Service Request SR-ht-001
Create a Benefits Election System

Organization: Huffman Trucking
Locations: All Hub Locations
Requester: Kenneth Colbert, Director of HR

Description of Request:
Development and installation of a benefits election system to support the tracking and reporting of employee (union and non-union) benefits.

Background of Request:
Memo to Graham Grove, 3/22/04 , on Health Insurance Benefits. This memo is located on the Huffman Trucking Intranet site under Human Resources – Communications tab. (see below)

Expected Results/Impact when completed:
Creation of a project plan in Microsoft Project that will be used to manage, track and report the progress of this software development to the management team.

Memo

To: Graham Grove, Vice President of Industrial Relations

From: Keneth Colbert, Director of HR

Date: March 22, 2004

Re: Health Insurance Benefits

Graham, we’ve recently reached some decisions about alternate health care benefit programs for our non-represented employees that I thought you might find interesting. We will be moving to a flex plan this year, with the following options for employees.

Health Insurance

1. Standard plan—no employee premiums. $20 co-pay per visit, insurance pays 75% of eligible hospital and covered expenses. Employees can purchase dependent coverage: company pays 50% and employee pays 50% of premium. Maximum out-of-pocket per year: $750 per individual; $2,500 per family.

2. Premium plan—company pays 90%, employee pays 10% of premiums. $15 co-pay per visit, insurance pays 85% of eligible hospital and covered expenses. Employees can purchase dependent coverage: company pays 40% and employee pays 60% of premium. Maximum out-of-pocket per year: $500 per individual;