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Welcome to the 2008 Richmond ALA Compensation & Benefits Survey. We'd especially like to thank our sponsors for their support.





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I. General Participant Information
 
 
Firm Name
   
 
 
Address
 
 
Street
   
 
 
City
   
 
 
State
 
 
Zip Code
   
 
 
Contact Person
   
 
 
Title
   
 
 
Email Address
   
 
 
Telephone Number
   
 
 
Fax Number
   
 
 
1. Please indicate the number of employees in Richmond area:
Attorneys
Non-Attorneys
 
 
 
2. Within your organization, the Richmond office is the:
 
Only office
 
Principal office
 
Branch office
 
 
 
3. How many office locations do you have?
   
 
 
 
II. Employee Benefits Information
 
 
Please answer the following benefits questions for your non-attorney staff only. Please respond to these questions based on your benefits policies effective during the past 12 months (June 1, 2007-May 31, 2008).
 
 
1. What is the standard workweek for each of the following non-attorney staff?
 
 
Administrative Staff
 
35 hours
 
37.5 hours
 
40 hours
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Secretaries
 
35 hours
 
37.5 hours
 
40 hours
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Paralegals
 
35 hours
 
37.5 hours
 
40 hours
 
Other
 
 
 
 
2. In regard to a "Casual Day," which best describes your policy?
 
Do not have Casual Day
 
Are contemplating going to Casual Day
 
We have Casual Day
 
Are contemplating going back to formal
 
Casual Day is every day
 
 
 
3. In regard to a "Smoking Policy," which best describes your policy?
 
Smoking is allowed in designated areas
 
Smoking is prohibited
 
 
 
4. For non-attorney bonus eligible positions, what was the basis for determination? (You may select more than one option.)
 
Billable hours
 
Performance (individual)
 
Performance (firm)
 
Christmas Bonus

 
 
 
5. What was the annual billable hour requirement for paralegals?
 
1200-1400 hours
 
1400-1600 hours
 
1600-1800 hours
 
 
6. Paid time off for the past year: Please indicate the number of days per year an employee would have received for each number of years of completed service.


TRADITIONAL PLANS:
If your organization had a traditional separate vacation, sick and holiday policy, complete the first three columns.


PTO (PAID TIME OFF)/COMBINED LEAVE PLAN:
If your organization had a PTO/combined leave policy (vacation, sick, and personal time combined), please fill in the last column. If your PTO does not include holidays, please also complete the holiday column. Otherwise, leave the holiday column blank.


If you use hours, please convert to days (e.g. 8 hours = 1.0 day).

Years of service
Vacation Sick Holidays PTO/Combined
1 but less than 3 yrs
3 but less than 5 yrs
5 but less than 10 yrs
10 but less than 15 yrs
15 but less than 20 yrs
20 or more years
 
 
7. What was your firm's policy on vacation, sick, or combined/PTO leave carryover? Please fill in the appropriate response based on the type of leave policy your firm has. If you use hours, please convert to days (e.g. 8 hours = 1.0 day).

Carryover Policy
Vacation Sick PTO/Combined
Permitted without limitation
Permitted with limitations
Not permitted
 
 
 
8. Did you allow employees to donate unused sick, vacation, PTO, bereavement or other paid time off days to a general bank or to a specific employee to be used by employees who need additional time off due to extenuating health-care or other issues?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
A. If yes, what was the maximum number of days permitted to be donated?
   
 
 
 
9. Could employees cash in unused time?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
A. Which were included? (You may select more than one option.)
 
Vacation
 
Holiday
 
Sick days
 
Personal days

 
 
 
10. Was paid leave considered time worked when calculating overtime? (i.e. included in the number of hours in a workweek before the employee receives overtime compensation?)
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
A. Which were included? (You may select more than one option.)
 
