This article provides a few ways to get you through the holiday season without the extra:

Seven Ways to Cope with Holiday Stress

• Practice Mindfulness & Meditation.
• Preventing Burnout - It's Ok to Say NO!
• Take a Break.
• Get some fresh air and sunlight.
• If you're in therapy, stay in therapy. (If you aren't and would like to be, see Take Advantage section below for details.)
• Grief and Loss - honor and celebrate.
• Financial stress - practicality.

DID YOU KNOW?

According to the district policy, an employee must be on an approved leave of absence, if they need to be out more than five consecutive workdays, or intermittently due to a medical and non-medical reason.

The Benefits Team is able to check FMLA eligibility and assist employees with their leave request for each unique situation. Additional details can be found in the links below:

What happens if an employee uses all their paid leave days?

Employees earn five state and five local days at the beginning of each fiscal year(pro-rated) to use throughout the Entire year. Should an employee exhaust all days, and is not on an approved leave of absence, there could be adverse action by their supervisor.

So use your days wisely.

Returning back to work after surgery or medical procedure?

For safety reasons, informing the Benefits Team of a surgery or procedure is ideal. You can bring the doctor's note to us in Human Resources, in case there are restrictions.

(Examples of restrictions include but are not limited to: cannot lift, bend, stand, carry, push pull more than a certain amount of weight; needing to wear a boot, cast, sling, use crutches, walker, scooter, etc.).

• Leaves & Absences: What You Need to Know
• Leaves Process- Step by Step

• Proceso de Salidas- Paso a Paso
• Leave & Absences: Payroll FAQ
• Leaves FAQs
  
• Pearland ISD - Compensation and Benefits DEC Legal/Local
• Employee-Handbook-2023-24

Do I use state or local days first?

Payment of Leave at Retirement Full-time employees who retire under the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) guidelines shall be paid for unused local leave in accordance with Board Policy. An example spreadsheet of the Local Leave Pay calculation is available on the district’s intranet, under Business Office Internal Documents.

• Local Leave Retirement Payoff Estimate

Baking - Here's a simple recipe for sugar cookies: https://sugarspunrun.com/wprm_print/11840

Giving Before Receiving: Donating to a toy drive, dropping off homemade baked goods at a nursing home, or participating in a food drive.

Share Friendship Tea: Friendship Tea Mix Recipe: How to Make It (tasteofhome.com)

Host a Holiday Scavenger Hunt: www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a29003089/christmas-scavenger-hunt/

Connecting with Far Away Family: Contact any of the various non-Department of Defense military service organizations who send packages to service members; have virtual calls to out-of-town family members; create a virtual holiday tradition.

This holiday season can be tough on anyone.

Take advantage of this free, confidential resource to you as a full-time district employee.

This program includes 6 face-to-face assessments and counseling sessions per occurrence. Sessions can be by phone, video, text, or in-person. EAP Program Guide

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services can help with:

• Depression, grief, loss and emotional well-being
• Family, marital and other relationship issues
• Life improvement and goal-setting
• Addictions such as alcohol and drug abuse
• Stress or anxiety with work or family
• Financial and legal concerns
• Identity theft and fraud resolution
• Online will preparation

888.293.6948

For TTY services, dial 711

answers@healthadvocate.com

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

disponibles 24 horas al dia, 7 dias a la semana

• To view insurance details for the current plan year, Click Key Points for Insurance 2023
• Para mirar los Puntos De Clave: 2023-24 Elecciones de Seguros, haga clic aquí
• To view insurance plan summaries, get carrier contact information and more, visit: Employee Benefits

Maximum Allowable Contribution (MAC) Limits for 2024

MAC Limits 2024

Did You Know?

If you are currently enrolled in a High/Low PPO dental plan with the district, the deductible is based on a calendar year (January 1 - December 31), not plan year (September 1 - August 31).

Non-participating dentists can bill you for charges above the amount covered by your Humana Dental plan. To ensure you do not receive additional charges, visit a participating PPO Network dentist. Members and their families benefit from negotiated discounts on covered services by choosing dentists in our network. If a member visits a participating network dentist, the member will not receive a bill for charges more than the negotiated fee for covered services. If a member sees an out-of-network dentist, coinsurance will apply to the usual and customary charge. Out-of-network dentists may bill you for charges above the amount covered by your dental plan.

For more details on the dental plans, please visit the Dental Plans Page.

Human Resource Services

Email: benefits@pearlandisd.org
Website: https://www.pearlandisd.org/benefits
Location: 1928 North Main Street, Pearland, TX, USA
Phone: (281) 485-3203