Health/Dental Insurance Employees may elect medical insurance provided by the Arkansas Higher Education Consortium through J.P. Farley Corporation of Memphis. Both individual and family coverage are available. Mid-South Community College provides individual coverage at no cost to employees. For those electing to enroll in family coverage, MSCC contributes the single rate amount, and the employee is responsible for paying the difference. Employees may elect dental coverage through Delta Dental of Arkansas. Individual coverage is provided at no cost to full-time employees.
Life Insurance Employees who elect to enroll in the Arkansas Higher Education Consortium Health Insurance automatically receive $20,000 in life insurance as a part of their medical coverage. Employees have the option of buying additional life insurance in elected units of $5,000, with a minimum of $5,000 and a maximum of $200,000. Supplemental life insurance is also available for dependents in increments of $2,000 with a maximum $20,000. The cost of this optional insurance, whether for the employee or dependent(s), is paid in full by the employee.
Long-Term Disability The college pays the cost of a long-term disability policy for each full-time employee. After a six-month waiting period after the qualifying disability occurs, the policy provides for 66 2/3 percent of the employee’s gross pay (not to exceed $7,000 per month) to be continued during the length of the disability until eligibility for Medicare is attained.

 

  
 
 
Retirement Plans All full-time employees are required to participate in one of the several retirement plans offered by the College.

Employees contribute six percent of their gross income, and the college contributes an additional 14 percent into the employee retirement account. Employee vesting in the retirement plan varies with the individual plan.

Adjunct faculty members are required to participate in the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System if they are concurrently employed by a public school district and are already in the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.

Annual Leave
Full-time, 12-month, non-classified and classified personnel shall accrue annual or vacation leave according to the following schedule:
Yrs. Employed
Monthly
Annually
Through 3 years
8 hours
12 Days
4-5 years
10 hours
15 Days
6-12 years
12 Hours
18 Days
13-20 years
14 Hours 
21 Days
More than 20
15 Hours
22.5 Days

Part-time classified employees in regular positions shall accrue annual leave on a pro-rata basis in the same manner as annual leave is earned by full-time employees.

Nine-month faculty do not earn annual leave; rather, they have time off between semesters, on holidays, and during spring break. They also earn one personal leave day with pay per semester.

Holiday Leave College employees receive 12 holiday leave days per school year. Offices are closed on holidays, unless directed by the President. Employees providing essential services may be required to work on any holiday. Those employees who work shall earn equivalent compensatory time and use this time in accordance with rules governing Compensatory Leave.