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Benefits - Our Employees are Great People!

At Sea, Land, and Air Professional Services, our workers are our currency, our lifeblood, and most of all are great people. We want to keep those great people. Therefore, we provide competitive wages and a wealth of benefits for each of them.

To make sure our wages stay competitive, we repeatedly check them against others in the area, using online salary tools, the Department of Labor Wage Determination reports, other companies’ public disclosures, and other tools. For example, the Salary-Expert tool from Career Builder identifies the low and high salary of a Web Administrator, in the Charleston , SC area, as $49,000-$99,000, with an average of $65,700. Our salary for this labor category is $62,000-67,000. Paying the employees a competitive wage keeps turnover low, and keeps the customer happy with the support we provide.
The benefits we provide are very generous. To give you an example, we had a Professional Employee Organization recently tell us $2100 per month per employee spent on benefits was considered “extremely generous.” We provide approximately $3600 per month per employee. A full 28% of our payroll goes to benefits. We all know the importance of benefits, because a happy family, often times, equals a content worker.
At most companies, benefits are usually a cookie-cutter approach. At SLA Svcs, each employee can choose from a broad range of options. For example, we have four different options for healthcare, ranging from minimal coverage for someone with no family and is rarely ill, to high-end coverage for those who want to see whichever doctor they want, when they want, and as often as they want. Short and long-term disability insurance is provided by the employer. We pay for the employee’s life insurance coverage equal to the employee’s annual salary, and the employee has an option to pay for higher coverage amounts. We also provide dental, vision, group legal, and flexible spending account plans. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better salary-benefits package.
Lastly, we try to make all the employees and their families feel like they belong. We make sure we have company get-togethers to make the whole family know they are part of the company. This way, the employer isn’t just an employer, but a friend and someone who can be counted on to look after their needs.

The work atmosphere is great and the people love the benefits. At SLA Svcs, we have had absolutely no turnover. Once people come to the company, they stay.

Corporate Principles
It is the firm conviction of SLA Svcs that a sound and profitable Company is the employee's best guarantee of economic security and personal opportunity. Our principles of employee relations are based upon the objective of maintaining a well trained, enthusiastic, and efficient organization of people who work together effectively. In order to obtain this objective, SLA Services strives to:

Carefully select new employees who are professionally qualified for the work to be accomplished.
Offer wages and salaries, which are commensurate with the job to be performed and competitive for similar work in each geographic area.
Provide opportunities for wage and professional progress on the basis of performance, ability, and individual contributions to mission accomplishment and company growth.
To fill job openings from within the organization whenever possible.
To ensure that employees are kept informed concerning aspects of the Company, which affect them.
To encourage each employee to stay interested in their work, and to contribute their best effort toward making the mission successful.

Hiring Policy
Employment in the Company is based solely upon professional qualifications and possession of U.S. citizenship, and is exclusive of race, religion, creed, color, physical handicap, national origin, ancestry, age, or sex. The Company seeks, as permanent employees, individuals who can work harmoniously with others and perform their assigned tasks efficiently. Proof of citizenship is required of all employees, and appropriate security regulations are observed when the Company is engaged in efforts relating to National Defense.

Professional Evaluation and Salary Review
At a minimum, Company employees have their performance formally reviewed each year. The anniversary date shall relate to the employee's time in his professional level. It is emphasized that performance reviews are not necessarily accompanied by salary increases. A salary budget is established to provide local managers with the monetary funds to reward employees according to their level of individual performance.

Personal Time Off
A full‑time employee is entitled to vacation/sick days with pay based upon his length of employment. Vacation entitlement is as follows:
During the first year, that time is 120 hours and is accrued at 4.61 hours per two-week pay period.
For the second, and subsequent years, the hours are increased by 12 hours per year (up to a limit of 200 hours – which is 25 days).

Employee Group Insurance
All full-time employees are offered comprehensive medical, life and disability insurance at minimal cost to the employee. Insurance coverage is available to full-time employees from their date of employment. We offer a choice of the following coverage to all full-time employees (at no or a minimal cost):

Preferred Provider Health Plan (for employee and family)
Life Insurance
Long Term Disability Insurance
Short Term Disability Insurance
Additional Life Insurance
Family Dental
Dependent Life Insurance

In addition, the Company insures all employees under Worker's Compensation for injuries sustained while performing their duties and for accidental death or dismemberment when on business travel.

Jury Duty
SLA Svcs will pay eligible employees any difference between compensation received for serving on jury duty (less mileage or travel reimbursement) and their regular daily earnings for a period of up to ten working days.

Reserve and National Guard Duty
SLA Svcs will pay eligible employees any difference between compensation received for serving (less mileage or travel reimbursement) and their regular daily earnings for a period of up to ten working days. After the ten days, the employee will be afforded Personal Time Off (up to their accrued balance), and after that, will be placed in unpaid leave of absence until they return. In all cases, a member called to an extended duty will have their job reinstated upon return (barring any unforeseen circumstances).

Performance Bonus Program
The Company strives to attain growth, combined with professional excellence and integrity. Eligible employees who substantially contribute to this objective will be considered for financial rewards. Based upon the results, bonuses are awarded to those eligible employees whose contributions merit special recognition.

Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan
All full-time employees who are over 21 years of age are eligible for participation in the 401K Retirement Savings Plan. The Company may also contribute to a member employee's account at the end of the year according to a schedule adopted annually. Participants are always 100% vested in their accounts.