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Follow the CDC recommendations for getting care when you are feeling sick.  You can find them here.  You MUST NOT come into Mercury when you are sick.  If you test positive for COVID-19 you MUST contact your Value Stream Champion immediately.  Coming to work when sick not only puts your fellow team members at risk, it

Don’t just leave!  Notify your Value Stream Champion or an ERT member immediately.  They will assist you in getting to an isolated place so we can get you the appropriate care.  This is also important so that we may clean any affected work areas and determine if additional precautions are necessary.  This is critical to ensure

Please talk with your Value Stream Champion about your question or concern.  If we have an answer, we will give it.  If we don’t have an answer, we will try to find one.  If there is no clear answer, we can discuss how we can best deal with that uncertainty going

Yes.  There is pending legislation that includes some changes to 401(k) rules.  The final details are still pending and subject to change.  You are strongly advised to seek professional financial advice prior to making any changes  The proposed, coronavirus-related changes are:  You may take a coronavirus-related distribution without the 10% early withdrawal penalty  The amount you may

It depends.  We are actively working with the company that manages these plans to find you options for keeping all your 2020 FSA contributions.  These might include options for increasing the amount you can roll over to 2021 and/or extending the time you have to spend your current contributions.  While we don’t have all the specifics yet, here is what we know right now:  If you have

Generally, the answer is “No”. Currently, remote work is only available in exceptional cases. (Please keep reading for more information.) IMPORTANT: No remote work DOES NOT MEAN that you have to come to work if you don’t want to. (See the rest of this FAQ for information about your options

Please talk with your Value Stream Champion.  We want to help you meet the demands of your families during the school shut down. They can work with you to provide solutions to your changed hourly needs while your children are home. Again, you will NOT “get in trouble” for working

No. You will NOT “get in trouble” or lose your job. If you are out of vacation, earned time and sick time hours, any time away from work will be unpaid.  If you are out of work during the COVID-19 outbreak and you have no more vacation or earned time, you will NOT “get

No. Mercury is temporarily modifying its policy so that you may now decide if you want to use vacation/earned time or take the time as unpaid.  If you choose to take time as unpaid, we will discuss options with you for maintaining any payroll deductions. (Such as insurance premiums.) Mercury may be able to make some

Yes. Mercury is going to advance everyone their April 1st and July 1st earned time. This means that 40 hours of future earned time is available to be used now. (Just to be clear, this is an advance of the April and July earned time and not an additional 40