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Updated 25 September 2011
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USA: Work-Life Balance at Sensata



We have worked hard to implement programs that will help our employees achieve their professional and personal goals. Plus, as a former division of Texas Instruments, each year we are consistently listed as one of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" by Working Mother magazine.

Imagine a Company That Offers...

  • Flexible work arrangements such as flex–time, part–time work schedules, compressed work week schedules, a "time bank" program, and telecommuting by training managers and employees how to thrive in a flexible work environment
  • Work–life balance programs and assistance include information and referral services for child care, adoption, elder care, public/private schools, colleges; adoption benefits; well–baby care and well–child care; discounts on daycare; on–site Credit Unions, new mother’s rooms, prayer/meditation rooms, cafeterias; and more
  • Education, development, and training – Our people are our most important asset and Sensata offers development and training; mentoring; on–site seminars on topics including parenting, childcare, elder care, and other issues related to work–life balance; education assistance; and more
  • Diversity initiatives
  • Health and dental plan that includes confidential counseling for employees and their family members
  • Life insurance options
  • Disability options
  • Pre–tax reimbursement accounts for dependent care and health care
  • Personal health programs and services help employees maintain a healthy lifestyle and include nutrition, safety, exercise, preventative health, and life balance
  • And more!


Flexible Work Arrangements
Sensata offers a range of flexible work arrangements including part time work, flexible hours, telecommuting, compressed work weeks and job sharing. Availability of flexible options varies depending on the business needs of a particular work area. Flex time is a part of the culture for many Sensata work groups, giving employees the opportunity to select arrival times that work best for their schedule within limits set by the business group. Compressed work weeks allow employees to work a 40-hour-week in less than five days and are common in many manufacturing areas. In 1996, Sensata implemented a time bank program for paid time off. Hours are accrued monthly and can be taken for any reason. Time away from the office may also be made up during a defined time period, depending on the needs of the business.

Health and Dental Plan
Coverage for you and your family from your very first day at work:

Sensata Health Plan
We have established healthcare networks that provide quality healthcare at lower, negotiated rates. Use of the networks is voluntary, but always result in lower healthcare costs for Sensata employees.
  • Sensata pays most of your premium, if you don’t use tobacco products
  • Sensata pays a portion of the premiums for dependent coverage
  • You will pay additional premiums if you or any covered dependent uses tobacco products
  • Annual deductibles
  • Annual maximum copayments
  • Access to HMOs in some locations
Sensata Dental Plan
Sensata offers two dental plans to meet your needs.
  • Basic Dental – Sensata pays your premiums, you pay for dependent coverage
  • Dental Plus – You pay premiums for your additional coverage, and to enroll dependents
Pre–tax Reimbursement Accounts
Pre–tax Pay
Sensata employees have the opportunity to pay their insurance premiums on a pre–tax basis. This means you reduce your taxes because the amount that is deducted is not subject to federal income or Social Security taxes.

Reimbursement Accounts Plan
In this voluntary plan, employees can set money aside into two special accounts to cover anticipated out-of-pocket health care expenses and dependent-care expenses each year. You select an amount to set aside out of each paycheck into the accounts. When you incur an eligible expense for health or dependent care, you pay the bill, then submit a receipt for the expense. You will receive money from your account to reimburse yourself for the expenses. Contributions to the accounts are deducted pretax, and the reimbursement is not taxable.

Work–Life Balance Programs and Assistance
Programs and assistance includes resource information and referral services for child care, adoption, elder care, public/private schools, colleges; adoption benefits; well–baby care and well–child care; discounts on daycare; on–site Credit Unions, new mother’s rooms, prayer/meditation rooms, cafeterias; and more

New Mother’s Rooms
Each major Sensata Technologies facility in the United States has a New Mother’s Room designated for employees who are nursing their babies. The rooms have been used by hundreds of Sensata employees to express and store breast milk so they can continue to nurse their babies after they return to work from maternity leave. Each New Mother’s Room is equipped with a comfortable chair, electric breast pump, telephone, and work area. Most of the rooms have refrigerators, sinks, and some include computers. Employees can reserve times to use the facilities through an online log.

