BENEFITS FOR STAFF
Employee Assistance Program: EEDA provides access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to all EEDA employees through Magellan Healthcare. The EAP can help you navigate common challenges like emotional health, family and relationships, grief and loss, stress and balance, daily life solutions, career, parenting, supporting aging loved ones, financial well-being, legal services, ID theft, and obtaining discounts. All employee engagement with the EAP is confidential. EEDA will never know if you accessed this service, so you can receive support with confidence that whatever challenges you face in your personal life will not be shared with anyone EEDA.
Wellness: EEDA cares about your wellness. To promote health lifestyles, EEDA holds Walking Wednesdays during the warmer months and offers step challenges through Personify. Personify is a wellness platform that covers a wide range of wellness topics and allows you to participate in health programs, educate yourself on various wellness topics, and challenge yourself to make progress in your overall wellness. To participate in Personify and wellness challenges, please reach out to Jeanine Ramos.
EEDA also offers financial wellness resources to staff. We partner with FourLeaf Credit Union to bring employees access to financial wellness webinars. Webinar topics include how to save money, how to buy a house, how to take out a loan, etc. FourLeaf Credit Union also comes in during our orientation to talk about services available to employees including a bonus for signing up for direct deposit with FourLeaf. If you sign up for direct deposit of at least $500 with FourLeaf, you'll receive a $300 bonus. After maintaining the account in active status for one year, employees will receive an additional $100, and after the second year of maintaining an active account, they'll receive an additional $100. That's a total of $500 just for using FourLeaf Credit Union for your direct deposit.
EEDA partners with Plum Benefits to bring you discounts on things like hotels, shows, theme parks, dining, tech, movie tickets, and so much more.
BPAS Retirement Plan: EEDA offers employees a retirement plan through BPAS University. BPAS University provides 23-hour access to a wealth of information—everything from fund pan information, retirement planning calculators, an archive of past statements, and the ability to make investment transfers or realignments. If you have questions about your retirement plan, or are thinking of participating, please contact:
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Ryan Swanson, AIF
Vice President of Retirement Plan Services Focused Wealth Management Email: [email protected] Phone: (845) 691-4035 Fax: (845) 691-4037 www. focusedwealthmagmt.com |
Sunshine Fund: EEDA seeks to support our employees in times of need. A Sunshine Fund has been established to provide assistance during times of hardship, food/offerings during bereavement/congratulatory times, and items of support. You can elect to make a voluntary payroll deduction to aid your fellow staff members. Please note you do not need to contribute to be eligible to receive assistance from the Sunshine Fund if ever needed. To request assistance from the Sunshine Fund, please speak to your supervisor.
Food Drive: EEDA created the Give and Go Food Drive, a shared space where anyone can quietly give or receive food as needed. For a full list of food pantries in your area and hours of operation, please visit WhyHunger and enter your zip code.
Sign-On Bonus: Every new hire is eligible to receive a $1,000 sign-on bonus (before taxes), which is paid in two installments. The first half is paid after six months of employment, and the second half is paid after one year of employment.
To be eligible for each payment, employees must be up-to-date with all required training and must complete their second PPD test.
To be eligible for each payment, employees must be up-to-date with all required training and must complete their second PPD test.
HARLI: Hope and Resilience Long Island: HARLI's mission is to stand with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking on the East End of Long Island; offering trauma informed and culturally competent care, crisis support, legal advocacy, and emergency rent support to help people reclaim their safety, dignity, and future.
