Benefits
Health/Hospitalization Insurance: OPRFHS provides qualified employee health coverage through two HMO and two PPO plans. These plans require a small, monthly employee contribution, with the remaining amount being paid for by the Board of Education.

Dental Insurance: OPRFHS provides qualified employees single dental coverage. Employees may choose family coverage and authorize a payroll deduction for the family premium.

Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD & D): OPRFHS provides qualified employees with this coverage for an amount equal to their annual salary rounded to the next highest $1,000. The employee may designate his or her beneficiaries. Covered employees may purchase supplemental life coverage at the time of employment or during open enrollment period.

Long Term Disability Insurance (LTD): OPRFHS provides qualified, contractual employees with this coverage.

Certification Information
Individuals should contact the website offered by the Cook County Suburban Regional Office of Education.

Employee Assistance Program
The EAP is a free, voluntary and confidential service designed to help employees and/or members of their immediate family seek solutions to personal problems. A phone to the EAP will connect the employee with a professional counselor who will evaluate the situation and assist in selecting the best way to handle the problem. Not all problems have immediate or apparent solutions, but the EAP can assist by providing confidential assessment, short-term counseling and/or referral services. The EAP can assist with problems such as: depression, stress, alcohol/drug dependence, marital/family relationship problems, eating disorders, legal difficulties, financial problems, and childcare concerns. Your privacy is protected.

Cost: The initial problem assessment and two more problem-solving sessions are free to the employee and their family members. If further assistance is necessary, the employee's regular health insurance and/or other benefits will be considered. If services that are not covered by insurance are necessary, the counselor will try to help the employee minimize the cost by making referrals to the most appropriate agency. These costs will be the employee's responsibility, but many times, services are available which are based on the individual's ability to pay.

CALL: (800) 327-5071  24-HOURS PER DAY/7 DAYS PER WEEK

Pension Plans
Certified employees are members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois (TRS) and pay 9.5% of their annual compensation into this plan to fund disability benefits, death benefits, and a life-time pension when age and service requirements are met.

Non-Certified employees who work 600 hours or more hours in a regular position are members of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) and pay 4.5% of their annual compensation into this plan to fund disability benefits, death benefits, and a life-time pension when age and service requirements are met. The District also pays in a percentage of employee earnings based on actuarial rates provided annually by IMRF.

Tax Sheltered Annuity (TSA): An employee may open an account with a company listed on the District's approved TSA list and authorize a payroll deduction into that account.

Leaves: sick leave, personal leave, bereavement leave, family medical leave, leave of absence, sabbatical leave are available to various employee groups to the level negotiated by those groups for their members under specific conditions.