ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- As stated in a previous issue of TRACKS, Col. Brent Bolander, the depot's commander, has approved the fiscal year 2012 Group Award Policy for a maximum payout of $1,000 per employee. Each employee must meet all of the following eligibility criteria, during the award period, in order to receive a GAP payout.

•,Have a fully successful (success level is a minimum of 3) performance rating.

•,Be an actively employed Anniston Army Depot employee on the last workday of the award period.

Employees who work only a portion of the year for ANAD and then transfer to a local Department of Army tenant organization during the award period are eligible if they are employed with the tenant at the end of the award period. Their award payout will be prorated based on their actual time at ANAD.

•,Employee has to be in a work status. Work status is defined as all on-the-job regular hours worked plus annual leave hours, military leave hours and leave without pay due to military active duty.

Sick leave, all other LWOP and donated leave hours are not counted as being in a work status.

Employees with documented disciplinary or adverse actions based on performance or conduct that occurred during FY12 will not be eligible for the GAP.

For employees with pending disciplinary or adverse actions based on performance or conduct on Sept. 30, 2012, a balance of the GAP Award will be maintained after the initial payout for a potential later payout, depending on the outcome of the proposed actions.

Pending actions are defined as actions with proposal letters issued by Sept. 30, 2012. Funds will remain payable until the appeal process is exhausted.

Written reprimands will not affect the eligibility for the GAP payout.

The following constitute full or incremental payout amounts:

a.,Eligible employees who were in a work status (available regular work hours) for more than half of the award period (1,040 hours or greater), will receive the full amount of the GAP.

b.,Eligible employees who were in a work status more than a quarter, but less than half of the available regular work hours (520 to 1,039 hours) during the award period will receive half of the GAP payout.

c.,Eligible employees who were in a work status less than a quarter of the available work hours (160 to 519 hours) during the award period will receive one-fourth of the GAP payout.

d.,Employees who were in a work status for less than 160 hours during the award period will not receive a GAP payout.

Barring any unforeseen issues with processing, the GAP payout will be paid in the paycheck received on Nov. 15, 2012.