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Emmanuel College Employee Benefits

Insurance: Health, Dental, Life & Long-Term Disability

Health Insurance

All full-time (35 hours) employees are offered health insurance through Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
www.harvardpilgrim.org

HMO
Individual Coverage: $114.90 per month
Family Coverage: $452.08 per month

What is an HMO? An HMO contracts with a number of health care providers - its "network." HMO members pay a set fee each year for a predefined package of services. Members must use providers in the "network" to obtain free (or fully reimbursed) care. HMO care requires members to chose a Primary Care Physician (PCP), who acts as a "gatekeeper" to coordinate members' care. Approval of the PCP is required before a member can see a specialist.

POS
Individual Coverage: $183.73 per month
Family Coverage: $632.59 per month

What is a Point of Service Plan? A POS plan combines some features of a typical fee-for-service plan with those of a prepaid managed care arrangement. These plans allow you to use in-network or out-of-network providers. Typically, the plan will cover all (or most) of the cost of in-network providers, while those using out-of-network services will incur co-pay and/or deductible out-of-pocket expenses.

Dental Insurance

Delta Dental
Individual Coverage: $13.98 per month
Family Coverage: $41.08 per month
www.deltamass.com

Life Insurance

All employees working at least 25 hours per week are covered by The Hartford Group in the benefit amount of one times their salary as well as accidental death and dismemberment coverage. This is provided at no cost to the employee.
www.thehartford.com

Long-Term Disability Insurance

All benefits-eligible employees working at least 25 hours per week are covered by The Hartford Group long-term disability policy. This policy goes in to effect six (6) months following date of hire. This policy has a 90-day elimination period and provides a benefit of 60% of regular wages.
www.thehartford.com

Flexible Spending Account

All full-time (35 hours) employees can set aside money on a pre-tax/payroll deduction basis for IRS-approved unreimbursed medical, dental and day care expenses. Expenses such as office visits co-payments, laser eye surgery, prescription drug co-payments and deductibles which are typically paid by employees, can now be submitted for reimbursement with pre-tax dollars. The annual maximum allowed to be set aside pre-tax for medical expenses is $2,500. Employees will also be allowed to set aside up to $5,000 in a pre-tax dependent care account for day care expenses.
www.benefitresource.com

Retirement and Supplemental Retirement Accounts

Eligible employees may participate in the core retirement plan with TIAA-CREF. Eligibility occurs when the employee has completed one year of employment at 1000 hours per year. Emmanuel may be able to recognize employment at another institution of higher education when calculating eligibility. If the employee participates and contributes 5%, Emmanuel will contribute a discretionary contribution of at least 1% of the eligible employee's regular earnings each pay period. Currently the College's contribution is 9%.
www.tiaa-cref.org
www.ssa.gov - Social Security
www.medicare.gov - Medicare

Supplemental Retirement Accounts

All employees may participate in a 403(b) plan from their date of hire. This plan allows participation on an individual basis in a TIAA-CREF plan.

Vacation, Sick Time, Holidays & Personal Days

Vacation

All regularly scheduled staff are eligible for vacation. Administrators and professional staff are eligible for twenty (20) days per year. Support staff are eligible for ten (10) days during their first and second year. During their third and fourth years, they are eligible for fifteen (15) days. During their fifth and subsequent years, they are eligible for twenty (20) days.

Sick Time

All regularly scheduled staff are eligible for ten (10) sick days a year. These can be accrued to a maximum of ninety (90) days.

Holidays

All full-time staff are eligible for holidays. Holidays to be recognized are announced each year. Eighteen (18) holidays are usually recognized with paid time off.

Personal Days

Effective every July 1 and January 1 following an employee's date of hire, an employee is granted one (1) day every six (6) months to attend to personal matters that cannot be attended to outside of the employee's normal workday, including religious holidays.

