Director of Development and Communication

BENEFITS AT MHCO 

 INSURANCE 

All insurance coverage begins immediately following a full 90 days after the date of employment. 

 MHCO provides and pays for 85% of the premium of medical and dental coverage as part of the group plan for all full‐time employees. You have the option of adding coverage for your spouse or children at your own expense through payroll deduction. MHCO pays for 10% of the premium of dependent medical and dental coverage. You have the option to upgrade dental coverage at your own expense through payroll deduction. 

MHCO provides and pays for group life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage for full-time, permanent employees at no expense to the employee. 

MHCO provides and pays for unemployment insurance as required by NC law at no expense to the employee. 

MHCO offers the following to purchase at your own expense through payroll deduction:

• Aflac short-term disability insurance, cancer protection assurance, accident advantage, and plus rider
• VSP vision coverage
• ID Shield identify theft and legal shield coverage 

MHCO provides adequate professional or officer’s and director’s liability insurance and protection for all employees. Personnel are bonded against theft and misappropriation. 

MHCO provides adequate Workers’ Compensation insurance. This insurance applies to bodily injury by accident or by disease and includes bodily injury resulting in death. The covered bodily injury must occur during the policy period of that carrier and MHCO and the injuries must occur or be aggravated by the conditions of employment. The insurance does not include: 

• injuries that result from a violation of the law,
• bodily injury intentionally caused or aggravated by the employee,
• injury occurring outside the United States of America

•   fines or penalties imposed for violations of law, or

 •  accidents or injuries that occur while on time off. 

VACATION LEAVE 

Paid vacation days are provided for all full‐time, administrative, and support employees after completion of their first 90 days as an employee. Employees may carry over vacation days from year to year with a maximum accumulation of 30 days as of the last day of the calendar year. CCWs and RAs are not entitled to vacation leave as they receive consecutive days off duty for each duty cycle. 

 After the first 90 days as an employee, employees will earn paid vacation time at the end of each month employed at an accrual rate in accordance with the following schedule: 

Employment at MHCO Monthly             Accrual Number of Vacation Days 

90 days – 5 years                                    0.83 days/month 10 days/year (prorated the first year) 

6 – 10 years                                            1.25 days/month 15 days/year 

11 + years                                              1.67 days/month 20 days/year 

The number of vacation days earned each year will be based on the number of years of service completed on the last day of the preceding calendar year. 

SICK LEAVE 

Sick leave is earned by full‐time employees at the end of each month employed at a rate of 8 hours per month beginning after the 90-day orientation period. Sick leave is intended to be used for personal illness of the employee, medical care, dental care, or funeral of an immediate family member. 

PROFESSIONAL LEAVE 

Time to attend professional meetings, workshops, certificate training programs, or visits to other campuses shall be arranged without loss of pay at the discretion of the supervisor. Requests for leave to attend professional meetings must be submitted in writing to the supervisor at least two (2) weeks before such leave commences. Professional leave will be utilized in a pursuit supportive of the employee's position at MHCO or for enhancement of a promotion opportunity related to the purpose of MHCO. 

 PERSONAL LEAVE 

MHCO provides paid personal leave for employees to take time off for small necessities (e.g. attending school functions, urgent personal or family matters, etc.). Personal leave is earned at the end of each month employed at a rate of 2 hours of leave per month, with maximum accumulation of 24 hours. A maximum of 4 hours personal leave may be used at any one time, and a minimum of 30 minutes of personal time will be charged with a qualified absence. Personal leave can be used only within the calendar year earned and cannot be carried over into the next year. An employee’s supervisor must approve all personal leave. Personal leave is not to be used in addition to or in conjunction with vacation leave. 

 401(K) 

MHCO offers a 401(k)-approved retirement plan. MHCO matches 1% for every 1% each employee contributes to their 401(k) up to 6%, with a vesting schedule as defined in the 401(k) plan. After 10 years of employment, MHCO will put in 1.25% for every 1% the employee contributes, up to 7.5%. After 20 years of employment, MHCO will put in 1.5% for every 1% the employee contributes, up to 9%. Full‐time employees who have completed the 6-month orientation period are eligible to participate in this benefit. You may elect to contribute a portion of your salaries to this plan in an amount determined by the plan administrators and the law. 

RETIREMENT (EFFECTIVE 1/1/2021) 

Full-time employees qualify for retirement when they meet all of the following: 

• they are over the age of 62,
• they have over 10 years of tenure, and
• the sum of age and tenure is equal to or greater than 80 for employees other than CCWs, and 160 for CCW couples. 

Age and tenure may be calculated each half year. CCWs may qualify if one member of the couple meets both criteria and the sum of age and tenure for both members of the couple is equal to or greater than 160. Employees who qualify for retirement will be offered a retirement package at the time they earn qualification, age 62, age 65, and age 67. The CFO will contact the employee for a meeting to discuss the offering with specifics before the qualification period. 

 The retirement package will include the following paid on a monthly payroll schedule through direct deposit until completion of the package payments: 

• Accrued vacation leave up to 30 days
• 50% of sick time accrued not to exceed 60 days total
• 3 months of salary for 10 to 20 years of service or 4 months of salary 20 years of service or more 

 FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT 

MHCO’s policy is intended to allow employees to take reasonable unpaid leave (up to 12 workweeks) for an employee’s own serious health condition, for the birth or adoption of a child, for the placement of a child with an employee for foster care, or for care of a spouse or parent who has a serious health condition. 

FMLA applies to all full‐time employees of MHCO who have worked at least 12 months with MHCO and who have worked a minimum of 1,250 hours during the 12 months immediately preceding the start of the leave. Employees are eligible to take up to 12 weeks leave at any time during a 12-month period. MHCO utilizes a 12-month rolling period to determine when the 12 weeks of leave entitlement occurs. Under the rolling 12-month period, each time an employee takes FMLA leave, remaining leave would be any balance of the 12 weeks that has not been used during the immediately preceding 12 months. 

HOLIDAYS 

MHCO closes offices on the following holidays: 

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving (Thursday & Friday)
• Christmas (December 24, 25, & 26)