Employment Opportunities

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT PPABC

If you are looking for a fast paced, challenging position in a non-profit setting, just consider the benefits of working at Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County. PPABC employees are provided with a wide range of excellent benefit choices. With our terrific benefits and work environment, PPABC definitely is the workplace of choice.

We invite you to review our benefits below and contact us at if you have any questions or are interested in learning more about joining our team.

Cafeteria Plan
PPABC sponsors an employee benefit program known as a Cafeteria Plan for eligible employees. It is called this because it lets you choose from several different insurance and fringe benefit programs according to your individual needs. PPABC contributes a monthly amount to the plan that eligible employees can use to buy whatever benefits they choose. PPABC's Cafeteria Plan includes the following benefit choices:

Medical Insurance
PPABC offers two medical insurance plan options from which employees may choose the coverage they need. As part of our medical plan employees also receive pharmacy and vision coverage. Employees may also opt to cover other family members or domestic partners through the plan.
Dental Insurance
PPABC offers two dental insurance plan options from which employees may choose the coverage they need. Employees may also choose to opt other family members or domestic partners through the plan.
Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
PPABC offers Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment. The policy coverage amount is elected by the employee up to $50,000 in coverage. Benefits are payable in the event of death from any cause, either in a lump sum or in equal installments. An additional lump sum benefit for accidental loss of life, or for the loss of sight or limbs due to accidental causes, is provided through the accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
Long-Term and Short-Term Disability Insurances
PPABC offers short-term (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) coverage. Disability insurance provides an income to an employee who becomes totally and continuously disabled by an accident or illness. Long-term disability benefits are payable after a six-month waiting period. The LTD benefit is approximately two-thirds of your weekly pre-disability earnings. Short-term disability benefits are payable after a 14 calendar day waiting period following the beginning day of disability, and benefits continue up to 26 weeks. Short-term disability benefits also provide coverage for maternity leave for a period of 6 weeks. The STD benefit is approximately two-thirds of your weekly pre-disability earnings. While you are receiving STD benefits, you may use some of your available, accrued paid time off in order to receive your weekly net pay.
Flexible Spending Accounts
PPABC offers employees the opportunity to participate in our flexible spending accounts. The Healthcare Reimbursement account lets you set aside pre-tax dollars for medical or dental expenses (for example: new glasses, prescriptions, doctor visit co-pays) for that enrollment year. The Dependent Care Reimbursement account lets you set aside pre-tax dollars for dependant care expenses (for example: day care costs) for that enrollment year.
Tuition Reimbursement
PPABC supports employees who wish to continue their education to secure increased responsibility and growth within their professional careers. In keeping with this philosophy, the company has established a reimbursement program for Eligible employees to use their own pre-tax income for expenses incurred at approved institutions of learning for continuing education in approved courses.

Medical Waiver & Reimbursement Program
Eligible employees who are already covered under their spouse's or parents' medical plan may wish to retain that coverage and waive PPABC's medical plan. While employees who waive this coverage will receive a smaller contribution from PPABC toward their cafeteria plan choices, they will however receive a reimbursement payment in lieu of health coverage. This reimbursement is paid semi-annually to those staff employed for the previous six months.

Retirement Plan
PPABC offers a retirement plan for eligible employees. As part of this plan, PPABC contributes a discretionary amount to the retirement plan for eligible employees. After a successful evaluation period has been completed, the employee is 25% vested, and the percentage of vested dollars increases as the years of employment increase. After 15 months, the employee is 50% vested; after 27 months, 75% vested; after 39 months, 100% vested. The employee has the option of directing the investment of these funds to suit their individual investing goals and can choose from over 30 funds.

401 (K) Plan
PPABC has established a 401 (K) plan to provide eligible employees the potential for future financial security for retirement. Your 401 k plan can be tailored to your own retirement plans and needs. Fund choices can be changed as desired and you can choose from over 30 funds. PPABC also contributes additional matching funds of .25% of the employee's (401K) contributions, up to a maximum of 4% of pay, to each employee's 401K contribution. Employee contributions are fully vested immediately. The agency's contributions are subject to a vesting schedule. The plan allows for hardship withdrawals and loans to participating employees.

