Elm’s family picnic day details, work anniversaries and more

The Elm Family Picnic is Sunday, September 22 at Sonny’s Place in Somers, CT.

All employees and their families are invited to this free fun event! We’ll have a smokehouse BBQ luncheon at noon in our private pavilion followed by four free hours of games and events including mini golf, go karts, climbing walls, zip-lining, batting cages and more. Plus, we’ll have corn hole and volleyball tournaments.

RSVP today by scanning the QR code above or click HERE.

Elm Electrical Named 2024 HNE Well Worth It Award Winner for Worksite Health Promotion

Elm is proud to have been named a 2024 Health New England Well Worth It Award recipient at the Gold level for successful worksite health promotion & employee health improvement. This award recognizes Elm’s commitment to employees’ overall health and our  achievements in implementing health and wellness programs.

“The Well Worth It Award allows HNE to recognize our employer groups who work hard to provide their employees the opportunity to focus on overall well-being, both personally and professionally,” stated Katie Bruno, Public Health and Wellness Program Manager for HNE. “Elm Electrical has demonstrated our mission of helping to improve the health and lives of the people living in our communities with its commitment to wellness in the areas of awareness, skills development and self-confidence. We are excited to recognize Elm Electrical for always being caring, thoughtful and committed to helping employees thrive.”

Shout outs

Congrats, Jesse Chartier, for obtaining your 1B and 2A hoisting license! … a Shout-out came in for Rich Diaz and his responsiveness in handling a recent tool request … awesome job Griffin Smith in streamlining our payroll process over the last few months to increase efficiency.

Congratulations to the following employees celebrating a work anniversary in August:

pFML, Short-term Disability, Paternity Leave

A reminder that if you need to take planned or unexpected time off from work due to a surgery, injury, or illness or if you need to care for a family member or intend to take bonding time for the birth or adoption of a child, please reach out to Human Resources as soon as you’re able to. Elm has several benefits in place to help with leaves of absence.

September Bonus – 401k

September bonuses will include a 401k deduction and Elm 3% contribution. So, if you typically contribute 6% of your pay on a weekly basis, there would be a 6% deduction from your bonus to your 401k. If you do not want this deduction to happen, log into your Fidelity account and change your Contribution Amount to 0%. Do this sooner rather than later as there is a delay between the time Fidelity gets the information and then sends us a file informing us of the changes. If you wait until September to make the change with Fidelity, we may not be notified in time to update Checkwriters.

Once your bonus has been awarded (by Sept. 15), go back into 401k.com and change your Contribution Amount back to your previous deduction percentage.

Please note that once you change your Contribution Amount to zero, it will remain at zero and you will not have a 401k amount withheld until you reinstate it, but you will continue to receive Elm’s 3% contribution. Please also note that to be eligible for a bonus you must be a full-time employee and have one year of service as of July 1, 2024. As always, bonuses are dependent upon Elm’s performance as well as each employee’s performance.

If you have questions, please reach out to Tim Williams.