Column Engineering offers a benefit package that includes medical, dental, life, short term and long-term disability insurance.  As a Column Group employee, you are eligible to participate in the benefit package on the first day of the month, following a thirty-day waiting period from your date of hire.  At that time, you have the option to elect coverage based on your current employment status (hourly or salaried) with Column.   Please contact us to get more specifics regarding the benefits offered. Health Benefits Column Engineering offers a package that includes medical, dental, life, short term and long-term disability insurance. As a Column employee, you are eligible to participate in the benefit package on the first day of the month, following a thirty-day waiting period from your date of hire.  Then, you have the option to elect coverage for medical and dental. Salaried employees' premiums will be subsidized.

Medical Benefits
Column offers comprehensive PPO medical coverage.   Full competitive premiums are paid by Contract Staff, Salaried Staff receive a subsidy.

Network and non- network coverage

Small deductible - co-pay for office visits

 Short Term Disability /Long Term Disability/Life

401(k) Plan As a Column Engineering employee, you are eligible to participate in this program on the first of the month following 183 days of employment.  You may contribute 1% to 15% of your base salary on a pre-tax basis subject to current IRS limitations.  You have 10 options for investing contributions to the 401(k) Plan.   Long Service Bonus Salaried staff will receive long term service bonuses at every year completion following 2 years of service. Overtime Overtime (time booked over 40 hours per week) is paid at the normal rate to both salaried, independent and contracted staff.

Vacation
Vacation for salaried staff is accrued at 10/12 of a day per month (10 days at the end of 1 year of employment). This accrual is increased 1 day per year to a maximum of 10 additional days by the end of your tenth year. A portion of your vacation may be sold back to the Company should you decide not to use it.

Holidays
There are 9 paid holidays for salaried staff during the calendar year. Six are fixed and three are floating holidays to accommodate our clients' schedules. The six fixed holidays are:

Sick Time
Sick leave will be paid to salaried staff up to 40 hours per annum.

Jury/Military Duty
Column will pay the difference in salary for salaried staff.

Consultant Bonus
Column Engineering will pay a semi-annual bonus.  This bonus will be increased if the consultant works a predefined amount of overtime during the 6-month period and performs in a satisfactory manner.  Consistent submission of status reports and good quality reviews will contribute to the bonus amount.

Referral Program
Whether a Column consultant or not, all individuals are eligible to participate in our Referral Commission Program immediately.  The current program provides significant compensation for each consultant referred who is subsequently hired and who successfully completes at least a 90-day assignment for us.

Education
For each hour salaried consultants work for Column Engineering they are allotted one dollar ($1) towards educational materials. Consultants are free to use these funds towards education materials subject to the Column Engineering Management approval. Education benefits are effective immediately on the Consultant’s start date.  Benefits can be carried over 3 months into a new calendar year.

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