STATE OF ARKANSAS

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Full-Time Faculty Benefits Overview
September 2009
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Pulaski Technical College Employee
Benefits

• 1) Health Insurance Plan
• 2) Prescription Drug Plan
• 3) Delta Dental Vision
• 4) Life Insurance
• 5) Long Term Disability
• 6) Cafeteria Plan
• 7) Retirement Plans
• 8) Workers Compensation
• 9) Leave
• 10) Holidays
• 11) Tuition Waivers
• 12) Other Benefits

• Please note If there are any discrepancies
  between this overview and state policy or the
  Board Policy Manual, state policy and the Board
  Policy Manual will take precedence. Insurance
  rates may be subject to change.

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Filing of Credentials

• It is the responsibility of each full-time
  faculty to have current credentials on file in
  the Office of Human Resources.
• We must have an official transcript for your
  highest degree obtained. They may be sent to
• Office of Human Resources
• Pulaski Technical College
• 3000 West Scenic Drive
• North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118

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Open Enrollment

• Open Enrollment
• Each year during the month of November, Pulaski
  Technical College conducts an Open Enrollment
  period for all benefits. During this time,
  employees may elect to make changes to their
  existing benefits coverage. For example, if
  someone has employee only coverage and wishes
  to change to family coverage, they may make
  this change during the month of November. All
  Open Enrollment benefit changes will take effect
  on January 1st.
• During the course of the year, employees may make
  changes to their benefits due to "qualifying
  events". Qualifying events may occur due to
  change in marital status, the birth or adoption
  of a child, a change in the spouses job, etc.
  If you feel you have a qualifying event and would
  like to make a change, please contact the Human
  Resources Office.
• To make Changes in Benefits Coverage
• Contact Human Resources by calling 501-812-2203
  or e-mailing Leslie Cloer at lcloer_at_pulaskitech.e
  du.

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Health Insurance Plan
(Board Policy 2.70)

• Offerings for this Plan Year
• JP FARLEY BENEFITS ADMINISTATORS, INC.
• PPO Preferred Provider Organizations
• (for an up-to-date directory go to
  www.AMCOPPO.com)
• AMCO Select
• New employees are eligible to enroll the
  first day of the month following their date of
  employment, or during annual open enrollment in
  November. Upon retirement, health insurance and
  some other benefits are eligible for
  continuation.

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2009 Employee ContributionsBi-Weekly
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JP FARLEYPPO NON-PPO
MEDICAL DEDUCTIBLES

• Deductible 400.00 Individual
• 400.00 Family X 2 family members
• Maximum Out-of-Pocket
• Per Calendar Year
• PPO Plan 2,400 per covered person
• PPO Plan Out-of-Network 4,400 per covered person

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Prescription Drug Plan Provided by Express
Scripts

• 30-day supply of prescriptions can be purchased
  at most local pharmacies
• Per covered person, per calendar year
• 10 Co-Pay Generic
• 25 Co-Pay Preferred
• 50 Co-Pay Non-Preferred

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Prescription Drug Plan Optional Mail
Service Benefit Provided by
Express Scripts

• 90-day supply of long-term prescriptions can be
  purchased through optional mail order program
• Per covered person, per calendar year
• Generic 2 x 10 Co-pay 20
• Preferred 2 x 25 Co-pay 50
• Non-Preferred 2 x 50 Co-pay 100

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Delta Dental www.deltadentalar.com/
Bi-Weekly Rates (effective January 1, 2007)

• Employee Only 16.30
• Employee One 38.41
• Family 55.69

• 50 Deductible Per Person
• Maximum Benefit Per Year 1500
• No Deductible on Diagnostic Preventive
• No Waiting Period for New Employees
• Benefits become effective the month following
  original hire date for New Employees

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VSP SIGNATURE PLANwww.vsp.com/

• Bi-Weekly Rates (effective January 1, 2008)
• Employee Only4.42
• Employee One7.08
• Employee Children..7.22
• Employee Family11.64
• YOUR CO PAYS
• Exam. 10.00
• Prescription Glasses.. 25.00
• Contacts. No Co pay Applies
• EXAM COVERED IN FULL.every calendar year
• PRESCRIPTION GLASSES
• LENSES COVERED IN FULLevery calendar year
• Single vision, lined bifocal, and lined trifocal
  lenses.
• Polycarbonate lenses for dependent children.
• FRAMEevery other calendar year
• Frame of your choice covered up to 120.00.
• Plus, 20 off any out-of-pocket costs.