Well–Baby, Well–Child Care for Health Plan Participants
This program provides coverage for recommended immunizations and the office visit at the time of the immunization. The immunization schedule is based on the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Practice Physicians, and the U.S. Task Force for Preventive Services.

Adoption Benefits
Because an adoption can be an expensive procedure, Sensata Technologies offers reimbursement of up to $4,000 to Sensata employees for fees associated with legal adoptions. The program also offers resource and referral services for employees planning to adopt.

Diversity Initiatives
Sensata employees have formed a number of grass–roots organizations to help the company, themselves, to support our business strategy. Each initiative is sponsored by Sensata senior management and meets on company time. The groups’ goals are to accelerate diversity, empower members, encourage personal development, and facilitate recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce. Membership is open and encouraged for all Sensata employees, not just the affinity group. Employee diversity initiatives include: Minority Initiatives (MI) and Attleboro Women’s Initiative (AWI).

Development and Training
We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strongly believe in continuing development and education, and provide a comprehensive list of resources to help grow our people. Below are a few of these opportunities.

Training and Education
Learning is key to Sensata’s success and requires both individuals and organizations to continuously identify areas of improvement and to seek ways to increase both knowledge and skills. It is through this quest for improvement that we will realize our overall business objectives and win in the market. We provide in–house training in the following areas:

Technical training
Product training
Leadership development
Project management
Business acumen
Professional development
Culture and diversity
...And more!

Mentoring
We are challenged every day to attract, retain and develop our talent. Mentoring is a strategic development tool at Sensata that can help us achieve our business goals, as well as individual goals. Through mentoring, you have an opportunity to learn from the best and grow in the developmental areas you have identified. Therefore, we are committed to have more than just mentoring programs; we are promoting a mentoring culture.

  • Relationships are both formal and informal
  • Mentoring is not based solely upon position, but the ability to strategically share knowledge
  • Business units sponsor programs that match mentors and mentees
  • Training and resources on finding and maintaining a mentoring relationship are available to any employee
Individual Development Planning (IDP)
At Sensata, you are encouraged to put together a specific development plan, focused just on yourself, to strengthen those areas that allow you to become much more of a competitive advantage personally.
  • You are responsible for your own development
  • Your supervisor is responsible to ensure that the development process is fully supported in your organization or work group
  • IDP is a process to help you organize and maximize efforts to achieve your highest level of performance
  • Good development plans includes both formal training and informal "on-the-job" development
Seminars
Sensata offers many seminars and workshops in the workplace to help employees learn about various work–life issues. Experts in the field have conducted brown bag seminars during lunch on the Sensata campus on such topics as:

Parenting
Elder care
Education
Sibling rivalry
Normal aging
Stress management
Financial planning
 

Life Insurance
Sensata life insurance offers you more coverage and more choices. Sensata pays for life insurance coverage equal to your base annual salary. For additional protection, employees may obtain addition life insurance, with coverage ranging from twice their annual salary, up to seven times their annual salary, with a maximum of $2 million (including the Sensata–provided insurance coverage). Life insurance is available for your spouse and children, too.

Disability Income Protection Benefits — Just in Case
Sensata offers a variety of plans to cover you in the event of disability.

Disability Pay Continuance (DPC)
The DPC plan provides income protection for up to 26 weeks for illnesses, injury or pregnancy.
  • DPC Basic pays 100% of base pay for the first 13 weeks, then 75 % of base pay for weeks 14–26
  • Sensata pays all premiums for DPC Basic
  • You can choose DPC Plus to cover weeks 14–26 at 100% of your base pay — you pay premiums for the additional coverage
  • You are eligible for coverage on the date of your employment
Long Term Disability Plan (LTD)
If you must be off work for longer than 26 weeks due to disability, Sensata’s LTD Plan offers two options. You are eligible for coverage on the date of your employment. You and Sensata share the cost of all LTD premiums. The options are:
  • LTD Basic - pays 50% of your basic monthly earnings
  • LTD Plus - pays 66–2/3% percent of your basic monthly earnings
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
Sensata’s optional AD&D plan covers you whether you are at work, at home or traveling for business or pleasure.
  • Enrollment automatically insures eligible dependent children
  • There are options for insuring your spouse
  • You pay all AD&D insurance premiums
Personal Health
Sensata Technologies offers programs and services to help employees maintain a healthy lifestyle. Areas of focus include nutrition, safety, exercise, preventative health, and life balance. (Alternative, equivalent programs are offered at Sensata sites outside the United States.)

