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HRD-81-103 1 (1981-07-08)

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RELEASED


BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL


Report To The Honorable Henry M. Jackson

United States Senate



OF THE UNITED STATES


Assessment Of Pension Benefits

For Contractors' Employees

In Hanford, Washington

Over the past several years, the Department of
Energy, its operating contractors at its Hanford
Project, and the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades
Council have disagreed on whether a change
from a single to a multiple contractor pro-
gram has caused contractors' employees to
lose pension benefits.

GAO found that the Department's contrac-
tual arrangements protect the accrued pension
benefits and vesting rights of Hanford em-
ployees transferring to successor contractors.
Its analysis showed that successor contractors
are giving employees pension vesting credit
for their years of service at Hanford. Further-
more, the employees' benefits are generally
comparable to what they would have received
had a single contractor remained at Hanford.
Also, Hanford retirees' benefits are based on
pension plans bargained for in the past.

GAO concludes, however, that what level of
pension benefits Hanford employees and re-
tirees should receive and what types of pen-
sion plans the employees should have are issues
that the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Coun-
cil and the contractors must settle at the bar-
gaining table.





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HRD-81-103
JULY 8, 1981

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