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Basic Life Insurance ? 20,000 Basic
Term Life Insurance benefit provided to all
state employees at no cost
to the employee -Provided by Lincoln
Financial? Supplemental Life Insurance
Eligible active employees enrolled in basic life
insurance 5,000 increments to a maximum of 5
times annual salary to a maximum amount of
300,000
(Board Policy 2.70)
Basic Dependent - Spouse/Child(ren)

• Optional Life

.12 per 1,000 (i.e. 2.40 for 20,000)
Retiree Life

.19 per 1,000 (i.e. 3.80 for 20,000)
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Lincoln FinancialLong Term Disability

• 60 of monthly earnings
• 6,000 monthly benefit max
• 120 Day Benefit Waiting Period (at least 80 loss
  in earnings)
• 36 Month Own Occupation Definition of Disability
• 100 Employer Paid

• Benefits Include
• 25,000 Reasonable Accommodation Expense Benefit
• Partial Disability always covered
• Lump Sum, Non-Integrated Survivors Benefit

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Cafeteria PlanAFLAC Administrative Services
(FLEX ONE)

• IRS Section 125 -
• Allows the use of pre-tax dollars for
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• child or elder day-care expenses
• Medical FSA plan

New employees are eligible to enroll in childcare
and medical reimbursement on the first day of the
month following their initial date of employment.
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Reimbursement Accounts

• Medical Expense
• Maximum annual contribution 3,000
• Dependent Care
• Maximum Annual Contribution 5,000
• Plan Carefully. Money not used will be
  forfeited and used towards plan expenses.

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AFLAC Supplemental Policies

• Accident
• Cancer
• Disability
• Dreaded Disease
• Hospital
• Intensive Care
• Life
• Personal Recovery

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Pre-Paid Legal Services

• Family Legal Service Plans
• Identity Theft Shield
• www.mjwhitney.com/
• Jan Whitney [phone]
• jan_at_mjwhitney.com

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Retirement Plans
(Board Policy 2.60)

• There are five (5) retirement plans available to
  employees. Participation in one of the systems is
  mandatory.
• Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System
  (APERS)
• New faculty and staff may elect to be in APERS.
• All new employees are contributory. This plan
  vests in five years.
• The employee contributes 5 percent. The College
  contributes 11 percent.
• Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS)
• New faculty and staff may elect to be in ATRS.
• All new employees are contributory. This plan
  vests in five years.
• The employee contributes 6 percent. The College
  contributes 14 percent.

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Alternate RetirementPlan (ARP)

• Employees electing the ARP must contribute 6
  percent of their gross salary, with the College
  contributing 10 percent. The following plans
• vest in one year.
• Alternate Plans
• TIAA-CREF
• VALIC
• Met-Life
• Supplemental (Voluntary) Annuity
• All employees may exercise the option of carrying
  a supplemental annuity. This option will be
  unmatched and may not exceed the federally
  established limitation.

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Workers Compensation

• For work related injury or illness
• Pays about 2/3 of usual pay
• 425 per week maximum
• May be supplemented with sick leave and
  
• annual leave
• College continues to pay health plan
• premiums while employee is on
• Workers Compensation

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Sick Leave
(Board Policy 2.52)

• Sick leave accrues at the rate of one (1) day (8
  hours) for each completed month of service
• Sick leave must be earned before it can be used
• Full-Time (Nine Month) Faculty will accrue sick
  leave for the months of September, October,
  November, December, January, February, March,
  April, and May

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Professional Leave Day

• Full-time faculty members may request one
  professional leave day (8 hours) each fall and
  spring semester.
• Request for the professional leave day will be
  made at least one week in advance.
• A plan for class instruction will also be
  submitted to the Division Chair.

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Childrens Educational Leave

• All state employees shall be entitled to eight
  (8) total hours of leave, regardless of the
  number of children, during any one (1) calendar
  year for the purpose of attending or assisting
  with the educational activities of a child
  (enrolled in pre-kindergarten through grade 12).
• The child may be a natural child, adopted child,
  stepchild, foster child, grandchild, ward of the
  state employee, or any other legal capacity where
  the state employee is acting as a parent for the
  child.
• Educational Activity means any school-sponsored
  activity.

