Human Resources
Student & Administrative Services Center, Rm. 2011 · (570) 327-4770 or (800) 367-9222
Employee Benefits
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The information below is intended as a general summary of College benefits, and may be rendered inoperative as policy changes.
Additional information on the following benefits is available in the personnel section of the College Policies and Procedures Manual, from the Human Resources Office, or in the faculty bargaining unit agreement.
Group Insurance Programs
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Liability Insurance
Other Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tax Sheltered Annuity
- College Store Discounts
- Children's Learning Center
- Credit Union
- U.S. Savings Bonds
- Fitness Center
Retirement Plans
Group Insurance Programs
Medical Insurance
The College provides a group hospitalization and medical insurance plan for full-time employees, spouses, and eligible dependents, if employees so elect. Such insurance becomes effective on the first day of employment. A booklet, which describes the coverage, will be provided at your benefits interview.
The premium for such insurance for employees, spouses, and eligible dependents shall be paid by the College. However, provision exists to share premium increases exceeding a predetermined amount.
The College provides an FSA (Section 125 Flexible Spending Account) giving employees an opportunity to defer income on a pre-tax basis to pay for medical expenses not covered by the College's medical and dental plans, some over-the-counter medications, dependent care, etc.
The College also provides a medical buyout program for those employees with existing medical coverage. The program allows employees to waive the College's medical insurance and receive a monetary incentive for doing so.
Dental Insurance
The College provides dental insurance for full-time employees, spouses, and eligible dependents through Delta Dental. The coverage becomes effective on the first day of the month following your initial date of employment. The dental insurance premium is paid by the College.
Life Insurance
The College provides, for full-time employees, group life insurance based upon two (2) times the employee’s base salary rounded to the next highest $1000 if not an even multiple of 1000, effective the first day of employment. The policy also provides accidental death and dismemberment insurance. When you reach the age of 70, the amount of life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance is reduced 50 percent. The life insurance premium is paid by the College.
Long-Term Disability Insurance
The College provides disability insurance for full-time employees. Coverage will be effective as of the first day of the month following the completion of one year of service provided the employee is actively at work on that date.
The amount of the monthly disability benefit, including any income benefits payable from Social Security, Worker’s Compensation, and other defined reduction amounts, will equal 60 percent of your covered monthly salary as of the date the disability began. However, such benefit payment shall be governed by the minimum and maximum amounts established in the agreement between the College and insurance carrier.
When a person is found eligible, benefits begin after six months of continuous total disability.
A policy statement will be sent to you by the Human Resources Office upon completion of the one-year waiting period of eligibility. The long-term disability insurance premium is paid by the College.
Liability Insurance
All employees are named as "additional insured" under the College’s comprehensive liability insurance policy.
Education Benefits
Waiver of Tuition and Lab Fees
Full-time employees, spouses, and dependent children are eligible for waiver of tuition and associated fees for credit and non-credit courses offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology. This benefit is limited to two credit courses per semester for the employee (but unlimited for spouse and dependents). The number of non-credit courses for which tuition is waived is unlimited for employees as well as for spouses and dependent children. A repeated course is not eligible for the waiver of tuition.
Tuition Reduction: Penn State
Full-time employees, spouses, and unmarried dependent children are eligible for a 75 percent reduction of Penn State credit tuition. Full-time employees are eligible for tuition reduction for undergraduate and graduate credit courses while spouses and unmarried dependent children are eligible for tuition reduction for undergraduate credit courses.
This benefit is limited to two credit courses per semester during the regular full-time work calendar for the employee (but unlimited for spouses and dependents).
Tuition Reimbursement
The College will reimburse full-time employees for tuition expenses up to a specified amount for College-level credit course(s) approved as directly related to your professional development on the condition that you meet established criteria, including earning a grade of “C” or better, or pass in a pass-fail system. Contact the Human Resources office for the maximum reimbursement amount per credit. Credit courses taken by employees at The Pennsylvania State University will not be eligible for reimbursement under College policy, but will be covered under the Penn State Tuition Reduction policy.
