Fringe Benefits at AHEDD

The following benefits are available to full-time employees of AHEDD. The organization reserves the right to terminate or make changes to any or all of these benefits at any time. For further information, contact AHEDD's Administrative Office at (717) 763-0968 or 1-888-902-4333 (toll free).

Term Life Insurance Policy	Effective 1st day of the first full month of employment. Total value of coverage is set at 1x employee annual salary.
Health Care Coverage: Highmark Blue Shield PPO Blue Value w/ Incentive II Rx Concordia Flex CFX Dental Plan Clarity Vision Plan	AHEDD contributes 64% per full-time employee toward the cost of an employee's healthcare premiums. AHEDD utilizes a Section 125 plan thus deferring taxes on employee portion of premium paid.   Please see health care descriptions for information on rates and coverage.   A Vision Plan is available to staff, but not covered by AHEDD's Benefit Package.
Pension Plan: 401(k) through the Paychex and Smith Barney. The Plan via additional voluntary employee contributions is open to both FT & PT employees after one year of service.  The plan also includes a Self-Directed Investment component.	Employees are eligible for AHEDD's Retirement Savings Program after completing one (1) year of full time employment.  AHEDD contributes 3% (increases to 4% on 1/1/07) of compensation to employee retirement program. Following enrollment after one year of employment, employees are fully vested in AHEDD's 401(k) plan.  Enrolled employees can also make elective deferrals/contributions to their plan with pre-tax dollars within specified IRS limits.
Short-term Disability (6 month max)	Eligible employees receive two-third pay through third party insurance. This income is taxable.
Worker’s Compensation	Eligible employees may receive up to two-third pay through State Workmens Insurance Fund.
Travel Reimbursement for mileage, parking, tolls, etc.	Employees are reimbursed at the prevailing federal reimbursement rates (via expense report) for travel expenses incurred as a result of travel from office to authorized locations, as well as necessary parking, tolls, etc.  The reimbursement is adjusted annually as necessary.
Meals & Hotel Accommodations	With authorized travel, employees may be reimbursed during a period of overnight travel at up to $35 per diem.  For a work day which is extended 3.5 hours prior to or following the normal hours of work, a reimbursement of up to $7.00 per meal is available.  Receipts are required for reimbursement.
Consolidated Paid Leave Program	AHEDD has a consolidated paid leave program entitled Paid Time Off for all F/T and P/T employees. F/T staff in their first year accrue 126 hours; 2nd through 5th year - 210 hours; Beginning in the 6th year - 231 hours. PTO allocation is distributed January 1st of each year and pro-rated based on date of hire.   Part-Time staff may accrue paid time off beginning the 2nd year through their 5th year at 5% of prior year's average hours worked and 8% beginning the 6th year of service.
Tuition Reimbursement for eligible post secondary education.	Employees are eligible after one (1) year of employment, with the program currently reimbursing employees $100 for each year of employment for an “A”, $75 for a “B”, $50 for “C”.
Performance-Based Commissions-Quarterly	A team commission (field office) that is based on predetermined criteria and fixed amounts for reaching specified benchmarks of program activity.