Benefits

PAI/Planned Administrators lnc. (PAI) provides our employees with comprehensive medical coverage through the Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC Network. Claflin pays 70% of the total monthly premiums for the health plan.

Use PAI to locate physicians in the network along with other details.

Health Plan
Medical/Dental/
Short-Term-Disability/
Life Insurance/Prescription Drugs

Monthly Premiums: Feb 2019-Jan 2020

Employee Only: $228.41
Employees & Spouse: $569.43
Employees & Child(ren): $495.90
Employees & Family: $758.53

We offer vision insurance with Superior Vision. It provides one annual eye exam per year and one pair of spectacle frames/lenses or contacts. This is strictly a voluntary cost, paid by employees only.

Visit Superior Vision to find optometrists in your area and other details.

Monthly Premiums: Feb 2019-Jan 2020 

Employee Only: $8.22
Employees & Spouse: $14.50
Employees & Child(ren): $14.50
Employees & Family: $20.78

We offer dental only coverage for employees who have not enrolled in the major medical health insurance plan. It is strictly a voluntary cost, paid by employees only.

Monthly Premiums: Feb 2019-Jan 2020

Employee Only: $36.46
Employees & Spouse: $72.94
Employees & Child(ren): $80.22
Employees & Family: $120.34

Claflin University offers two exceptional retirement plans. Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), one of the largest and most respected financial service providers in the world ensures the financial well-being of faculty and staff across America's education and research communities.

TIAA Retirement Plan (403b)

Employees may enroll in this plan after 12 months of consecutive service. He/she must contribute 4% of their annual salary at which time Claflin will match at 7.5%.

TIAA Supplemental Annuity

An employee may contribute at any time during their employment at their own discretion. This supplemental plan does not require a wait period nor does Claflin contribute any funds towards it.

Sick Leave

All employees’ accrue 1 day of sick (4 hours per pay period) per month. You may accrue an unlimited amount of sick leave. Probation period is not required.

New hires will not receive any vacation leave until they have satisfied their six-month probationary period. Upon successfully completing the probationary period, employees will be credited with 40 hours of vacation leave.

Maximum accumulations for vacation leave are as follows:
7 months - 14 years = 20 days (160 hours)
15 - 19 years = 30 days (240 hours)
20 years or more = 40 days (320 hours)

Vacation leave hours above the maximum accumulation will be deducted on July 1st of each year.

We provide payroll deductions for voluntary accident and specified health event protection policies offered through Aflac. Visit Aflac for company details.