Other Benefits
Employee Assistance Program
The College provides an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to full-time and regular part-time employees and any members of their immediate household through Employee Services Incorporated which offers professional counseling and information services to help full-time and regular part-time employees and their eligible family members to constructively resolve a variety of personal difficulties and setbacks that may affect the quality of life and job performance. The EAP premium is paid by the College.
Tax Sheltered Annuity
The College will make provisions for tax sheltering a portion of an employee's earnings for the purpose of purchasing an annuity. Employees interested in setting up a tax shelter program may obtain information and contract forms from the College Human Resources Office AND employee-selected annuity plan agents.
College Store Discounts
The College Store will give full-time and regular part-time employees a 15 percent discount on most purchases upon presentation of a College Employee ID Card.
Children's Learning Center
The College has an on-site daycare center. Information on fees is available by contacting the Children's Learning Center.
Credit Union
Employees are eligible for membership in the Williamsport Teachers Credit Union, PSECU (Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union), and the Penn State Federal Credit Union. The credit unions provide a range of financial services including various types of loans/savings programs and provide for repaying loans or systematically making savings deposits through payroll deductions or direct deposit.
Fitness Center
The College has an on-site fitness center. Information on fees is available by contacting the Director of Athletics.
Paid Leave
Holidays
At present the College has 10 holidays; however this is subject to change. [Official Holiday Schedule]
Vacation (for full-time 12-month employees only)
Vacation may be taken as earned throughout the year with the advance approval of an employee's supervisor.
Exempt Administrative, Professional and Technical (APT) staff receive 20 paid vacation days per year. Non-exempt APT staff receive 15 days per year, and after the fifteenth year of employment, 20 days per year are granted.
Classified and Service staff, upon hire through the tenth year, receive 10 paid vacation days per year; after the tenth year through the fifteenth year, 15 days per year are granted; and after the fifteenth year of employment, 20 days per year are granted.
Sick Days (Short-Term Illness/Disability)
Full-time, twelve-month employees receive 12 days of sick leave per College fiscal year (July through June). All other full-time employees receive 10 days of sick leave per year. Exception (applies to non-faculty only): If an employee commences employment at a time other than the first-day of the normal work year for that employee's position, the employee is entitled to one day of paid sick leave each month worked up to the maximum allowed for employees working that calendar, provided the employee worked a minimum of one-half of the first month at the College.
Annual sick leave need not be accrued each month in order to be paid, but may be used immediately upon employment as needed.
Personal Days
Full-time employees are entitled to three personal days per College fiscal year. Non-faculty or Replacement Faculty who commence employment at a time other than the first day of the normal work year for their position, are entitled to personal days based on a prorated schedule.
Emergency Days
Full-time employees may use two days per year for emergency leave with pay upon approval by the College for absences not covered by other leave policies.
Death in Family/Relative
Full-time employees are allowed five work days of absence with full pay for bereavement purposes in the event of a death in the immediate family, and one day with full pay in the event of the death of a near relative. "Immediate family" and "near relative" are defined in College policy.
Jury Duty
For full-time employees, the College will pay the difference between the salary earned in court and the employee's regular salary.
Sick Bank
All full-time employees of the College periodically contribute a day of their sick leave to a sick bank, thus providing a reservoir of additional sick leave for employees who are confronted with a serious loss of earnings due to an extended inability to work resulting from a severe illness or injury.
Employees must be eligible to accrue the maximum yearly allotment of sick leave in a fiscal year before they must contribute to or can apply for leave from the Sick Bank.
Compassion Leave
All full-time employees may voluntarily contribute personal leave hours or days to Compassion Leave. This provides a reservoir of additional paid personal leave for employees who are confronted with a serious loss of earnings due to an extended inability to work resulting from a catastrophic illness which has occurred to the employee’s spouse, child, or parent.
Retirement Plans
The College provides two retirement plan options: the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA/CREF). Membership in a system is required and the selection, once made, is irrevocable.
At the benefits interview, a member of the Human Resources Office will describe and provide a summary sheet comparing the two plans. Booklets describing each retirement system are available upon request.