5.7 Employee Benefits
All employees must be offered the benefits package for which they are
eligible as determined by the archdiocese. A record of the employee's
choices concerning medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability insurance, and life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance must be kept in a separate medical file for each employee. Specific information about each benefit is available in the Benefits Guide (red) for parishes and schools and the Benefits Guide (blue) for ACC, Cemeteries and Mortuaries.
The archdiocese also offers a flexible spending account (FSA) which assists employees with their out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses through pre-tax payroll deductions. Information is available in the Benefits Guides. Enrollment is online through MyEnroll.
The archdiocese or the locations contribute, as applicable, to a portion of the premium payments for various benefits.
Archdiocesan employees have the
option to enroll eligible dependents for medical, vision, and dental
benefits. Eligible dependents of employees include:
Dependent children, up to age 26, regardless of student status
Any
dependent child who is incapable of self-support because of a medical
or physical disability that the employee claims on his or her federal
tax return
If an employee waives any benefit, a signed
written waiver indicating each benefit the employee has voluntarily
chosen to refuse must be kept in the employee's medical file. Note that employees should sign up for benefits on MyEnroll; if they fail to do so they are considered to have waived the benefit. See 5.7.2.1.
Many
employee benefits are determined by federal and state law. The policies
governing these benefits must be followed by each location. Workers compensation insurance and claims information is kept in the same medical file as the information about other health-related benefits.
See the New Hire Orientation Checklist for the benefits that can be made available.
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