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Any active, full-time employee of International Paper or an affiliated company where International Paper holds a majority interest may apply for an employee relief fund grant. The need for assistance must stem directly from a natural disaster, or personal tragedy such as illness or accident. The benefiting party must be an eligible employee, or his/her "dependent", as defined in the International Paper group health and welfare plan in which the employee is eligible to participate. For employees based outside the United States, "dependent" means the following person(s):
(A) The employee's lawful spouse;
(B) The employee's unmarried child if the child is: (1) under age 19; residing with the employee; and the employee's natural child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or a child for whom the employee is legal guardian (unless either of the natural parents also resides with the guardian); or (2) not residing with the employee, but meets all other requirements of (1) above and receives over half of his/her support in the current year from the employee;
(C) The employee's child, as defined in (B) above, who is under the age of 25; who is enrolled full-time in and attending an accredited secondary school, college, university, or school of nursing; and who receives over half of his/her support in the current year from the employee; or
(D) The employee's child, as defined in (B) above, who is age 19 or older and prevented from self-sustaining employment because of a physical handicap or mental retardation, provided the child was incapacitated prior to reaching age 19 and receives over half of his/her support in the current year from the employee. The application guidelines outline in detail criteria that must be met to be considered for a grant.
- Applications may be obtained from your local Human Resources representative, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) counselor or it can be downloaded from the intranet by
clicking here.
- Applicant must be an active, full-time employee of International Paper or an affiliated company where International Paper holds a majority interest.
- Guidelines and criteria are provided with the application form and will be used to determine eligibility.
- Applications may be mailed to ERF pink mail M-15, or to International Paper Company Employee Relief Fund, 6400 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38197. They may also be faxed to Toll Free 877-603-0756 or 901-214-1451.
- Once the application is received at the Employee Relief Fund office it will be date stamped. A copy will be made, and the applicant's personal information will be deleted before being distributed to the committee for review. The original application will be filed for IRS purposes.
- A committee of seven employees located throughout the company will review confidential applications weekly as received.
- The applicant will be notified by telephone, by either the ERF Executive Director, or ERF staff, of the committee's decision the day after the committee meets.
- If approved, a check will be issued the beginning of the week after the application was reviewed.
- Employees may apply for only one grant per hardship.
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