Careers : Benefits :
Health Insurance
Highlands Community Services (HCS) offers United Health Care Health Insurance to full-time, provisional and full-time, regular status employees. This plan consists of both a dental and vision insurance rider, as well as a prescription card for medication needs. HCS pays 100% of the employees’ individual health insurance costs.
Retirement
After successful completion of a six month provisional employment period, each full-time regular employee is eligible to participate in the HCS’ retirement plan. Based on the employee’s anniversary date, a 403(b) retirement account is established in the employee’s name. HCS contributes an amount equal to 9% of the employee’s base annual wages to this account on a monthly basis. The employee may contribute to the plan, if desired.
Life Insurance
After successful completion of the six month provisional employment period, HCS pays the monthly premiums for a term life insurance policy equal to one times the employee’s annual base salary, rounded up to the nearest thousand. Each employee may purchase insurance coverage for dependents by paying an additional monthly premium.
Short-Term Disability
After successful completion of the six month provisional period, HCS pays the monthly premiums for a short-term disability policy, which provides employees with 66 2/3 of their monthly salary should they become disabled through sickness or accident.
Voluntary Benefit Offerings
Full-time employees are eligible for the following voluntary insurance benefit offerings upon hire: Cancer, Accident, Personal Recovery, Intensive Care, and Long-Term Disability. Premiums are deducted with pre-tax dollars, with the exception of Long-Term Disability.
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid time off (PTO) is an integrated time-off with pay program that combines all earned time-off opportunities into one PTO account. A percentage of unused PTO may be traded in for one-half its value in December of each year. HCS’ employees accrue PTO according to the following schedule.
| Completed Years of Service | Hours Earned Per Month |
| 0-12 mos. | 16 |
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 22 |
| 4 | 25 |
| 5 | 26 |
| 6 | 27 |
| 7-8 | 28 |
| 9-13 | 30 |
| 14-18 | 32 |
| 19+ | 34 |
Holidays
HCS observes the following paid holidays for full-time staff.
New Year’s Day
January 1
President’s Day
3rd Monday in February
Memorial Day
Last Monday in May
Independence Day
July 4
Labor Day
1st Monday in September
Columbus Day
2nd Monday in October
Thanksgiving Day
4th Thursday in November
Day After Thanksgiving
4th Friday in November
Christmas Eve
December 24
Christmas Day
December 25
HCS observes the following paid holidays for part-time, regular staff.
New Year’s Day
January 1
Memorial Day
Last Monday in May
Independence Day
July 4
Thanksgiving Day
4th Thursday in November
Christmas Day
December 25