The document provides an overview of benefits and leave policies for employees as outlined in an Employee Handbook. It summarizes that the company provides medical, dental, vision, disability, and other insurance, as well as a 401k plan. Full-time employees are eligible for benefits after 60 days of employment. The document also outlines holidays, paid time off (PTO), donating and requesting time from a company pool, and various types of leaves of absence. It notes that policy changes to better align with systems are upcoming.
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1. Benefits
Universal Employee Handbook Supervisors Overview
Section 6
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
2. PLANS and ELIGIBILITY (Section 6.1 and 6.2)
Embassy provides:
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Medical Insurance* (Employer-paid core plan)
Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Workers Compensation Insurance
401k (optional)
Long-Term Disability Insurance (optional)
Supplemental Insurance Products (optional)
*Eligible employees are required to enroll unless they have other
coverage & waive benefits.
(Currently, Full-Time employees are eligible for benefit coverage)
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
3. BENEFIT INFORMATION (Section 6.1)
Questions on eligibility or enrollment? Contact Odetta Webster,
Benefits Manager.
≒ Eligibility begins after 60 days of employment.
≒ 3 opportunities to enroll: Yearly Open Enrollment; Newly
Eligible (60 days employment & Full-Time employee);
Qualifying Life Event within 31 days.
≒ Benefits enrollment forms are required to be filled out and
returned before the end of the month prior to enrollment.
≒ Summary Plan Descriptions for each benefit are available in
Human Resources and on individual provider websites.
Questions on eligibility or enrollment? Contact Odetta Webster,
Benefits Manager.
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
4. HOLIDAYS and PTO (Sections 6.4 and 6.5)
There are 2 types of Holiday benefits:
Important
Refer to the Employee Handbook
for detailed information regarding
Holiday and PTO policies.
≒ Exempt and Hourly Administrative Employees receive
Holidays off with pay (up to 8 hours on days they were
scheduled to work).
≒ All other Hourly employees are paid time and a half (1遜) for
actual hours worked on Holidays.
Paid Time Off (PTO):
≒ Full-Time and Part-Time employees are eligible for PTO.
≒ On-Call, Contract and Temporary employees are not eligible
to receive PTO unless required by state or local law.
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
5. USE of PTO (Section 6.5 and 6.9)
Employees are required to use PTO prior to unpaid time:
≒ A formal request for PTO from an employee is desired, but
it is necessary to apply this policy.
≒ Allows supervisors to prioritize PTO requests above leave
without pay requests (except for FMLA or other protected
leave).
No Ceridian Access?
For those with employees that do
not have regular access to
Ceridian to request PTO, the
current manual form process is
used and the approved PTO
entered into the system by their
supervisor.
Ceridian and PTO Requests:
≒ Employee requests time off in advance via Ceridian.
≒ Supervisor determines whether approved or not approved
based on scheduling needs, except in the cases of
protected leave.
≒ Ceridian automatically deducts amount from balance.
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
6. NON USE of PTO (Section 6.5)
PTO cannot be used:
≒ For the first 3 days of time loss for on-the-job related injuries
(required by law).
≒ For the 1st week of suspension - pending outcome of factfinding or investigation.
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
7. UPCOMING PTO POLICY CHANGES
SPECIAL NOTICE!
Please be advised that there will be upcoming
changes to the PTO Policy to better align our
policy with system capabilities while
maintaining compliance with our various state
legal obligations and our desire to provide this
benefit to all full-time and part-time
employees.
Further detail will be provided once the new
PTO Policy is finalized.
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
8. PTO GIFTING (Section 6.9)
Donating Time:
≒ Employees may donate up to 16 hours of PTO to a
companywide pool of hours.
≒ Limited to 1 donation per year.
Requests for Time:
≒ Request submitted to HR by employee.
≒ Employee requests hours when they experience a hardship
and do not have available PTO.
≒ Requests approved up to 40 hours, subject to availability in
the pool.
≒ Limited to 1 donation request per year.
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
9. LEAVES of ABSENCE (Section 6.9)
A Leave of Absence (LOA) is:
≒ Outside typical PTO, which is used for vacation, illness, etc.
≒ Leaves may have complex requirements (e.g.: FMLA time
needed must be honored and position held).
≒ Some LOAs are optional and require supervisor approval.
≒ LOA requests should be evaluated on a case-by-case
basis.
≒ Our Employee Handbook is not yet all inclusive of the
various types of leaves, but includes the most commonly
used. Please contact your HR Partner for more detail.
Always coordinate with your HR Partner to discuss eligibility.
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.
10. What happened
to the HRA?
YOUR HR RESOURCES
Human Resources is referred to throughout the handbook. Below are
some general whos who guidelines:
Routine Point of Contact:
Human Resources Coordinator
(HRC) that is assigned to your area
Human Resource Associates
(HRAs) will become Human
Resource Coordinators (HRCs) to
establish their role as formal
members of the HR Team and
help best describe what they do
for you.
Consultation and Approvals: For these more serious, non-routine
matters, partner with the HR
Manager
for your area or the HR
Director
Benefits Questions:
Manager.
Ceridian:
Benefits Manager, Odetta Webster,
your assigned HRC or HR
HRIS Administrator, Ashley Schatz
This overview is meant to further
understanding of Employee
Handbook topics and is not all
inclusive of topics or content and is
not meant to replace the review
and comprehension of the
Employee Handbook in its entirety.