Additional Benefits
Eligible employees can take advantage of the following additional benefits, which vary by business sector and location.
Employee Development
- Performance management goals
- Training and development
- Internal career opportunities
Education Assistance
Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses and progress toward a degree in a relevant field.
Paid time off
Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
Short-term Disability Benefits
Short-term disability benefits are designed to provide you with income for up to 26 weeks if you are absent from work due to illness or injury. Most non-represented employees (and some represented employees) are covered by the Corporate Short-Term Disability (STD) Plan with benefit levels and eligibility varying by sector, as indicated below. In addition, some sectors offer their own STD plans to certain employee groups.
| Sector |
Short-term Disability Benefits |
| Aerospace Systems |
- Pays 100% base weekly earnings for 6 weeks, then 70% for the next 20 weeks
- Maximum weekly benefit is $8,100
- Automatically enrolled at no cost if you regularly work 20 or more hours per week
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| Aerospace Systems (Sector STD plan for certain legacy Space Technology business units) |
- Pays 60% of base weekly earnings for up to 26 weeks
- Maximum weekly benefit is $1,000
- Automatically enrolled at no cost if you regularly work 20 or more hours per week
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| Aerospace Systems (Sector STD plan for certain legacy Integrated Systems employees in paycode 1) |
- Pays 50% of earnings for up to 26 weeks
- Maximum weekly benefit is $350
- Automatically enrolled at no cost
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| Corporate |
- Pays 100% of base weekly earnings for 6 weeks, then 70% for the next 20 weeks
- Maximum weekly benefit is $8,100
- Automatically enrolled at no cost if you regularly work 20 or more hours per week
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| Electronic Systems |
- Pays 100% of base earnings for 6 weeks, then 70% for the next 20 weeks
- Maximum weekly benefit is $4,000
- Automatically enrolled at no cost if you regularly work 20 or more hours per week
- Excludes Hourly employees, certain entity 78 Salaried employees in Maryland locations hired prior to 1/1/10, and Sunnyvale Union Salaried employees; Includes certain Technical Services and Information Systems employees
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| Electronic Systems (Sector STD plan that applies to Hourly Represented and Non-Represented employees and certain entity 78 Salaried employees in Maryland locations hired prior to 1/1/10) |
- Pays 50% of base earnings up to 26 weeks
- For Hourly Represented and Non-Represented employees in Maryland locations, plan pays 70% of base earnings for 6 weeks, then 50% for next 20 weeks
- Maximum weekly benefit is $1,150
- Automatically enrolled at no cost if you regularly work 20 or more hours per week
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| Information Systems |
- Pays 100% of base weekly earnings for 6 weeks, then 70% for the next 20 weeks
- Maximum weekly benefit is $4,000
- Automatically enrolled at no cost if you regularly work 20 or more hours per week
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| Technical Services (applies to certain TS employees) |
- Pays 100% of base weekly earnings for 6 weeks, then 50% for the next 20 weeks
- Maximum weekly benefit is $2,500
- Optional buy-up up to 70%
- Automatically enrolled in basic coverage at no cost if you regularly work 20 or more hours per week
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Disclaimer: The benefits described above are applicable to most eligible non-represented Northrop Grumman employees, effective July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013.