Blog posts providing information on laboratory initiatives.
By Dan Raker (LEG), senior attorney, and Darryl Howe (HRS), manager, employee and labor relations
The holiday season is here, and many in the Argonne community celebrate with co-workers. Holiday parties are great opportunities to enjoy camaraderie and have fun, but please remember holiday parties are work functions. Keeping Argonne’s Core Values in mind will … Read More
By Richard Rons (HR), Manager of Employee Benefits
How Argonne determines its benefits coverage
Argonne determines benefits coverage in a number of ways, including benchmarking other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories and the lab’s comparator group, legislative requirements, industry standards, and benefit values and costs. Argonne’s Prime Contract with DOE requires us to … Read More
By Richard Rons (HRS), Manager of Employee Benefits
Argonne offers its employees two medical plan choices: a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) option and a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) option. There are some important distinctions between these two plans.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) administers Argonne’s PPO plan. Argonne pays BCBSIL a … Read More
By Jamie Stalker, MD, Chief Medical Officer
Argonne National Laboratory cares about the wellbeing of its employees and the quality of their work. With the recent change in state law, some may have questions regarding recreational marijuana, which will become legal in Illinois in January 2020.
The U.S. Department of Energy considers any use … Read More
By Meridith Bruozas, Educational Programs and Outreach Manager
As Argonne welcomes the next generation of world-class talent to the laboratory, it is important to support our summer interns by fostering a lab-wide culture of safety and effective communication. Part of their work experience requires awareness of and a focus on safety. While this is an … Read More
By Julie Nuter, Chief Human Resources Officer
The staff in Human Resource Services is committed to working as a team with our partners across the laboratory to create and sustain our world-class community of talent. The Argonne Leadership Institute is an important resource in these efforts.
This fall several listening sessions were conducted by Kensington … Read More
By Joe Kirts, Emergency Management Officer
Being prepared for severe weather can be a lifesaver. Argonne cares about you and your safety, so it is important to ensure that everyone knows where to shelter in the event of a tornado. Argonne will be conducting a site-wide tornado drill at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5, … Read More
By George Crabtree, Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Argonne National Laboratory
The Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) recently reached an exciting and important milestone: completion of its initial five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and renewal for a planned five more years.
Five years is a … Read More
By Julie Nuter, Chief Human Resources Officer
In order to deliver on our commitment to diversity and inclusion within the Argonne community, it is important for all of us to know where we are so we can better chart a path to where we need to be.
This is why the laboratory is committed to … Read More
By Phyllis Hayes and Harrel Townsend, Jr.| for the Argonne African American Employee Resource Group
Dick DeMarsico, World Telegram staff photographer – This image is available from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints … Read More
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