Employee Relief Fund

The TekniGives Employee Relief Fund was created to help TekniPlex employees facing financial hardship following a Qualified Hardship. The Relief Fund is focused on supporting regular full and part-time employees experiencing financial hardship due to circumstances related to Qualified Hardships, including but not limited to:

• Global Pandemics: COVID-19 or future pandemic
• Natural or Human Disasters: severe storms, hurricanes and tropical storms, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, droughts, industrial accidents, shootings, acts of terrorism, incidents of mass violence
• Damage to Residence: fire, flood, storm damage, to the extent not covered by private insurance
• Employee Death

Applicants must be current regular full or part-time employees of a TekniPlex company and must be impacted by a Qualified Hardship. In the case of the death of a regular full or part-time TekniPlex employee, the applicant must be an immediate family member or direct beneficiary of such employee.

Eligible persons may apply for a one-time grant for financial assistance under Tier 1 or Tier 2 below. The amount of financial assistance available will be determined based on the amount of funds available in the Relief Fund and total number of persons who apply for financial assistance. The monetary value any grant will be adjusted based on the geography where an applicant is located. The two tiers of relief are as follows:

Tier 1 Basic Needs Relief

This type of relief is meant to address qualified disaster-related hardships that include relief for basic needs such as food and groceries, rent, utilities, standard medical costs (i.e. co-pays and medications), clothing or other general expenses.

Tier 2 Critical Needs Relief

This type of relief is meant to address the more critical and exigent circumstances for those severely impacted by the Qualified Hardship. These situations may include financial hardship caused by the death of an immediate family member, funeral expenses, and significant medical expenses directly-related to the Qualified Hardship which are not otherwise covered by other benefits, or temporary loss of housing or homelessness.

The descriptions and lists above are not meant to be all-inclusive and there may be other circumstances that would constitute a Qualified Hardship that may be eligible for the financial assistance described above or for additional financial assistance, each at the discretion of the TekniGives Committee.

Availability of Funds

All awards are subject to the availability of funds and extent of need. Because the Relief Fund is supported by donations, there is no guarantee that there will be available funds at any given time.

How to Apply

Visit your regional link (above) for application forms and instructions.