Benefit Information

The Benefits section of the Human Resource Services Department is responsible for assisting employees with benefit enrollment and questions. This includes:

Family Medical Leave
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides you with up to 12 workweeks of leave annually for one or more of the following reasons:

  • For the birth and care of the newborn child of an employee;

  • For placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care;

  • To care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent) with a serious health condition; or

  • To take medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of a serious health condition.

As part of your family and medical leave, you must first exhaust any paid leave to which you are entitled; the remainder of your leave will be unpaid.

Employees should contact our Benefits Representative about FMLA leave requests. A FMLA leave request form will be sent to the employee to compete and return with any supporting documentation.

Maintenance Of Health Benefits
Edgecombe County Public Schools will maintain group health insurance coverage for an employee on FMLA leave whenever such insurance was provided before the leave was taken and on the same terms as if the employee had continued to work. If applicable, arrangements will need to be made for employees to pay their share of health insurance premiums for family members while on leave.

Job Restoration
Upon return from FMLA leave, an employee will be restored to the employee’s original job, or to an equivalent job with equivalent pay, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment. You may be assigned to a different position and/or worksite. You will not be placed in a job that requires additional licensure or certification without your consent.

Flexible Benefit Plan
Edgecombe County Public Schools Section 125 Flexible Benefit Plan is administered through Pierce Group Benefits. The Section 125 Flexible Benefit Plan consists of several insurance products offered to employees on a pre-taxed basis, which means that your premium is deducted from your pay before taxes are withheld, reducing your taxable income.

All permanent employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible to participate in the Flexible Benefit Plan.

Pre-Taxed Benefits Offered

  • Medical Reimbursement

  • Dependent/Child Care Reimbursement

  • Cancer Insurance

  • Accident Insurance

  • Intensive Care Protection

  • Hospital Confinement Indemnity Insurance

  • Dental Insurance

  • Vision Insurance

After-Tax Benefits Offered

  • Critical Illness

  • Disability Insurance

  • Term Life 1000 Insurance

  • Universal Life 1000 Insurance

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