Work and Life Balance

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Full-time employees are those who are regularly scheduled to work 40 hours per week, and receive the full benefits described below. Employees working 20-39 hours per week receive these benefits on a prorated basis, unless otherwise specified.

Vacation

Full-time employees accrue vacation at the rate of three weeks per year during their first four years at Genzyme. Starting on the fourth anniversary, vacation time is accrued at four weeks per year. There is no waiting period before they are eligible to use accrued vacation time.

Sick Time

Full-time employees may take up to seven paid sick days (prorated if hired June or after) per calendar year, if they or a member of their family becomes ill.

Employees may take as many as two of the allotted seven sick days per calendar year to handle unforeseen life emergencies. Life emergencies are defined as any short-term event in an employee's life that requires time away from work (for example, a broken furnace, taking care of a child when daycare arrangements fall through, etc.).

Holidays

Genzyme offers eleven paid holidays in 2007 (these are a combination of designated and floating holidays that vary based on the division).

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Employees are eligible for leave time under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) once they have worked for the company for at least 12 months (and a minimum of 1,250 hours). FMLA entitles them to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected time off for specific family and medical reasons. The leave may be used for childbirth, placement of a child for adoption or foster care, to care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent) with a serious health condition, or for an employee's own personal serious health condition.

Parental Leave

Full-time employees may take up to five days of paid parenting leave for the birth or care of the employee's newborn child. The paid parenting leave days do not need to be consecutive.

Adoption Leave

Full-time employees are eligible for adoption leave, which provides the primary caregiver eight weeks of paid time off to care for a newly adopted child.

Dependent Care Resource and Referral Service

Through our employee assistance program provider, employees can access a service to help with locating and selecting childcare solutions and meeting the needs of elders in your family. The services include initial assessment, counseling, referral and follow up to ensure your needs are being met.

Employee Assistance Program

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available to provide confidential short-term counseling, crisis intervention, assessment, and referral services. This EAP program is designed to help our employees and their family members cope with a wide variety of personal issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, substance abuse, career management, financial concerns, legal questions, and child and elder care responsibilities. The EAP is available at no cost to all employees, immediate family members, and significant others.

Healthy Living

The Healthy Living Program at Genzyme includes on-site and virtual programs to address a variety of wellness issues including exercise, stress reduction, nutrition and creating a work/life balance to name a few.

Best Doctors

Best Doctors is a diagnosis assistance program available to employees. If they or an immediate family member are facing a serious medical situation, this unique benefit will give support and peace of mind about getting the right care.

Back Up Dependent Care

Genzyme offers a back-up dependent care program for those occasions when regular child or elder care breaks down.

Educational Assistance

Employees are eligible to participate in the educational assistance program if they are regularly scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week. There are two options for receiving educational assistance on a calendar year basis:

a) A maximum of four courses reimbursed at 100 percent, OR
b) Unlimited number of courses to a maximum reimbursement amount of U.S. $5,250.

Commuter Assistance

Genzyme recognizes that along with the many advantages of working in the city, one cost is transportation and parking fees. To help offset these costs, Genzyme contributes a significant portion of parking costs for employees working in Cambridge, Mass. Genzyme is also able to offer MBTA passes at a discounted rate. Parking and MBTA pass fees are paid through convenient payroll deduction.

College Coach

College Coach is an organization with an expertise in assisting families through important education challenges, including selecting, applying to and financing college.

The benefit is available free of charge to full-time and part-time employees interested in college and educational issues that affect them and their children. The College Coach benefit includes training workshops, one-on-one counseling, a help desk, and a Virtual Learning Center. 

You Decide

Employee Advantage from You Decide provides Genzyme employee with access to special benefits and discounts program when shopping for auto and home insurance, home and college loans, and much more.

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