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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

• Eligibility Requirements
• Must have worked for a year and a minimum of 1250
  hours
• Accrued/unused annual/sick leave is used
  concurrently with FMLA leave
• Requires physician certification
• Son or daughter must be under 18 years of age, or
  any age if incapable of self-care

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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

• The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
• entitles eligible employees to a total of
• twelve (12) workweeks of unpaid leave during
• a 12-month period
• For the serious illness of the employee
• For the serious illness of family member
• For the birth or adoption of a child

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Family and Medical Leave Act

• As of January 28, 2008, FMLA provides two
  important new leave rights related to military
  services
• New Qualifying Reason for Leave Eligible
  employees are entitled up to 12 weeks of leave
  because of any qualifying exigency arising out
  of the fact that the spouse, son, daughter, or
  parent of the employee is on active duty, or has
  been notified of an impending call to active duty
  status, in support of a contingency operation.
  By the terms of the statute, this provision
  requires the Secretary of Labor to issue
  regulations defining any qualifying exigency.
  In the interim, employers are encouraged to
  provide this type of leave to qualifying
  employees.
• New Leave Entitlement An eligible employee who
  is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of
  kin of a covered service-member who is recovering
  from a serious illness or injury sustained in the
  line of duty on active duty is entitled to up to
  26 weeks of leave in a single 12-month period to
  care for the service-member. This provision
  became effective immediately upon enactment.
  This military caregiver leave is available during
  a single 12-month period during which an
  eligible employee is entitled to a combined total
  of 26 weeks of all types of FMLA leave.
• Additional information on the amendments and a
  version of Title I of the FMLA with the new
  statutory language incorporated is available on
  the FMLA Amendments Website at http//www.dol.gov/
  esa/whd/fmla/NDAA_fmla.htm.

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Maternity Leave
(Board Policy 2.53)

• An employee may elect to take maternity leave
  without pay without exhausting accumulated sick
  and annual leave
• Maternity leave runs concurrently with FMLA

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Military Leave
(Board Policy 2.54)

• Full-time employees who are members of the the
  National Guard or any of the reserve branches of
  the US Armed Forces are granted paid leave at the
  rate of fifteen (15) working days per calendar
  year, plus necessary travel time for annual
  training purposes

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Court and Jury Leave
(Board Policy 2.54)

• An employee who serves as a juror or is
  subpoenaed as a witness to give a deposition in a
  court or hearing is entitled to receive normal
  and full compensation in addition to any fees
  paid for such service. Act 1845 of 2005
  prohibits State employees from retaining witness
  or mileage fees when subpoenaed as a witness for
  a matter within the scope of their employment.

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Leave Without Pay

• Employees exhausting paid leave benefits may
  be eligible to receive leave without pay at the
  Colleges discretion upon approval by the
  President

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Catastrophic Leave Bank Program

• Employees may voluntarily donate accrued annual
  and sick leave to the Catastrophic Leave Bank as
  long as they have at least 80 hours of leave
  remaining after the donation.
• The eligible employee must be a regular,
  benefits-eligible, full-time, employee of the
  college for at least two years
• Eligible employees who exhaust their annual and
  sick leave due to catastrophic illness of
  themselves or family members may apply for paid
  catastrophic leave for up to 6 months
• Employees must have at least 80 hours of accrued,
  unused combined annual and sick leave at the
  onset of the catastrophic illness to be eligible.
  This requirement may be waived based on
  extraordinary circumstances if approved by the
  President

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8 Paid State Holidays

• January 1 New Years Day
• 3rd Monday in January Dr. Martin Luther King
  Jr.s and Robert E. Lees Birthday
• Last Monday in May Memorial Day
• July 4 Independence Day
• 1st Monday in September Labor Day
• 4th Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day
• December 24 Christmas Eve
• December 25 Christmas Day

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2009-2010 Campus Closures

• September 7, 2009 Labor Day
• October 18 19, 2009 AR Two-Year Colleges
  Conference
• Employees who do not attend this conference will
  be expected to report for work both days.
• November 24 27, 2009 Thanksgiving
• December 20 January 1 Christmas
• January 18, 2010 Martin Luther King
  Jr. Day
• May 31, 2010 Memorial Day

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Tuition Waivers

• Full-time employees, their spouses and dependent
  children meeting guidelines for the Tuition
  Waiver will be exempt from paying PTC tuition
  (except specialty fees). Employee enrollment in
  PTC courses will be subject to approval of his or
  her supervisor and will not interfere with
  College operations. An employee who attends
  class during his or her normal workday will be
  expected to make up the time
• If the student named is a dependent child, the
  employee certifies that the student is claimed as
  a dependent child on his/her federal income
  taxes. The dependent child must be under the age
  of 24 or any age if the child is permanently and
  totally disabled and must have met other tests as
  determined by the Internal Revenue Service. A
  copy of the employees income taxes will be
  required if the student is over 24 years of age.

