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Major benefit plans are briefly described below. For more detailed information, please refer to the Employee Handbook or Summary Plan Description.
These benefits are provided only to regular full-time employees except for Leaves of Absence; some benefit types have provided eligibility to part-time employees.
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| Medical Coverage*
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First of the month following date of employment | The Company offers employees the opportunity to elect medical coverage for themselves and their qualified dependents. The type of plan available is dependent upon where the employee resides. Medical coverage is provided through Blue Cross of California. Online information for all plans, including a list of doctors, can be found at www.bluecrossca.com. | ||||||
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Dental Coverage*
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First of the month following date of employment |
The Company offers a dental plan through Aetna US HealthCare. The plan is available to both employees and their qualified dependents. The plan allows for enrollment in one of the two types of coverage: DMO and DPPO. Information on the dental plans, including providers is available when you create an Aetna Navigator account at www.aetna.com. | ||||||
| Vision Coverage* | First of the month following date of employment | The Company offers a vision plan through Vision Service Plan (VSP). The plan is available to both employees and their qualified dependents. Information on the vision plan, including a list of providers, can be found at www.vsp.com. | ||||||
| Basic Term Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance | First of the month following date of employment | The Company offers its employees the ability to buy additional coverage for themselves, spouse and/or children through the provider (CIGNA) at group rates. The premiums are paid via payroll deductions post tax. | ||||||
| Disability Insurance | First of the month following date of employment | The Short Term Disability benefit provides a level of income replacement in the event of disability, equal to 66.67% of weekly pay (maximum of $2,308/week). Employees totally disabled after 90 days may be eligible for Long Term Disability benefits. This benefit assures the employee receives 60% of monthly salary, to max of $10,000 per month. The Company pays for the premiums for both disability benefits but employees have the option to pay for the Long Term Disability benefit premium which allows them to receive the benefits, under most situations, tax-free.
(Benefit paid under this plan is reduced by any other government provided benefit you may receive, i.e., State Disability, Social Security Disability, or Worker's Compensation.) |
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| Employee Assistance Program | First of the month following date of employment | This benefit is aimed at helping all covered employees and their immediate family members better balance their work and personal lives. It includes: unlimited 24-hour/365 day telephone access for consultation or crisis intervention from licensed professional staff, up to three face-to-face counseling visits/year, referrals to community resources for local support, and a Healthy Rewards program that gives discounts up to 60% on expanded and alternative care options, products and services. The EAP helps with a wide variety of problems such as parenting, financial and legal issues, marital counseling, domestic violence, etc. To find out more, call 800-538-3543 or visit www.cignabehavioral.com. | ||||||
| Flexible Spending Account | First of the month following date of employment | Flexible Spending Accounts allow you to set aside, via payroll deduction, part of your salary before Social Security, federal, and state taxes to pay for Health Care Expenses and Dependent Care Expenses using a Flex Card. Limits for the 5/1/09-4/30/10 plan year are $3,000 for Medical and $5,000 for Dependent Care (this limit will be reduced to $2,500 if you are married and filing a separate tax return). Discovery Benefits is the FSA administrator. | ||||||
| Transportation Savings Account | First of the month following date of employment | Allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars (up to a specified limit) to pay for qualified transportation expenses for travel to and from work. Qualified expenses include: mass transit, commuter highway vehicle, and qualified parking. | ||||||
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Bereavement Leave |
First day of employment | The Company provides up to three consecutive days of paid bereavement leave if there is a death in the immediate family. Immediate family is defined as your current spouse, child, parent or legal guardian, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sibling, grandparent or grandchild. | ||||||
| Leaves of Absence | Based on type of leave | Please see Employee Handbook for details. | ||||||
| Jury/Witness Duty Leave | First day of employment | Regular, full-time employees are provided paid leave of 100% base pay for up to ten (10) days for the purposes of jury duty or when summoned to be a witness. | ||||||
| Referral Program | First day of employment | The company will provide a referral bonus to eligible employees who refer a candidate that is hired by Quest. The referral award will be up to $1,500 (taxable) with the amount determined based on the position being hired.
The new hire referred must complete six (6) months of employment before a referral award can be paid. |
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| Tuition Reimbursement | After one (1) year of continuous service | The Company will reimburse up to $2,000 per calendar year for management approved completed courses (and related books and fees) that meet the requirements and in which the employee receives a passing grade of A or B or C. There will be no reimbursement for a D, F or incomplete grade. | ||||||
| Service Awards | Anniversary Date | The Company recognizes the contributions of its long-term employees with 5, 10, 15, and 20-year anniversary awards. Awards are presented at the end of each quarter to employees reaching their milestone service date with the Company during that quarter. Employees joining Quest through an acquisition are credited with the date they joined the original company. | ||||||
| 401(k) Plan | Immediately after first pay day | The Company offers both a traditional 401(k) plan and a Roth 401(k) plan. Through automatic payroll deduction, employees can contribute eligible pay on a pretax and Roth 401(k) basis to build for their retirement income. Employees are eligible upon hire and may enroll after the first pay period following date of employment. New hires not enrolled within 30 days from receiving a notification letter from Fidelity will be auto-enrolled in the Plan. Employees can opt-out or make changes to their account at any time.
The Company provides a discretionary match each year based upon Company results. Employee contributions and earnings are 100% vested. The Company's discretionary match and earnings will be vested according to the following schedule: less than 2 years, 0%; 2 years, 50%; 3 years, 100%. For more information go to www.401k.com |
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| Vacation | First day of employment | Annual vacation is granted to eligible employees based on length of service as follows:
Vacation accrual can be carried from year to year until it reaches the maximum # of accrual allowed, after which accrual will stop. Vacation may be used as soon as it is accrued. |
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| Holidays | First day of employment | Nine paid holidays per year: New Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and one employee-designated floating holiday. New hires commencing employment prior to Oct 1 will receive one floating holiday upon date of hire. If hired between Oct 1 and Dec 31, one floating holiday is received in January. Floating holiday must be scheduled, used and paid in the calendar year in which it is provided. | ||||||
| Sick Days | First day of employment | Employees who are on payroll as of Jan 1 will be credited with 8 hrs sick leave in the first payroll of the year. Thereafter, it will accrue at the rate of 2.91 hours/month for a maximum of 5 days/year with accrual ending in the last payroll in November. Sick leave may not be used until it has actually accrued. Up to 24 hrs of sick leave may be credited from year to year, not to exceed 64 hrs. |
*Provided under Section 125 Pre-Tax Salary Reduction Premium Payment Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to allow eligible employees to use funds provided through employee salary reduction, to pay premiums for benefit plans offered by the Company and enable them to pay for the selected medical, dental and vision benefits(s) with pre tax dollars. You save both federal income tax and Social Security taxes by participating in the Plan.
Company reserves the right to the extent allowed by law, to modify, reduce or eliminate any of these benefits at its discretion at anytime.