Additional Benefits

Flexible Working Hours
Intended to respond to the needs of employees for whom their current schedule is not ideal as a result of changing personal issues or needs, PPABC offers the ability for flex time when you may wish to work an alternative or temporary schedule because you are returning to school, have child care issues, are receiving on-going medical treatments, or because of another part-time job. Flex time must be approved by supervisor.
Domestic Partner Coverage
PPABC's medical and dental plans are proud to offer domestic partner coverage.
Family Planning Services
PPABC offers free reproductive health care services, including reproductive health exams, routine lab services, contraceptive supplies and abortion services to all employees, their partners and children to the age of 21 at any one of PPABC's five medical offices.
Banking
PPABC is affiliated with the Trumark Federal Credit Union, a non-profit credit union that provides its services at no cost, offering checking and savings accounts, bankcards and loans at competitive rates to employees that join. PPABC is also affiliated with First Service Bank (a division of National Penn Bank), a community bank whose Perks Plu$ program provides our employees with a wide range of free and discounted personal financial services and products designed to save you time and money.
Discounted Offers
PPABC participates with several companies to offer employee discount membership and discount pricing. Current discount offers include:

Discounted Health Club Membership through Global Fit for a large selection of area health clubs with flexible month-to-month memberships, free freezing and transferring options, and no long-term contract.
Discounted Car Rentals with Enterprise Rent-A-Car nationally.
Discounted Computer Pricing with Dell.
Discounted Store Membership with BJ's Wholesale Club, one of the nation's largest members only warehouses where members have access to exceptional value, name brands, convenient locations and more.
Discounted flowers through 1-800-flowers

Smoking Cessation
If you are interested in or have a family member interested in learning more about smoking cessation, PPABC offers a free smoking cessation counseling program to employees.
Flu Vaccination
PPABC offers all of its employee's free annual flu vaccination shots.
On-Site Parking
PPABC employees have the free benefit of parking on site at their respective office. All parking is in a private parking lot so employees do not have to deal with searching for a street space and worrying about parking fines.
Recognition Programs
Employees tenure is recognized through our annual Anniversary Awards presented each year at our Holiday Party. In addition, PPABC has our Shining Star award program in which staff nominate their co-workers in recognition of their hard work, dedication to mission, outstanding performance, or excellent customer service skills.
Staff Get-Togethers
PPABC holds 2 annual staff get-togethers to allow staff the opportunity to meet co-workers in other offices, see friends, and celebrate mission and agency accomplishments. In the summer we have an outdoor staff barbeque and in the winter our Holiday Party.

Paid Leave Benefits

Holidays
Seven holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, The Friday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day) are observed by PPABC on an annual basis. Should any of these holidays fall on Saturday or Sunday, PPABC observes the holiday on the following Monday or preceding Friday. PPABC also adds three additional holidays each year. Should not all of the three additional holidays be assigned, the unassigned day or days is provided to employees as additional paid time off for that year on a pro-rated basis based on the average number of hours they regularly work per week.

Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Time Off or PTO is a leave benefit PPABC offers to help ensure a healthy and energetic workforce. PTO is for eligible employees to use for vacation, illness, medical appointments, or other personal reasons. It combines traditional leave plans of vacation, personal and sick days into one flexible, paid time off policy. Full-time employees accrue PTO on a monthly basis based on their position within the organization and length of employment. Part-time employees accrue PTO in the same way however time is on a pro-rated basis dependent on the number of hours worked each week.

Full-Time Employees:

Years of Service	Annual Accrual
First	112 hours per year
Second and Third	168 hours per year
Fourth and Fifth	208 hours per year
Sixth through Fifteenth	248 hours per year
Sixteenth and later	288 hours per year

Full-Time Nurse Practitioners:

Years of Service	Annual Accrual
First	208 hours per year
Second through Fifteenth	248 hours per year
Sixteenth and later	288 hours per year

Unexpected Agency Closings
In the event PPABC closes, opens late or closes early as necessitated by weather or unforeseen circumstances, employees are paid for hours regularly scheduled to work that day.
Jury Duty
Time off for jury duty is granted to employees. Employees are paid their regular salary for hours regularly scheduled to work on the day of jury duty for a period of up to five (5) working days.
Bereavement
Absence for bereavement in the immediate family is paid based on the employee's regular working hours, and time off is for up to three (3) days.

FMLA
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees with a total of twelve (12) unpaid work weeks in any (12) month period to address serious health conditions. Hours are calculated based upon actual hours that the employee worked, including overtime. PPABC makes the eligibility determination at the time of the leave request based upon its records of hours worked for all hourly employees.

Maternity Leave: Maternity Leave is contained within our short-term disability policy and runs concurrent with leave authorized as part of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Management Track Training
While the positions that run an organization may be the lifeblood of that organization, people are our most important asset. We at PPABC feel we have a wealth of talent already working in different positions and levels throughout our agency. Identifying and tapping this hidden resource is the key factor in our management track training. What is management track training? Management track training, for the purposes of PPABC, is defined as the strategic, systematic and deliberate effort to develop competencies in potential leaders already within the agency through learning experiences and mentoring. Existing staff are assessed against the clearly defined criteria or competencies for each position and once assessed, candidates are contacted to determine their own interest in participating in the process. Those identified candidates that are interested move forward to the development phase of the track. Even existing staff not identified in the track can self-identify themselves at anytime. Such self-identified staff will be assessed and, if determined to be eligible, will move forward in the track. Through this program we endeavor to help our staff excel and become leaders. This is career development and recognizes the hard work and dedication of staff.