Classes, events and discounts for August

Fitness classes starting soon:

• Kyuki-Do: 5-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Aug. 9 – Sept. 15 in the Recreation Facility. Cost: $55 per person.

• Bod Squad Muscle Toning: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Sept. 2-Oct. 28 in the Recreation Facility. Cost: $77 per person.

Register in the Recreation Office, WH15W, or call x2548.   

This month, the Benefits/Recreation Department will also sponsor the following wellness events:

• Lunch & Learn: "Power of Preventive Health Care": noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, in Curia II in Wilson Hall. Learn health care techniques to help prevent or modify certain conditions and diseases, including age-appropriate screenings and vaccinations and topics including: nutrition, fitness, heart health and smoking cessation. Hosted by Blue Cross/Blue Shield. RSVP to Jeanne Koester, x2548, by Aug. 11.

• Qi Gong, Mindfulness & Tai Chi Easy will take place from noon-12:45 p.m. on Fridays in Ramsey Auditorium. Free.                                                

Employee League and Club Fair:
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11, in the Wilson Hall atrium
Fermilab has more than 25 employee clubs and athletic leagues available for you to participate in. Come see what we have to offer. This entertaining event will feature demonstrations and flight simulations.

EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS

• Movie tickets
AMC Tickets: $7-8
Goodrich Tickets: $7

• Six Flags Great America
Discount tickets available online

• Raging Waves Waterpark - Yorkville
Online tickets at http://tickets.ragingwaves.com.
Cost for adults and children 48” and taller: $20.99 (regularly $26.99).  Enter store name/promotion code: Fermilab

Update on E-Verify efforts

Since May 2010, the HR Services Department has worked to ensure that Fermilab complies with a new requirement in FRA’s contract with the Department of Energy. Fermilab is now required to participate in E-Verify, an electronic system operated by the Department of Homeland Security that enables employers to verify identity and work authorization. Fermilab must enter data for more than 1,600 employees hired on or after Nov. 7, 1986, and before June 1, 2009.

As part of this task, HR Services representatives have been auditing all existing I-9 employment eligibility verification forms for employees and submitting relevant data to E-Verify. On July 16, HR Services employees made the 1,000th E-Verify submission, which means the laboratory has completed approximately 70 percent of the submissions.

In most cases, representatives did not need to contact employees. HR Services representatives used previously supplied I-9 forms and documents to facilitate data submission to the E-Verify system. In a very small percentage of cases, representatives contacted employees to complete a new I-9 form. This usually occurred because of changes to the employee’s name, changes in document acceptability or because of the E-Verify system's limitations. The very small number of cases that required contact, however, created some confusion.

“Employees have called Fermilab HR to ask why they are being targeted,” said Borys Jurkiw, HR Services Department manager. “They say that none of their coworkers received an e-mail about E-Verify, so they wonder why they did. The reason is that for almost all employees we had the required information on hand.”

Employees can check the Question and Answer page for information about the E-Verify process and I-9 audit. If you have additional questions or concerns about E-Verify, please e-mail everify@fnal.gov.

“Thanks to the cooperation and understanding of our employees, we’re in a very good position to be in full compliance with our contractual obligations by the end of the summer,” Jurkiw said.