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Welcome to the 2008 Richmond ALA Compensation & Benefits Survey. We'd especially like to thank our sponsors for their support.
Please select the continue button below to proceed with the survey. |
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I. General Participant Information |
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1. Please indicate the number of employees in Richmond area:
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2. Within your organization, the Richmond office is the: |
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| 3. How many office locations do you have? | | |
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II. Employee Benefits Information |
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Please answer the following benefits questions for your non-attorney staff only. Please respond to these questions based on your benefits policies effective during the past 12 months (June 1, 2007-May 31, 2008). |
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1. What is the standard workweek for each of the following non-attorney staff? |
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2. In regard to a "Casual Day," which best describes your policy? |
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3. In regard to a "Smoking Policy," which best describes your policy? |
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4. For non-attorney bonus eligible positions, what was the basis for determination? (You may select more than one option.) |
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5. What was the annual billable hour requirement for paralegals? |
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6. Paid time off for the past year: Please indicate the number of days per year an employee would have received for each number of years of completed service.
TRADITIONAL PLANS: If your organization had a traditional separate vacation, sick and holiday policy, complete the first three columns.
PTO (PAID TIME OFF)/COMBINED LEAVE PLAN: If your organization had a PTO/combined leave policy (vacation, sick, and personal time combined), please fill in the last column. If your PTO does not include holidays, please also complete the holiday column. Otherwise, leave the holiday column blank.
If you use hours, please convert to days (e.g. 8 hours = 1.0 day).
Years of service
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7. What was your firm's policy on vacation, sick, or combined/PTO leave carryover? Please fill in the appropriate response based on the type of leave policy your firm has. If you use hours, please convert to days (e.g. 8 hours = 1.0 day).
Carryover Policy
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8. Did you allow employees to donate unused sick, vacation, PTO, bereavement or other paid time off days to a general bank or to a specific employee to be used by employees who need additional time off due to extenuating health-care or other issues?
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| A. If yes, what was the maximum number of days permitted to be donated? | | |
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9. Could employees cash in unused time? |
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A. Which were included? (You may select more than one option.) |
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10. Was paid leave considered time worked when calculating overtime? (i.e. included in the number of hours in a workweek before the employee receives overtime compensation?) |
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A. Which were included? (You may select more than one option.) |
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11. Were terminated employees paid for unused earned vacation, sick leave, or PTO/combined leave? Please fill out the amount paid for the appropriate policy (row) under the type of program which applies to your firm.
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12. Did your firm provide a separate paid leave policy for any of the following? If yes, please indicate the number of days provided. If no, please put an "X" in the "Not Provided" column.
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13. Did your firm provide a short-term disability or salary continuance policy? |
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A. Were your short-term disability benefits |
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14. Did your firm have a maternity leave policy? |
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| A. How many weeks paid maternity leave, in addition to the normal vacation and sick leave policy, are provided to an employee who had at least one year of service? | | |
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15. For each of the next three staff listings, did your firm provide long-term disability insurance? If the answer is yes, you will be asked to fill in the percent of base salary that was provided. |
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16. What amount of employee term life insurance was provided to non-attorney employees? |
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17. For firms located downtown only, what portion of the cost did you provide for paid parking? |
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18. In general, how did your firm-paid benefits for non-attorneys compare to attorney benefits? |
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19. Did your firm sponsor a defined benefit and/or defined contribution retirement plan? |
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A. If your firm did sponsor a retirement plan, what was the average percent that was matched by the firm? |
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B. If your firm did sponsor a retirement plan, what was the average percent that was given as a profit sharing contribution (above the company match)? |
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20. Please check which types of health insurance were provided by your firm. (Select all that apply.) |
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21. Did you offer a choice of medical plans? |
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22. Which word best described the most prevalently used medical plan (Primary Medical Plan) effective last year? |
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23. Employee Only Coverage: Under your primary medical plan, how were costs paid? |
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A. For employee only coverage, please indicate the percentage shared by the firm and employee.
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24. Dependent Coverage: Under your primary medical plan, how were costs paid? |
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A. For dependent coverage, please indicate the percentage shared by the firm and employee.
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25. If employee contributions were required, which of the following is true for the last three years?
Employee contribution levels have:
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26. Medical plan costs have:
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27. What flexible spending accounts did you offer? (Select all that apply.) |
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28. Were signing bonuses offered to new hires? |
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A. What was the average amount? |
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The salary information being sought in this survey is as of May 31, 2008. Please answer the following questions for your non-attorney staff only. |
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1. During the past year, did your firm formally budget merit increases? |
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2. What was the average merit increase percentage?
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3. What was the range of merit increase percentage for employees?
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4. Did you have formal salary ranges for positions?
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