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Employee Safety

• Pulaski Technical College provides primary law
  enforcement service and community policing
  through the Campus Police/Public Safety
  department. Certified law enforcement personnel
  enforce federal, state and local laws, including
  criminal laws and vehicle code violations, as
  well as investigate all criminal and traffic
  cases that occur on the campus. The Campus
  Police/Public Safety department also provides
  policing for a variety of events held on campuses
  and off-site locations. All employees are asked
  to observe all parking regulations.
• Main Campus Duty Officer - 580-1831             
• West Campus Duty Officer - 580-1662
• South Campus Duty Officer - 626-1752
• Main Campus - 812-2711

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Use of College Property

• All college owned equipment issued to employees
  in the performance of job duties and
  responsibilities including building keys must be
  returned immediately upon termination of
  employment with the college.
• Proper clearance for return of all equipment is
  required before final pay check will be released.

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Technet (College Intranet)

• All employees will need to register for Technet,
  the College Intranet.
• Log on to the Pulaski Tech Intranet site using
  your e-mail log-in and password
• http//myptc.pulaskitech.edu/ics/

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Technet - Human Resources Forms

• The following forms are available online and
  accessible by employees on our Intranet, Technet
• http//myptc.pulaskitech.edu/ics/
• Click on Employee Info tab
• Click on PTC Intranet Portlet
• Forms in Faculty/Staff drop down menu
• Leave request forms
• Payroll direct deposit change form
• Insurance reimbursement forms
• Tuition waiver request forms

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Emergency Cell Message Alert System

• To sign up for emergency alert messages
• Log on to the Pulaski Tech Intranet site using
  your e-mail log-in and password
• http//myptc.pulaskitech.edu/ics/
• Click on Emergency Notification Setup (located on
  Home tab)
• Follow directions for registration

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Other Benefits

• Social Security Medicare
• Normal retirement at age 65
• - By 2027, Age 67
• - Reduced Benefits at Age 62
• Find our about your estimated benefits
• - www.ssa.gov
• - 1-800-772-1213

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Computer Use

• Use attachments only when necessary. The size of
  attachments should be limited, since large
  attachments, particularly graphics and
  photographs, slow down the system considerably.
  If a document is less than two pages in length,
  use the copy and paste functions to insert the
  text into the body of the e-mail message.
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• When an attachment is necessary, include a brief
  explanation in the body of the e-mail message
  regarding the content of the attachment.
  Remember Many subscribers will not open an
  attachment if they do not know in advance that it
  contains information they will want to see.
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• Users should not open any attachment from an
  unknown person or for which there is not a
  reasonable explanation in the body of the e-mail
  message. Following this practice should inhibit
  the spread of viruses.
•  
• Users should remember that it is inappropriate to
  forward personal e-mail messages to a mailing
  list without the original author's permission. It
  is also inappropriate to forward "chain" messages
  to a mailing list.
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• No commercial message, i.e. an offer to sell or
  trade personal items, should be sent using
  Pulaski Technical College e-mail accounts
• At all times, use language and style appropriate
  to a professional environment. Remember e-mails
  may be subject to public record laws. Deleting a
  message does not necessarily remove it from the
  college's back-up files.

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Faculty and Staff Handbook

• The Faculty and Staff Handbook is available on
  Pulaski Technical Colleges website
• http//www.pulaskitech.edu/administration/human_re
  sources/fac_staff_handbook.pdf
• or
• Go to www.pulaskitech.edu/
• Click on Faculty and Staff
• Click on Faculty Staff Handbook (PDF)

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Who to ask?

• For questions regarding employee
• benefits information, contact
• Leslie Cloer
• in Human Resources
• Administration Building Office 103
• [phone]
• lcloer_at_pulaskitech.edu