Benefit Summary

The following benefits are available to full-time employees working a regularly-scheduled 30 hours or more, weekly:

• 100% Paid Long Term Disability Insurance
• Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 100% paid Voluntary Life Insurance
• Whole Life Insurance

The following benefits are available to full and part-time employees:

403(b) Retirement Savings Plan – Security Benefit

• Strictly voluntary – employee contributes 100% to the plan
• Pre-tax only
• Employee may enroll upon hire and anytime thereafter

State Funded Tuition Remission – Providers’ Council for Caring Communities

• Must work an average of 30 hours or more per week and have been employed at least 6 months
• The Brien Center pays for the application fee
• Applies only for Bachelor’s degree in Human Services
• Applies only for employee’s who work in certain state contracts
• Must meet all state requirements
• Employee may apply upon hire and anytime thereafter

Home/Renters, Auto and other coverage options; Cell Phone Rates

• Insurance offered exclusively through The Brien Center on Auto, Home, Renters Insurance and more!
• Up to 18% discount for wireless customers with qualifying carriers

Emergency Financial Assistance

• Must be regularly scheduled a minimum of 7.5 hours, weekly
• Through a partnership with Greylock Federal Credit Union, employees will be able to apply for “Safety Net Loans”. These loans will be used to pay for unexpected financial emergencies
• Subject to approval by Greylock Federal Credit Union
• Loan amounts range between $300 and $3000, offered at the low, unsecured interest rate of 7.99%
• Loan payments are sent directly to your payment account at Greylock from Payroll
• Employee may participate upon hire and anytime thereafter

Travel Time & Mileage

• Paid travel time, plus 45¢ per mile for authorized agency business
• Mileage is tax-free

Combined Leave and Bereavement Pool

• Accrued in each of the 26 pay periods
• New employees will accrue hours from their hire date
• Leave Pool “Cash out” available (some limitations apply)
• For Bereavement Leave, all full-time and part-time employees are eligible for up to 5 consecutive days off with pay for the death of an immediate family member. The following relationships qualify for this leave time:
  • Spouse; domestic partner; mother; father; sister; brother; children; grandchildren; grandparents; step and in-law relations
  • A person standing in loco parentis

Agency Holidays

All major holidays taken off will be paid from the employee’s earned leave pool.  All agency programs, except those that are open 24/7, will be closed on the following major holidays:

• New Years Day; President’s Day; Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day

For further information, please contact any member of the Human Resources Department

All benefits are available through 6/30/2025