Additional Benefits
In addition to the benefits listed below, LifeWorks NW offers an Employee Assistance Program providing personal and professional assistance available to all family and household members; a flexible benefit account providing pre-tax contributions for premium contributions, dependent day care and health care reimbursement; mileage reimbursement and credit union membership.
Time Off
Paid Time Off (PTO): New full-time regular employees will earn Paid Time Off with their first full pay period. This time may be used at the employee’s discretion for vacation, holidays (LifeWorks NW designated holidays), sick or other personal reasons. Full-time regular employees will accrue PTO according to the following schedule based on their employment anniversary date:
| | Hours/Month | Hours/Year | Number of 8 hr days/yr |
| First Year | 16.00 | 192.00 | 24 |
| Second Year | 19.34 | 232.00 | 29 |
| Third Year | 22.67 | 272.00 | 34 |
| Tenth Year | 26.00 | 312.00 | 39 |
(Note: Part-time regular employees accumulate PTO on a pro-rated basis based on hours worked.)
Holidays: LifeWorks NW outpatient sites close to observe the following holidays. (It is expected that most employees will not work on designated holidays and therefore use PTO benefits.)
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King Day
- Memorial Day
- July 4th
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Day After Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
Extended Illness Bank (EIB): Full-time regular employees will accrue 4.67 hours/month which will be put into the Extended Illness Bank. When an employee has been ill for 3 consecutive days they may access their EIB for time available beginning on the fourth day of absence. An employee who has been hospitalized or is eligible for Family Leave may access time from their EIB immediately.
Unpaid Personal Leave: LifeWorks NW unpaid personal leave policy allows regular, benefit-eligible employees with a minimum of five years of service to take time off for personal needs and interests in excess of that which is available from their Paid Time Off benefit with management approval. The amount of unpaid personal leave an employee is eligible to request is based upon the employees’ years of continuous service as shown in the schedule below:
| Years of Continuous Service | Leave Award Eligibility |
| Five but less than ten | Up to three months |
| Ten or more | Up to six months |
Retirement
As an employee of LifeWorks NW you will be eligible to participate in a 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity on a voluntary basis. When benefited employees have been with LifeWorks NW for over a year, they are eligible for LifeWorks NW's contributions based on a percentage of regular salary, as shown below:
| Years of Service | Contribution |
| Less than 1 | 0% |
| 1 - 2 | 2% |
| 2 - 3 | 3% |
| 3 - 4 | 4% |
| 4 - 9 | 5% |
| 10 - 14 | 7.5% |
| 15 or more | 10% |
Vesting
All eligible employees hired before June 30, 2006 are 100% vested in the plan. All eligible employees hired after July 1, 2006 are subject to the following vesting schedule:
| Years of Service | Contribution |
| Less than 2 | 0% |
| 2 - 3 | 25% |
| 3 - 4 | 50% |
| 4 - 5 | 75% |
| More than 5 | 100% |
Health Care Coverage
With an employee contribution of $20 per month ($10 per month for those working 20-39 hours a week) LifeWorks NW offers employees coverage for medical, dental, vision, life and long term disability insurance. Employees may cover dependents and domestic partners at the premium cost. A summary of these benefits follows:
Medical Options
| | Providence | Kaiser |
| Office copay | $15 | $15 |
| Hospital copay | 20% after $250 deductible | $100/day-$500/Admit |
| Emergency Services | $125 co-pay | Plan: $75 copay/visit |
| Calendar Year Out-of-Pocket | $2,000 per person | $1,000 per person |
| Prescriptions | $15 copay generic, $30 copay brand | $15 copay generic, $30 copay brand |
Vision
| | VSP | Kaiser |
| In Plan | Out of Plan |
| Eye Exam | $10 Copay | $45 Benefit | $15 copay |
| Lenses & Frames | $25 Copay | $25 Copay, $45 - $85 Benefit | |
| - Combined | | based on lense | $150 allowance |
| Contact Lenses | $130 Benefit | $105 Benefit | |
|
Dental
| | Standard Insurance Company | Kaiser |
| PPO | Non-PPO |
| Deductible | $25 | $25 | N/A |
| Preventative | 90%** | 80%** | $10/visit |
| Basic | 90% | 80% | $10/visit (50% endo/perio) |
| Major | 50% | 50% | 50% after $10 copay |
| Annual benefit max | $1,000 | $1,000 | Unlimited |
| Orthodontia | 50% | 50% | Not Covered |
** (for adults and children $1,500 lifetime benefit)
Life and Disability
| | The Hartford |
| Life | $15,000 |
| AD&D | $15,000 |
| Voluntary Life insurance is available. |
| Long Term Disability | |
| - Benefit | 60% of mthly earnings to $6,600 max |
| - Maximum Monthly Benefit | $4,000 |
| - Elimination Period | 90 days |