Plant Vacation Shutdown Period

 Our plant has been approved for funding required to replace a large portion of the main plant’s roof and make required repairs to the rest of it.  This work is scheduled to be done during our vacation shutdown weeks.  Because this work requires more than a week to complete, our plant has now been scheduled to be down for vacation on back to back shutdown weeks beginning the week of July 5^th through the week of July 12^th.

 Profit Sharing

 The Company has announced profit sharing payments will be made on March 10, 2010.  The profit sharing percentage factor is 0.8533 percent of an employees eligible pay during the annual eligibility period.  Almost all earnings are considered “eligible” pay with the exception of overtime premium.  This means that straight time hourly base wages for all straight time and overtime hours worked not including premiums paid for overtime, are considered “eligible” pay as well as vacation, holiday, bereavement, jury duty, short term military pay, various bonuses, grievance awards and shift premiums.


Utility, Repair & FPS Coordinator Openings

We want to remind everyone that the sign-up period for primary openings in the Utility, Repair and FPS Coordinator classification started February 1, 2010 and will end on February 28, 2010 at the close of business. Those interested in an opening in one of these classifications which occurs between February 1^st and August 31^st of this year need to sign up now.  They will be filled by the most senior employee signed up who is eligible at the time the opening occurs.  Be sure to read the instructions on the inside cover of the sign-up books which are available in Labor Relations. An employee’s failure to properly make selections and/or sign on the line provided by their name may result in their being disqualified from consideration. 

  Disability Pay at Unicare

 As many of you know the disability process changed with Unicare.  To start a medical claim, you must now contact Unicare first at 877-475-9652.  This call not only initiates application for accident and sickness pay, but also Unicare contacts the Medical Department at KCAP to start a conditional leave which helps protect your employment at Ford.  At the conclusion of this call to Unicare, you must request a claim number; Unicare will not give one without you asking and it is proof that your claim was processed.  We encourage ALL members to request this claim number, protect it, it could save your job and your disability pay.

 Employee Discounts  
 

Employee Network has moved to a new home! The new www.at.ford.com website is now a central location for information including daily updated news and discount marketplace, benefits and more.

This web site lists information about all the employee discounts that are available to both active and retired members.