New Employee Orientation - Full-time: Benefits & Services / Professional Development

State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) 

Visit myshbpga.adp.com/shbp/ to:

• Enroll in health benefits within 30 days of hire
• Review and update your personal information
• Review your covered dependents
• Make changes when you have a qualifying event change in status.

** Open Enrollment is held annually ** 

State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP)  

Log onto http://team.georgia.gov/tag/gabreeze/, then:

• Select Register as a New User
• For security purposes, enter your personal security information when prompted
• Create your user ID and password
• Set up security questions and answers.

For help, call

• 1-877-342-7339
• Monday – Friday, 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP)  

Visit http://team.georgia.gov/tag/gabreeze/ to:

• Enroll in flexible benefits plans within 30 days
• Review and update your personal information
• Review your covered dependents
• Designate or update your beneficiaries
• Access claim forms
• Find a dental or vision provider
• Make changes when you have a qualifying change in status
• Compare plan details
• Search network providers
• Consider a spending account
• Enroll in your benefits: review Flexible Benefits plans, select dependents to cover under each plan
• Select Complete Enrollment to confirm your selections.

Holidays

• Receive up to twelve (12) paid holidays, annually*

Annual and Sick Leave

• Eligible to accrue annual and sick leave at the end of each month

Paycheck

• Paid on the last business day of each month via direct deposit

Health and Wellness Benefits

• May participate in state health and wellness benefits, flexible health plans, and the following retirement plans:
  • Teacher's Retirement System (TRS)
    • Click this link for a listing of TRS Workshops
    • Click this link to view the Teachers Retirement System New Member Video or, watch it here:
  • Georgia State Employees Pension and Savings Plan (GSEPS)**

* SCTC may move certain holidays to a later date within the calendar year to accommodate the academic calendar.

** Must have prior participation in Employee Retirement System

Annual Leave Accrual and Approval

• Accrue ten (10) hours per pay period:   0 - 60 months.
• Accrue twelve (12) hours per pay period:   60½ - 120 months
• Accrue fourteen (14) fourteen (14) hours per pay period:   120½ months and greater
• May accrue up to 360 hours of leave

Employees must request annual leave and receive prior approval from their immediate supervisor unless an emergency situation exists.

Faculty members must receive approval from their Deans to use annual leave during scheduled periods of instruction.

* Must work a minimum of 80 hours.

Sick Leave Accrual and Use

• Accrue ten (10) hours each pay period
• May accrue up to 720 hours
• May be required to provide evidence satisfactory to the supervisor to use sick leave.

Personal Leave Accrual and Use

• May transfer up to 24 hours of sick leave to personal leave if balance is greater than 120 hours.

* Must work a minimum of 80 hours.

Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)

Provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible employees for the following reasons:

• Pregnancy and birth of an employee's child
• Care of an employee's newborn child
• Placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care, and to care for the child after placement
• Care for the employee's spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition
• A serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of the employee's position.

Employee responsibilities:

• Must provide 30 days advance notice of the need to take FMLA leave when the need is foreseeable.
• Must provide notice as soon as practical and generally must comply with normal call-in procedures.

Employer responsibilities:

• Must inform employees requesting leave whether they are eligible under FMLA. If they are, the notice must specify any additional information required as well as the employee's rights and responsibilities.
• Must provide a reason for the ineligibility.

Military Leave 

Used by members of the U.S. Armed Forces, any reserve force of reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces to attend service schools for active duty, active duty training, inactive duty training and examination purposes.

Must request leave via email with supervisor and attach a copy of "Notice to Report to Duty" or written statement by authorized military representative.

Employees ordered to duty without personal consent will be paid for up to 18 work days. Employees ordered to duty with personal consent will be paid for up to 18 work days if the period of duty does not exceed 30 calendar days in a federal fiscal year (October 1 – September 30).

Employee ordered to duty with personal consent exceeding 30 calendar days will be placed on leave without pay for the entire period of absence unless the absence is charged to accrued annual and/or personal leave.

Employees ordered to active state service in the National Guard due to an emergency declared by the Governor will be paid for up to 30 work days in a federal fiscal year.

Other absences from work while on military leave will be without pay, unless the employee requests to use accrued annual and/or personal leave.

Important Links

The Southern Credit Union — https://www.southernonline.org
Atlanta Postal Credit Union — https://www.apcu.com
Georgia United Credit Union — https://gucu.org
Peach State Reserves Deferred Compensation — www.myGApsr.ingplans.com
Employee Assistance Program — Kepro www.eaphelplink.com or 833-276-0988 Company Code: Georgia

Performance Evaluations

• Employees receive a mid-year and annual performance evaluation which rates the quality and quantity of work performed.
• Discussions of performance goals and improvements are also performed.
• Annual performance evaluations are usually held between May and June of each fiscal year, and mid-year performance evaluations are held between December and January of each fiscal year.
• Faculty members may also periodically be evaluated, in part, through student evaluations.
• Staff development plans are also required.