Informed Choice – When You’re Not Sure You Need a Doctor
Informed Choice is a health decision and self–management support service that helps employees enrolled in the Sensata Health Plan with information to help make informed health and medical decisions. This is a free service for Sensata employees. Skilled nurse counselors are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to help you decide your best plan of action for:
  • Minor illness and injury
  • Risks, benefits and options for medical tests and treatments
  • Managing chronic health conditions
  • Making healthy lifestyle changes
Be an Adult – Use the Preventive Health Care Plan
The Preventive Health Care Plan is an annual evaluation and screening exam based on medical guidelines. employees can take advantage of this service on site at a physician’s office. The exam includes height, weight and blood pressure check, cancer screening exams, and cholesterol screening.

Start Smart Prenatal and Early Parenthood Program
Start Smart is coordinated through the Informed Choice service and offers individualized support for expectant and new parents from preconception through baby’s first year. Participants in the Start Smart program receive helpful mailings that include a pregnancy calendar, a maternity checklist, a growth chart and other valuable information about Sensata benefits. Program includes:
  • Information and education on pregnancy, delivery and postnatal period, with periodic calls to check on progress
  • Assessment for possible health risks and help with understanding how to take action for optimal health before, during and after pregnancy
  • Support for questions and concerns during baby’s first year.
Nutrition Network
The Nutrition Network is a specialty network of credentialed, registered dietitians who are experts in the nutritional needs of a variety of medical conditions. It provides individualized nutrition intervention in targeted cases to reduce health risk factors, prevent disease progression and improve quality of life. Employees, spouses and dependents enrolled in the Sensata Health Plan who have one of a number of specified medical diagnoses that can be impacted by nutrition intervention are eligible. Examples of eligible diagnoses include hypertension, diabetes, renal disease, gastrointestinal disease and some types of cancer. Simple obesity is covered when a person is 60% or more over ideal body weight.

Free and Clear Program
You’ve always wanted to stop, but it’s not easy. The Free and Clear program is open to any Sensata employee or covered dependent who is paying a tobacco premium. It’s free except for co–payment for nicotine replacement prescription. The program features a quit kit, planned nicotine fading, assessment for use of nicotine replacement, toll–free Quitline, and confidential, personalized guidance from a Free and Clear specialist for one full year. The program has a documented one–year quit rate at 33%, compared to the national average of 10%–12%.

Self–Care Handbook
Sensata Health Plan participants receive a free copy of Your Guide to Self Care. This award winning guide is designed to help employees and their families improve the quality of self–care given at home, enhance the healthcare quality employees receive from health professionals, and reduce costs for employees and Sensata through informed decision making. The guide is designed to help users:
  • Recognize and handle more than 180 common health problems
  • Decide, based on symptoms, what care to give at home
  • Determine when to call or see a doctor
  • Communicate better with the doctor for more effective care
  • Take appropriate actions to prevent illness and injury
  • Use tips and techniques for staying healthy
Recreation Associations
Join the fun! Sensata has access to recreation associations at most Sensata facilities. Employees and family members may join as well as Sensata retirees, contract workers and their families. Some programs are available to non–members. The cost varies from site to site but averages $150 per year. Memberships and most programs are payroll deductible. Classes and programs may have additional costs. Membership is required for usage of fitness center equipment and for seniors programs. Activity centers are staffed with degreed health and fitness recreation professionals with certification in their areas of expertise. Some of the activities offered include:
  • Massage therapy, strength training classes
  • Aerobics and fitness classes
  • Aquatic programs
  • Recreational clubs
  • Youth services
  • Sports leagues
  • Classes and seminars
  • Recreation programs (travel, book fairs)
  • Special events (Road Race, United Way carnival, etc.)
Note
Changes to these plans can occur at any time and not all facilities worldwide offer all of these programs. Full information about benefits and compensation plans at Sensata Technologies will be explained to all newly hired employees, and that information takes precedence over any information presented on this website.
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