GTN Technical Staffing Benefits Summary

GTN Technical Staffing offers an excellent benefit package to full-time employees who are scheduled to work 30 hours or more each week. GTN Technical Staffing offers a wide variety of benefits ranging from group sponsored plans to voluntary benefits. GTN Technical Staffing also offers different options and levels of coverage giving employees the opportunity to purchase the benefits that work for them. All of the health insurance benefits are effective on the first of the month following 30 days of employment. This document contains a brief summary of benefit options available to GTN Technical Staffing employees and is intended solely for the use of candidates considering an offer of employment from GTN Technical Staffing.

Detailed PPO Summary of Benefits (PPO health insurance)

Detailed HSA Summary of Benefits (HSA health insurance - with this plan you generally pay 100% of the discounted contract rate until you meet your deductible, then the insurance pays)

A special note on Health Savings Accounts: When you enroll in a qualified high deductible health plan, you are covered for serious illness or injury by a high deductible (lower premium costs) insurance plan. You can then set up a health savings account (HSA) on your own. You can make tax-deductible contributions to an HSA to pay for qualifying medical expenses. The maximum amount per year you can put in this account is limited to the lower of the plan’s annual deductible amount or the statutory maximum as adjusted annually (up to $5,650 for a family in 2007). The best thing about a health savings account is that it can function like an IRA: you can put money in and let it grow tax deferred until you use it. You don’t have to use the HAS to pay for uncovered medical expenses, but if you do then you can withdraw the money tax free. GTN Technical Staffing recommends setting up an HSA with Sutton Bank (http://www.suttonbank.com/personal/checking/health-savings-account.html) because it allows you to transfer your money into a brokerage account with OptionsXpress to invest in a broader range of securities (most banks just pay low interest rates on HSA accounts).

DENTAL INSURANCE

You can select from two dental plan options through Dental Select (http://www.DentalSelect.com). You can select from four levels of coverage; employee only, employee + children, employee + spouse, or employee + family. The following chart generally describes the employee’s costs for each option which is effective August 1, 2011. The rates below reflect bi-weekly employee contributions.

Please note that all employees located outside of Texas and Utah must choose the PPO Plan. For questions about the insurance not covered here call Dental Select @ 800-999-9789 (group # 11000092).

Detailed summary of benefits (DMO only) (dental insurance)

Detailed summary of benefits link (PPO only) (dental insurance)

VISION INSURANCE

You can select vision coverage through AIG. You can select from four levels of coverage; employee only, employee + children, employee + spouse, or employee + family. The following chart generally describes the employee’s costs for each option which is effective August 1, 2011.

Detailed summary of benefits (vision insurance)

SHORT TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE

If you elect Short Term Disability insurance through AIG, you can elect coverage in increments of $10 per week with a maximum benefit of $500 per week. Coverage is limited to a maximum of 60% of your weekly salary. Short Term Disability provides benefits for up to 13 weeks. The maximum weekly benefit for all levels of coverage is $500.

Detailed summary of benefits (short term disability insurance)

LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE

If you elect Long Term Disability insurance through AIG, you can elect coverage in increments of $100 per month with a maximum benefit of $6,000 per month. Coverage is limited to a maximum of 60% of your monthly salary.

To calculate your premium (based on monthly salary to a maximum benefit of $6,000):
Monthly salary X 60% = maximum monthly benefit (maximum $6,000)
The following chart generally describes the employee’s costs per month which is effective August 1, 2011.

Detailed summary of benefits (long term disability insurance)

ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE

Basic term life/AD&D is offered through AIG with a benefit of $15,000. This insurance is paid by GTN Technical Staffing, although you will see $1.52 of taxable income on your paycheck each month. Additional life insurance is not available due to lack of interest.

Detailed summary of benefits

401(K) PLAN

After completing one year of employment, you can participate in the GTN Technical Staffing 401(k) plan through Fidelity Investments by contributing pre-tax dollars to the plan. GTN Technical Staffing provides a company match of 4% of your gross income for each pay period that contributions are made. You are automatically vested in all employee & employer contributions. The amount of the employee contribution can range from 1%-85% of annual compensation, to a maximum annual amount of $16,500. There is also a catch-up option available to those employees 50 years of age and older.

Fidelity brochure

Fidelity enrollment guide

Fidelity enrollment election form

Fidelity participant change form

Fidelity safe harbor matching notice

CONTINUING EDUCATION WITH NEW HORIZONS

While you are on assignment as a GTN Technical Staffing consultant you are automatically eligible for the following discounted training benefits from New Horizons.

Online Training
New Horizons offers one of the best training sites on the Web! With just a few clicks, you can register online for more than 125,000 classes. Find exactly what you want, from the basics to technical training, in more than 170 locations in 26 countries. Once you visit their site you'll see why New Horizons is the world's largest and fastest growing computer training organization. Online courses are bundled into libraries of related skills that are available through one year licensed memberships. Once small fee covers all titles in the library you selected. An example of this would be the Microsoft Office Pack that includes all of the MS Office applications and all levels. This bundling allows you to take the training at your own pace and on your own schedule. You can take as few or as many of the courses in your library as you choose. As a GTN consultant you receive a 15% discount on each library you purchase, and once you complete at least one course in the library you can submit the course completion certificate to the accounting department at GTN for reimbursement of 65% of your investment in the course as long as you are still on assignment with us and have completed at least one month of service.

Classroom Training
New Horizons can offer your classroom training at a 15% discounted rate. The normal rate for desktop application classes is $250 per day, and with your discount that would be $212.50 per day. On the high end technical level, such as project management, ITIL, Cisco, VMWare, and Microsoft server/back office, the rates range from $500 per day to $650 per day less the 15% discount. Reimbursement is not currently available for these classes.

The full Dallas schedule is available here. To register,and for any questions on content, skill levels, professional development progress etc., please contact:

Jennifer Metz

770-270-4806

jametz [at] NHGeorgia [dot] com

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