Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t Lung Functi T It was Sunday night, July 13. r The machines at Plants 1 and t 2 were idle and the third shift i employees began arriving at 11:00 P.M. - an hour ahead of schedule. c C These employees were the I first to take special lung breathing tests, a new medical CM EmpU Clinton Mills employees - on t the average - received approx- ( imately $'20.40 in fringe benefits for every $100 thev earned in 1 1974. " $ Employee fringe benefits paid by the company during the ! year totaled 20.4 percent of the , company's base pay. On an average, this totals about $1,354 per employee in addition to regular earnings. I Amounts paid to individual employees varies for a number of reasons such as differences in years of service, earnings, Honors After Hi Mack Parsons, of the Indus- ] trial Relations Department is i currently serving as President i of the 1975 Greater Clinton United Way. Mack has also been recently named Chairman of the Laurens Clinton Krskine College Living En dowment Campaign. J R. "Dick" Swetenburg. Plant No. 2 Manager, has been named to a four year term on the Southern Textile Association's Board of Directors. Numerous Clinton Mills employees are providing volunteer services for Project Life Lines, a Christian non profit Clinton organization providing aid and services to alcpholics, drug addicts, and needy fami lies. Norman Craven, Clinton Mills Accounting Manager, is Secretary-Treasurer of Project on Tests: How Rlc . - w7 nonitoring program that Clin;on Mills is presently conducing. "We had a lot of fine :o-operation from employees ind supervisors," stated Sonny Cing, team captain. He noted that employees are Dyees Enj jmployee claims for insurance, ?tc. During 1974, Clinton Mills lourly employees received 2,066,308 in employee benefits. Fhe benefits fall into two basic 'roups - legislative, those required Dy law; ana non-iegislative, or those company sponsored for employees. I^ast year, Clinton Mills paid approximately $240,000 to provide group medical insurance for employees. Since September 1, 1974, the company has paid the entire premium cost of all employees' basic life insurance, weekly accident and sickness ours! Life Lines. Martha Simmons, a Main Office Secretary, is the organization's Assistant Secretary. Plant No. 1 Manager Sam Williams serves as the project's variety store manager. He is assisted by Plant 1 A 2 Nurse, Mrs. Nell Haggart, and retired Community Activities Director Eva B. Land. Paul Revis, a Lydia Assistant Weaving Departmental Superintendent is working in i I T * ? ? me mie nine s outreacn pro gram. Other employees associated with the store as volunteer clerks are Evelyn King, No. 1 Spinning; Nellie Moore, No. 2 Spinning; Edna Osborne, No. 2 Spinning; and Josephine Allman, No. 2 Weaving. -J tr : 1 jw And E paid for coming in early. A few days prior to taking the lung function tests, employees also received a free blood pressure screen as an added personal medical benefit. Each employee, according to King, who is co-ordinating the survey, is given two breathing joy Many I iruman uwens, unnion muj hundreds of group insurance cl; benefits, and health care benefits. Additionally, the company pays the entire cost of administering / <? ~ ^ Unemploym pa/c h .________ ^ & aiew Mm tests. The first is a pre-shift test p which is given at the beginning C of the workweek. The employ- w ees must have been away from b the work environment at least p 40-48 hours. ii The second test is given after c 6 hours of work. The lung u breathing tests and blood ti Fringe Bei b h w m c IMHPt e h n Is Benefits Manager processes aims monthly. the program. During 1974, the company contributed $356,568 to the Profit Sharing Plan. Sec<"-/ty ent ooinK' Ho"?.y8 d Blew ressure screen will enable linton Mills to identify those 'ho have other than normal reathing patterns and blood ressure and suggests ways to Tiprove them. The tests should not be onfused with the breathalizer rhich detects alcohol consumplon. lefits Clinton Mills employees durlg '74 received vacation pay >tahng $338,031. In addition, he company paid $198,518 in oliday pay for the six days off nth pay during the year. LEGISLATIVE BENEFITS legislative benefits include nxes paid to various state and ederal agencies. Clinton Mills pays approximately $826,000 annually for octal Security taxes in addition i the amounts employees pay. 'he company pays the entire ost of the Workmen's Compenation program to provide enefits for on the job injuries s well as all the cost of nemployment compensation to rovide income when employes are out of work. These two ienefits alone cost the company norc than $81,000 during 1974. BIG CATCH -Roscoe Wat son caught this string of Groupers while deep sea fishing during his July 4th vacation. He's a Lydia Shop employee.