NORC offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package for regular staff, including paid time off, holiday pay, medical, dental and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, voluntary life, voluntary critical illness and voluntary long term care plans, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) a 403 (b) retirement plan, and tuition assistance.

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Employees accrue PTO hours for each paid hour of service. This includes vacation and sick leave. NORC offers competitive PTO rates starting at an annual accrual of 17 days per year for staff.

Holidays

Ten (10) paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one (1) floating holiday.

Group Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
New employees are immediately eligible for group health and/or dental insurance. Vision insurance is available on the first of the month following date of hire. Health insurance options include a Preferred Provider Option (PPO) and a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) (If employed in Chicago). Dental insurance options include a PPO Plan and a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) (If employed in Chicago). Health and Dental plans are provided through Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois. The Vision plan is provided through VSP.

Retirement Benefits
After 1,000 hours of service and attainment of age 21, you will become eligible to participate in the NORC, Inc. Retirement Plan. The NORC, Inc. Retirement plan is a defined contribution retirement plan in which NORC may make a discretionary contribution on behalf of employees who have satisfied the eligibility requirements to participate in the plan and have met the service requirements in a particular year. No employee contributions are required in order to qualify for a contribution from NORC. Contributions are immediately vested (fully owned by the employee) and are deposited into an individual retirement account administered by TIAA. You control how the money is invested.

The NORC, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan allows employees to make voluntary, pre-tax and/or post-tax contributions immediately upon hire, up to the IRS limit, and is also administered by TIAA. Contribution limits may be higher for individuals over age 50.

Educational Assistance
NORC provides tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per calendar year for undergraduate and graduate courses after 6 months of eligible employment. NORC also offers employees an opportunity to enroll in professional certification courses, seminars, conferences and continuing education courses as the professional development budget permits.

Group Life Insurance
New employees are immediately eligible for group term life insurance for coverage equal to two times annual salary, rounded up to nearest thousand dollars, with a maximum benefit of $1,000,000. This insurance is company sponsored and requires no employee contribution.

Group Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
New employees are immediately eligible for group AD&D insurance for coverage equal to two times annual salary, rounded up to nearest thousand dollars, with a maximum benefit of $1,000,000. This insurance is company sponsored and requires no employee contribution.

Group Long-Term Disability Insurance
New employees are immediately eligible for group long-term disability insurance for coverage equal to 60% of monthly base salary after the 90th consecutive day of disability. The maximum monthly benefit is $15,000. This insurance is company sponsored and requires no employee contribution. Employees may opt to pay income taxes on the premium amount and thereby receive any future LTD benefits tax-free.

Group Short-Term Disability Insurance
Employees are immediately eligible for group short-term disability insurance for coverage equal to 60 percent of weekly base salary after the 7th consecutive day of disability. Maximum weekly benefit of $3,500. Company sponsored with no employee contribution.

Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and/or Dependent Care
Employees may set aside money from their pay up to an annual limit for the applicable calendar year, on a pre-tax basis, to cover medical expenses not covered by a group health plan for themselves or family members. Dependent Care is available to cover expenses relating to day care and after-school care for eligible dependents.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Provided by Magellan Health Services, the EAP program offers employees and their dependents, (including significant others and dependent children who live at home) telephone counseling on personal issues such as stress, domestic abuse, alcohol and drug dependency. They also offer referrals for services like child care, elder care, legal advice, and credit counseling. The plan is confidential and free of charge. Brochures describing the services offered are available from the Human Resources department.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
Under this program, you may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance due on your eligible federal student loans after you have made 120 payments on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed full time by certain public service employers. Since you must make 120 monthly payments on your eligible federal student loans after October 1, 2007 before you qualify for the loan forgiveness, the first cancellations of loan balances will not be granted until October 2017. Additional information on the program can be found on the Federal Student Aid website.

Parking and Transit Benefits
Employees may set aside pre-tax dollars to cover work-related parking as well as public transit passes/vouchers up to the IRS monthly limit.

Paid Parental Leave (PPL)
The benefit is available for those employees that have a newborn or newly adopted child and provides four (4) weeks of 100 percent paid leave.

Voluntary Life Insurance
New employees are eligible to elect voluntary life insurance for themselves and eligible dependents, up to guaranteed issue amounts, without a statement of health.

Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
New employees are eligible to elect voluntary critical illness for themselves and eligible dependents, up to guaranteed issue amounts, without a statement of health.

Long Term Care with Term Life Insurance
New employees are eligible to elect voluntary long term care with term life insurance for themselves and spouse/domestic partner, up to guaranteed issue amounts, without a statement of health.