NXP provides you with multiple leave options if you need to take time off for your own medical condition or to take care of a family member. We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid for by NXP with the option for our employees to pay to buy-up their short-term disability benefit. These valuable benefits can replace a portion of your income for injuries or illnesses that keep you out of work. NXP also offers paid maternity and parental leave to take time off to heal from childbirth and to bond with your child. Workers compensation is offered to employees who experience a work-related injury. NXP also offers unpaid FMLA and ADA leave.

Disability Insurance

NXP provides you with both short-term and long-term disability insurance. These valuable benefits can replace a portion of your income for injuries or illnesses that keep you out of work.

If your state offers and you receive state disability benefits, the NXP Disability Insurance plans will top-off your state disability benefits to ensure that your total combined benefit amount is equal to the coverage levels detailed below.

Short-term disability (STD): If you are unable to work due to a qualifying disability such as injury, illness or pregnancy, your short-term disability benefits can replace a portion of your eligible compensation for up to 26 weeks. Benefits, which are treated as normal, taxable income, can start on the eighth day of your qualifying condition, as follows:

  • 75% of your eligible compensation for the first 90 calendar days
  • 60% of your eligible compensation for the next 90 calendar days

If you would like a higher level of income protection, you can purchase short-term disability buy-up coverage as a new hire and during annual enrollment to receive an additional 15% of your eligible compensation:

  • 90% of your eligible compensation for the first 90 calendar days
  • 75% of your eligible compensation for the next 90 calendar days

Long-term disability (LTD): If you are unable to work for longer than 26 weeks due to a qualifying medical condition. Long-term disability benefits can replace 60% of eligible compensation for as long as you remain disabled (some restrictions apply). These benefits, which are treated as normal, taxable income, can begin after you have exhausted your short-term disability coverage (180 days).

What is “eligible compensation” for benefit purposes? Your life, AD&D and short- and long-term disability insurance benefits are based on your “monthly earnings”. Monthly earning means your current annualized salary including Lump Sum Merit, Sales Incentives and Shift Differential looking back on the preceding 12 months (or to date of hire if shorter from the 1st of the pay date month).

Disability benefits are currently considered taxable income for Social Security (FICA) Tax, Federal Income Tax (FIT) and, in some cases, State Tax purposes. FICA taxes are mandatory and are automatically deducted from disability income benefits issued during the 6 calendar months immediately following the month in which you last worked. Tax regulations require a mandatory percentage amount of FIT be withheld from the taxable portion of your benefit. The FIT deduction will be reflected in your benefit check.

You can learn more about the disability benefit, including eligibility information in our SPD.

Paid Maternity and Parental Leave

Requests for paid Parental Leave must be submitted to Human Resources at least 30 days in advance of the anticipated leave, if possible, and if not possible, as soon as practicable. The employee must clearly communicate the anticipated return to work date. The employee must also notify NXP’s FMLA, Disability and paid leave administrator and provide them with the necessary paperwork to support the leave.

Maternity leave is provided at 100 percent salary pay during your approved short-term disability claim for six weeks and an additional six weeks paid at 100 percent salary through parental leave (outlined below) for a total of twelve weeks paid leave benefit.

  • Must be taken continuously and completed within the first six months of birth
  • Employees must be at NXP for 90 days
  • Maternity leave will run concurrent to NXP’s Short-Term Disability and State leave laws

Parental leave will be covered up to six weeks paid at 100 percent salary.

  • Must be taken continuously and completed within the first 12 months of birth
  • Foster/adoption needs to be taken within the first three months of placement with the employee
  • Employee must work at NXP for 90 days to be eligible. Parental leave will run concurrent to State leave laws

If you’re eligible for the maximum maternity and parental leave benefits, you can take up to a combined total of 12 weeks of fully paid leave after pregnancy.

Be sure to update your benefits within 30 days of birth or placement of your child.

FMLA

What is a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?

FMLA allows eligible employees of NXP to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.

Who can use FMLA?

Employees who have worked for NXP at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months before the leave is approved.

When can I use FMLA?

You may take FMLA leave if you are unable to work because of your own serious health condition, and/or to care for your spouse, child or parent who has a serious health condition. You can also take FMLA to fulfill military service obligations.

You can request medical leave for the following situations:

  • You will be absent for more than 3 days and are under a physician’s care
  • You are hospitalized for any amount of time
  • You are caring for an ill or injured qualified family member
  • You are pregnant or have pregnancy complications; and/or
  • You are caring for a newborn child, recently adopted child or new foster child

ADA

  • ADA allows Employees to take unpaid, job protected leave, or to evaluate possible worksite accommodations due to their own serious health condition/disability.
  • There is not a benefit waiting period to be eligible for ADA leave or accommodations under ADA

How ADA is used?

  • Unpaid, job-protected leave if the Employee is not yet/no longer eligible for FMLA yet requires time out of work due to their own serious health condition/disability
  • Time may be taken on a continuous, intermittent, or reduced schedule basis
  • ADA may also be used to evaluate a worksite accommodation due to an employee’s disability