Nursing Careers
at The Miriam Hospital
Employee Benefit Programs
 The
benefits outlined below are available to employees working standard
hours of forty or more per bi-weekly pay period. Most benefits become
effective on the First of the month following date of hire. Where
applicable, benefits are pro-rated for employees working less than
80 standard hours but more than 40 standard hours per bi-weekly
pay period.
Flexible Benefits Program
CHOICE benefits allows employees to choose annually from a variety
of benefit options listed below:
- Health Insurance
Your choice of health insurance includes Lifespan Blue, Tufts Health Plan, or no coverage.
- Dental Insurance
Your choice of dental insurance includes Delta USA Plan A,
Delta USA Plan B, or no coverage.
- Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
Employees may choose either the 50% of annual base pay to a maximum
of $5,000 per month, or the 60% of pay to a maximum of $6,000
per month, or no coverage. If you are unable to work for more
than 180 days, LTD coverage coordinates with other sources of
income and with benefit payments you receive from other disability
programs like TDI, Workers Compensation, or Social Security to
bring your income up to 50% or 60% of your base pay, depending
on the option you choose.
- Employee Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Insurance
Employees may elect coverage equal to 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 times
annual base pay up to a maximum of $500,000, or no coverage.
- Dependent Term Life Insurance
Coverage for your spouse and dependent children up to the
age of 19 (or age 23 if a full-time student) is available in the
following amounts:
Spouse: $10,000, $25,000, or
$50,000
Child: $5,000* or $10,000*
*Children 14 days to 6 months of age will have a benefit equal
to $1,000. At 6 months of age, the benefits will equal the coverage
amount selected.
- Health Care And Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
These accounts help you save for health care and dependent care
expenses and reduce your taxes at the same time. Employees can
set aside up to $2,000 a year in pre-tax dollars in a Health Care
Spending Account to help pay for health care deductibles, coinsurance,
and/or other medical, dental, hearing, or vision expenses not
covered by insurance. With the Dependent Care Spending Account
employees can set aside up to $5,000 a year in pre-tax dollars
to pay for child day care or elder day care expenses.
- Legal Services Insurance
Offers coverage for certain legal services that can help
protect your rights without concern for the cost of attorney's
fees.
- HIV Insurance
Pays a lump sum payment in the event that a covered employee
tests positive for HIV. Coverage is available to employees in
the following amounts: $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, $150,000 and
$250,000.
- Earned Time Sell
Full-time employees may sell up to five accrued earned time
days. Part-time employees may sell up to three accrued earned
time days. These days may be sold within your flexible benefits
program in whole day increments to purchase additional benefits
or to receive as taxable cash in your pay.
 Long
Term Care Insurance
Provides assistance in paying for varying levels of care
when you are no longer able to take care of yourself, due to a
long term illness or disability. There are several options available
to you depending on the daily maximum benefit you choose.
- CHOICE Retirement Plan
- The CHOICE Core Account
provides an annual contribution from 2% to 6% of annual pay
based on years of credited service. You become eligible on
the first day of the month after you complete one year of
service and worked at least 1,000 hours in the 12-month period
starting with your first day on the job.
- The CHOICE Matched Savings Account
allows employees to save pre-tax dollars through automatic
payroll deduction. There is no waiting period. You can choose
from 26 Fidelity investment options. Lifespan matches your
contributions at $0.50 on the dollar up to the first 4% of
the pay you save.
- The Supplemental Tax Sheltered Accounts
allows employees to tax-shelter savings in TIAA-CREF.
- Nine Paid Holidays
Employees are eligible for the following paid holidays:
- New Year' Day
- Yom Kippur (floating holiday to be used within 60 days after
the actual holiday)
- President's Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
- Premium Pay
If you work on the holidays listed above (excluding Yom Kippur),
you will be paid a premium equal to one half of your hourly rate
in addition to your regular pay.
- Tuition Assistance
Full-time employees are eligible for reimbursement of 75%
of tuition costs up to $1,500.00 per calendar year. Eligible part-time
employees are eligible for prorated reimbursement.
- Earned Time
Benefit eligible employees begin to accrue earned time with their
first paid hour of employment or transfer to benefit eligible
status. The amount of earned time, which an employee is eligible
to accrue, is dependent on job category, length of service, and
standard hours. Employees are eligible to begin using their accrued
earned time once they have successfully completed the 90 day introductory
period for scheduled or unscheduled absences according to departmental
policy.
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