'Employee Resource' information slated for distribution

The Ombuds Program Office has created a useful publication to help members of the work force find the right services for concerns they may have.

Called "Employee Resources," "The brochure folds out to a long, narrow strip, handy and space saving, that can be easily pinned to a bulletin board," said Jack Foley of the Ombuds Program Office, who compiled the information in the "brochure." It is designed to be useful and to keep the information easily accessible, Foley added. Worked into the layout is a calendar that notes Lab holidays, 9/80 schedule Fridays and paydays. To distinguish it from last year's edition, the color has changed from green to adobe brown, Foley noted.

The brochure contains contact information about employee services, who may use them and a description of each service. The services covered are those available from the Ombuds Program, the Employee Assistance Program (HSR-2), Complaint Resolution Services, Staff Relations (HR-SR), Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO), Health Services and the Diversity Office (DVO). Also included is contact information for "special situations" such as the number to call for violence in the workplace, benefits, suspicious packages or bomb threats.

New this year is a listing of services for the deaf and hard of hearing.

"This calendar-like brochure helps to clear up questions about which program is responsible for responding to a particular issue and helps point members of the work force in the right direction," Foley said. The Ombuds Office plans to update the information annually.

All employees should receive a copy of the publication during the holidays. Distribution is scheduled to begin just before the Laboratory's winter closure, though many workers will find it in their mail boxes the first part of January. It also will be available at the various offices noted in the brochure and will be part of new-employee General Employee Training (GET) and the managerial course, "Essentials of Supervision."

Employees who haven't received the brochure by the end of January should call the Ombuds Program Office at 5-2837.

For more information about the brochure and the services described in it, go to the Ombuds Web site at http://www.lanl.gov/ombuds/ online.

-- Judy Goldie

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