Tuition Benefits

All full-time employees, their spouses, and dependent children are eligible for Tuition Remission Benefits. An eligible employee whose application is approved and who is enrolled at the College will receive remission of the College's tuition charge in accordance with the following schedule:

Full-time employees and full-time ranked faculty employees: 100% of net tuition charge
Spouses and dependents of full-time employees who have been employed for at least one year: 50% of net tuition charge
Spouses and dependents of full-time employees who have been employed for at least two years: 75% of net tuition charge
Spouses and dependents of full-time employees who have been employed for at least three years: 100% of net tuition charge

COF Cross Registration

Emmanuel employees may enroll at another Colleges of the Fenway institution in one undergraduate course per semester, on a space available basis, without the payment of tuition or general fees. For details on how to register for courses please refer to the Colleges of the Fenway web site at: http://colleges-fenway.org/Crossregemployee.htm

Perk Benefits

The Perk Benefit program includes the following:

Discounted BJ's membership
Discounted auto insurance
Working Advantage: an online service that provides our employees with discounts for movie theatres, theme parks, hotels, Broadway theater, sporting events, family events and online shopping
Discounted hotel accommodations and Amtrack tickets
Discounts on Sprint phones, Dell computers and Apple products
Reduced membership fee for Zipcar (employees can rent cars by the day or by the hour with gas and insurance included in the cost of the car rental)

On-Campus Resources: Discounted Meals, Library & Fitness Center/Gymnasium

Discounted Meals

Emmanuel employees may eat in the Marian Hall cafeteria for only $7.00. This is a discount from the door prices.

Library

Employees of Emmanuel College have full access to the Cardinal Cushing Library collections of books, DVDs and videos, and 44 subscription online databases, many of which are full-text and available off campus. As a member of Fenway Libraries Online and the Fenway Library Consortium, the Cardinal Cushing Library also provides access to 1.5 million volumes collectively held by 14 member libraries in the area.

Employees may bring their Emmanuel ID into the Library and register to receive a barcode. They will then have walk-in circulation and reference privileges, remote access to library databases, as well as interlibrary loan services for delivery of books and articles held in other libraries. Passes to the MFA are also available to employees and may be checked out for a 24-hour period. View library hours.

Fitness Center and Gymnasium

Employees of Emmanuel College have full access to the Jean Yawkey Center, open Monday to Friday 6:00 a.m. - midnight and weekends and holidays 8:00 a.m. - midnight. The fully air-conditioned student center includes a fitness center equipped with cardiovascular machines including treadmills, elliptical machines and stairmasters, as well as circuit training machines and free weights. The gymnasium includes one NCAA regulation court or two full-size practice courts available to employees during open gym hours which vary depending on varsity team schedules. Locker room facilities are available with showers and individual lockers for employee use.

Financial/Banking: Direct Deposit & Credit Union

Employees at Emmanuel College have quick, easy and secure online access to their current and historical payroll information via the internet. Through ADP iPay, employees have access to their earnings statements and W2 forms 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Employees have their paychecks directly deposited to the savings or checking accounts of their choice since ADP iPay eliminates the need for paper checks.

Emmanuel employees may join the Tremont Credit Union. For the employee's convenience, certain credit union transactions may be handled through payroll deductions authorized by the employee. www.tremontcu.org

Transportation: T-Pass Subsidy & Parking

T-Pass Subsidy*

Full-time Emmanuel employees may purchase a T-Pass through payroll deduction. Emmanuel offers a 65% subsidy on the monthly passes.
www.mbta.com

Parking*

All full-time and part-time administrators, staff and faculty must display a valid hangtag in their vehicles. The College will grant a 40% discount to employees who carpool together. For parking rates and to apply for your hangtag, please refer to the parking page.

* Employees are only eligible for either the T-Pass subsidy OR on-campus parking. Employees can switch programs at any time based on parking availability.

Employee Assistance Program

Emmanuel College provides its employees with an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through The Wellness Corporation. The EAP provides confidential services to help you work through life's challenges. The EAP website also offers informational articles, online training courses and solution centers tailored to specific life needs.
www.wellnessworklife.com

Disclaimer

The actual terms of the various employee benefit plans are stated in and governed by the formal plan documents. A participant and/or beneficiary, including retirees, shall not have any right to benefits under the plans that in any way interferes with Emmanuel College's right to terminate or amend any plan. Emmanuel College makes no promise to continue plan benefits in the future and benefits vest only as stated in plan documents.