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. Benefit levels and eligibility vary by sector, as indicated in the overview below.

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
Aerospace Systems (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
Aerospace Systems (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
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
Electronic Systems	Pays 50% of base earnings up to 26 weeks Maximum weekly benefit is $1,150 Covers Represented and Non-Represented employees (excluding Sunnyvale Union Salaried) and certain Technical Services sector employees Automatically enrolled at no cost if you regularly work 20 ore more hours per week
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
Shipbuilding -Gulf Coast	Pays 50% of base earnings up to 13 weeks Maximum weekly benefit is $1,000 Automatically enrolled in basic coverage at no cost if you are regualrly scheduled to work at least 40 hours per week Optional buy-up to 60% or 70% with cost shared between Northrop Grumman end employee Applies to Non-Represented employees
Shipbuilding - Newport News Continental Maritime San Diego	Pays 66.667% of base weekly earnings for up to 26 weeks Maximum weekly benefit is $1,000 Employee pays cost of coverage and is not automatically enrolled
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

*Legacy Space Technology and Missions Systems employees will begin participation in the plans January 1, 2010. Maximum benefit amounts shown are effective for Corporate, and legacy Integrated Systems and Information Technology as of January 1, 2010.

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Disclaimer: The benefits described above are applicable to most eligible non-union represented Northrop Grumman employees, effectibe July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.