Compensation & Benefits
In order to attract and retain the best employees, East House
is a leader among local non-profit agencies in compensation and benefits
provided to both full and part-time employees.
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Competitive wages with differentials for holiday,
emergency, weekend and overnight-awake work. |
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Cafeteria-style benefits, which increase with
years of service |
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Merit increases |
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A generous paid-time-off allowance |
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Short and long-term disability insurance, life
insurance |
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A defined contribution pension plan |
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A strong commitment to staff training and
development |
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Optional benefits include: flexible spending
accounts for medical/dental insurance and childcare; tax
deferred annuities and supplemental life insurance |
Cafeteria Benefit Plan
Regular full-time and part-time employees who are scheduled and work
a minimum of 20 hours per week, receive the following annual cafeteria
benefit based on their years of satisfactory East House employment:
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East House
Employment |
Full-time |
Part-time |
| Less than 2 years |
$2,600 |
$1,680 |
| 2 - 3 years |
$3,080 |
$1,848 |
| 4 - 5 years |
$3,700 |
$2,033 |
| 6 - 7 years |
$4,440 |
$2,236 |
| 8 - 9 years |
$5,320 |
$2,660 |
| 10 or more years |
$6,380 |
$3,190 |
Cafeteria benefits can be used to purchase various medical insurance
plans, dental plan, optional tax deferred annuity (retirement fund); pay for your
family's unreimbursed medical, dental, visual or dependent care
expenses; or receive as additional income.
Paid Time Off
Various categories of vacation, sick, personal and holiday
time have been consolidated into one category of Paid Time Off (PTO)
resulting in encouragement for use of planned time off and a reward
for wellness. The annual accruals of PTO for regular full-time employees is as
follows:
- Employees with less than two years experience = 162 hours
- Employees with a minimum of two years experience = 230 hours
Regular part-time employees who work a minimum of 20 hours per week
will receive 50% of the full-time equivalent staff accrual of PTO.
In
December and June of each year, employees have the option of cashing-out
up to 17.5 hours of accrued PTO.
Worker's Compensation and
Short-Term Disability Insurance
All employees receive full coverage and benefits as provided
by the Worker's Compensation Law and the New York State Disability
Insurance Act. In addition, East House provides supplemental benefits
to a maximum of 60% of wages per week for up to 26 weeks as
medically determined.
Retirement, Long-Term Disability, and Life
Insurance Plan
Full-time and eligible part-time employees are covered in the
agency's defined contribution retirement, long-term disability, and life
insurance plan. Regular employees become fully vested in the new
defined contribution retirement plan after three years of employment with at least 1,000 hours of work each year.
The
long-term disability plan provides a benefit after 180 days of disability
equal to 60% of basic earnings up to a maximum of $5,000/month.
The
life insurance plan provides an employee benefit equal to 200% of
regular annual earnings up to a maximum of $150,000.
Training & Educational Reimbursement
Benefit
Regular full-time and part-time employees may be eligible to
receive educational/conference assistance up to 70% of cost per
course/conference including travel expenses, with a maximum of $400
and five training days per year. Approved programs costing $20 or less will be paid in full by
the agency.
Travel Expenses
Employees who are approved to use their car for work will be
reimbursed for approved car travel necessary for agency business at a rate
of 45 cents a mile plus actual tolls and parking fees.
Wage Differentials
Recognizing there are special times and circumstances when
individual employees are needed to provide services the agency has
established the following differential rates:
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Holiday Work (New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial
Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day): 150% regular hourly rate.
(Thanksgiving
Day and December 25): 200% of regular hourly rate.
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Emergency Callback Work: 150% regular hourly
rate.
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Weekend and Overnight Awake Work: 110% regular
hourly rate.
Telepager On-Call Compensation
Recognizing that the agency requires that certain program,
supervisory and senior staff accept responsibility for providing on-call
consultation to counseling staff and clients for emergencies with a
telepager service during normal off-duty hours, employees are compensation
at a rate of $12.00 per day on weekdays and $24.00 per day on
Saturday, Sunday, and New Years Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and December 25.
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