Employment Benefits

Medical Insurance

The SRPMIC medical plan is a self-insured PPO plan that offers a choice of two provider networks to benefit eligible employees and their families. Each plan offers different levels of coverage to provide flexibility to our employees. Employees may visit any doctor they choose but will pay less by using providers within the network.

Gold Plan

Employees who enroll in this plan may use the Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO network or the Mayo Clinic. Highlights of the plan include no annual deductible and $20 primary care office visit co-pays for in-network providers. Prescriptions may be filled at any pharmacy within the Walgreens network.

Silver Plan

Employees who enroll in this plan may use the Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO network. Highlights of the plan include a $200/person annual deductible and $25 primary care office visit co-pays for in-network providers. Prescriptions may be filled at any pharmacy within the Walgreens network.

Dental Insurance

The SRPMIC contracts with Blue Cross Dental Choice to provide a comprehensive dental plan for eligible employees and their families. The plan allows employees to select their own dentist, however in-network dentists provide services at discounted rates.

Vision Insurance

The SRPMIC offers vision care to all eligible employees and their dependents. Services are available from any vision care provider of your choosing. The plan covers exams, frames, and lenses (or contact lenses) subject to an annual deductible of $25 per person. The plan provides an annual benefit of $300 per person.

Vision coverage requires enrollment in the Medical plan.

Life Insurance

The SRPMIC provides both basic and dependent life insurance plans to all benefit-eligible employees.

Basic Life

All eligible employees are automatically enrolled in a fully paid, basic term life insurance policy with a matching accidental death benefit. The amount of coverage is equal to two times an employee's salary, rounded up to the nearest $1,000. There is a maximum benefit of $200,000 per employee.

Dependent Life

Employees may elect to purchase life insurance for their spouse and dependent children. Spouse coverage is $5,000 and dependent children are covered at $2,500 each.

Flexible Spending Accounts

The SRPMIC contracts with ASI to administer flexible spending accounts for all eligible employees. These accounts allow employees to pay for out-of-pocket health care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars.

The maximum amount an employee can contribute to either the Health Care or Dependent Care account is $5,000 per year.

Retirement

401(k) Plan

The SRPMIC provides a 401(k) retirement savings plan to all eligible employees and contributes 5% of gross wages (pre-tax) regardless of whether the employee contributes. In addition, employees have the opportunity to contribute between 1% and 95% of their pay on a pre-tax basis (subject to IRS limits) without a waiting period. Employees are 100% vested in their own contributions and SRPMIC contributions vest at a rate of 20% per year of service. The plan is managed by Wells Fargo and offers a variety of investment options.

Employees participating in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) and Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) are not eligible for this plan.

Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)

In accordance with Arizona State Statute, all eligible Salt River High School employees participate in this plan in addition to Social Security. Membership in the ASRS program provides employees with a retirement pension based upon the number of years of service and compensation while participating in the plan.

For more information, visit the Arizona State Retirement System web site.

Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS)

In accordance with Arizona State Statute, all eligible public safety employees participate in this plan in addition to Social Security. This includes certified police officers and firefighters, but not correction officers. Membership in the PSPRS program provides public safety employees with a retirement pension based upon the number of years of service and compensation while participating in the plan.

For more information, visit the Public Safety Retirement System web site.

Leave Time

Sick Leave

Sick leave accruals begin on the employee's first day of employment. Full-time regular employees accrue sick leave at a rate of 4.6 hours per pay period. Employees with a 56-hour work week accrue sick leave at a rate of 6.44 hours. Sick leave may be used for the employee's illness or for the illness of an immediate family member.

Vacation Leave

Vacation accrual depends upon the hours worked and length of service. Regular full-time employees accrue 4.6 hours of vacation leave per pay period for the first four years of service.

Bereavement Leave

An employee may be authorized to use up to three (3) days of paid funeral leave per occurrence to attend the funeral of an immediate family member. Two (2) additional days will be given for funerals requiring out of state travel.

Disability

This program provides salary protection when an employee cannot work because of an accident, illness, or pregnancy. Short Term Disability coverage becomes effective after the employee has been unable to work for 12 calendar days. The plan will replace 70% of base weekly earnings up to a maximum of $1,500/week. The maximum duration that an employee may utilize Short Term Disability Insurance is 168 days. Long Term Disability coverage becomes effective after 180 days and will replace 60% of base weekly earnings up to a maximum of $6,000 per month.

Holidays

The SRPMIC provides 13 paid holidays as follows:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• President's Day
• Memorial Day
• SRPMIC Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Native American Day
• Veteran's Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day
• Two discretionary holidays as designated by Council