Vacation
 
Holiday
 
Sick days
 
Personal days

 
 
11. Were terminated employees paid for unused earned vacation, sick leave, or PTO/combined leave? Please fill out the amount paid for the appropriate policy (row) under the type of program which applies to your firm.
Vacation Sick PTO/Combined
Leave paid in all cases
Leave paid with provisions (e.g. resignation notice)
No leave paid (place "x" in box, if applicable)
 
 
Comments:
   
 
 
12. Did your firm provide a separate paid leave policy for any of the following? If yes, please indicate the number of days provided. If no, please put an "X" in the "Not Provided" column.
Days Provided    Not Provided
Bereavement leave
Jury leave
Military leave
 
 
Comments:
   
 
 
 
13. Did your firm provide a short-term disability or salary continuance policy?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
A. Were your short-term disability benefits
 
Insured
 
Self-insured
 
 
 
14. Did your firm have a maternity leave policy?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
A. How many weeks paid maternity leave, in addition to the normal vacation and sick leave policy, are provided to an employee who had at least one year of service?
   
 
 
 
15. For each of the next three staff listings, did your firm provide long-term disability insurance? If the answer is yes, you will be asked to fill in the percent of base salary that was provided.
 
 
A. Administrative Staff
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
% of base salary:
   
 
 
 
B. Secretaries
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
% of base salary:
   
 
 
 
C. Paralegals
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
% of base salary:
   
 
 
 
16. What amount of employee term life insurance was provided to non-attorney employees?
 
 
 
17. For firms located downtown only, what portion of the cost did you provide for paid parking?
 
Total cost
 
Portion of cost
 
Portion of cost/Total cost after 1 or more years of service
 
None of cost
 
Not applicable
 
 
 
18. In general, how did your firm-paid benefits for non-attorneys compare to attorney benefits?
 
More generous
 
Less generous
 
Same
 
 
 
19. Did your firm sponsor a defined benefit and/or defined contribution retirement plan?
 
Defined benefit pension plan
 
Defined contribution (i.e., 401(k), profit sharing, ESOP)
 
No retirement plan sponsored

 
 
 
A. If your firm did sponsor a retirement plan, what was the average percent that was matched by the firm?
 
 
 
B. If your firm did sponsor a retirement plan, what was the average percent that was given as a profit sharing contribution (above the company match)?
 
 
 
20. Please check which types of health insurance were provided by your firm. (Select all that apply.)
 
Catastrophic only
 
Medical insurance
 
Pharmacy card
 
Dental insurance
 
Orthodontics
 
Vision care
 
Well baby care
 
Adult preventive care
 
Other
 

 
 
 
21. Did you offer a choice of medical plans?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
22. Which word best described the most prevalently used medical plan (Primary Medical Plan) effective last year?
 
Indemnity (base plus major medical or comprehensive)
 
PPO
 
POS
 
HMO
 
HDHP/CDHP
 
 
 
23. Employee Only Coverage: Under your primary medical plan, how were costs paid?
 
Firm paid 100%
 
Employee paid 100%
 
Shared firm/employee cost
 
 
A. For employee only coverage, please indicate the percentage shared by the firm and employee.
Approx. %
Firm paid
Employee paid
 
 
 
24. Dependent Coverage: Under your primary medical plan, how were costs paid?
 
Firm paid 100%
 
Employee paid 100%
 
Shared firm/employee cost
 
 
A. For dependent coverage, please indicate the percentage shared by the firm and employee.
Approx %
Firm paid
Employee paid
 
 
25. If employee contributions were required, which of the following is true for the last three years?

Employee contribution levels have:
Employee Coverage    Dependent Coverage
Not applicable
Increased
Decreased
Stayed the same
 
 
26. Medical plan costs have:
Employee Coverage    Dependent Coverage
Increased
Decreased
Stayed the same
 
 
 
27. What flexible spending accounts did you offer? (Select all that apply.)
 
Dependent care FSA
 
Medical FSA
 
No FSAs offered
 
Other
 

 
 
 
28. Were signing bonuses offered to new hires?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
A. What was the average amount?
 
Less than $250
 
$250-$500
 
More than $500
 
 
 
III. Compensation Data
 
 
The salary information being sought in this survey is as of May 31, 2008. Please answer the following questions for your non-attorney staff only.
 
 
1. During the past year, did your firm formally budget merit increases?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
2. What was the average merit increase percentage?
Actual 2007
Budgeted 2008
 
 
3. What was the range of merit increase percentage for employees?
Low High
Actual 2007
Budgeted 2008
 
 
4. Did you have formal salary ranges for positions?
Yes No
Attorneys
Non-attorneys
 
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