din this activity? Ql'm a The Military Appreciation Day Christmas party did include reservists and was advertised as such in the Hilltop Times. I wish you'd asked the question prior to the event so you and your family could have joined in the good time had by those who did participate. r New policy counterproductive our directorate there has been introduced a new as of today, where all personnel evaluating must personally contact and communicate suggestions with the suggester. Specifically, if the suggestion is being turned down, the suggester must be contacted and he must agree with the dismissal of the suggestion. As of today, the procedure is to approve all suggestions with essentially no value so they get a $25 award just to get them off our desk. I think this process is counterproductive. In the past, we have been able to deny suggestions that have no value and now we're not allowed to do that. Could you tell me what value there is in this process? Qln i It appears that you have obtained some bad infor-- r mation about the change in the suggestion program. We have recently implemented a policy which requires the evaluator to call the suggester. The policy was developed both as a courtesy to the suggester and as a valuable tool for the evaluator. It not only lets the suggester know that his idea has been heard and is being considered, but it is also a helpful means of assuring that the evaluator knows what the problem is and has a clear understanding of the proposed solution. Contact with the suggester may occur at any time in the evaluation process, and is most effective if accomplished during the initial review of the idea. In fact, the suggester should be contacted prior to a final decision on his idea. The responsibility of notifying the suggester of a disapproval still lies with the base suggestion office. Under no circumstances should a suggestion that will not result in an improvement to Air Force processes or save Air Force funds be approved. The evaluation of each suggestion is reviewed in the suggestion office and, if it is apparent that a suggestion has been approved when there is no value added, it is returned to the evaluator. An automatic $25 award is not granted every approval. If you need further assistance, please call Wendy Jackson, Ext. 70127. |