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Pay & Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. 

The benefits as described below are available to all U.S. benefits eligible employees with minor exceptions. Employees in an "alternative employment status" such as consulting employees may be eligible for some coverage but may not have access to the full suite of benefits.  Similarly, employees of Leidos subsidiaries such as QTC, and Leidos Biomedical Research have separate benefits packages.

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. We offer a range of benefits and well as a Flexible benefit scheme.

As an eligible Leidos employee, you have the flexibility to choose from a wide variety of benefits that offer you and your family important health and financial protection. You will receive your benefits enrolment email within the first month of joining the business.

Be rewarded. Be the difference

Pay and benefits are important considerations in any career decision. So we aim to deliver a robust rewards package that not only provides remuneration appropriate to your role and contribution but helps ensure your physical and mental wellbeing too.

Compensation

We structure our salaries to be competitive for the region, market conditions, hardship, and hazards. We also: 

  • Reward your contributions to the company and our customers' mission.
  • Recognize and reward notable advances for your profession, the company, and your customers.
  • Ensure fairness, comply with applicable federal, state, and international laws, and meet applicable audit entities' standards.

Compensation

We structure our salaries to be competitive for the region, market conditions, hardship, and hazards. We also: 

  • Reward your contributions to the company and our customers' mission.
  • Recognize and reward notable advances for your profession, the company, and your customers.
  • Ensure fairness, comply with applicable federal, state, and international laws, and meet applicable audit entities’ standards.

Health and Well-being

Comprehensive health coverage and other health and well-being programs are designed to keep you and your family healthy. 

  • Medical insurance plans cover you and your eligible family members, including registered domestic partners, through national HSA-compatible consumer-directed health plans or regional HMOs where available.
  • Health Savings Accounts are available in conjunction with our HSA-eligible consumer-directed health plans.
  • Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) is available to those that are enrolled in a non-HSA compatible medical plan and those that waive medical coverage. FSAs let you set aside pre-tax dollars for eligible medical, dental, vision, mental health, and pharmacy expenses. 
  • Dental insurance options include a national PPO plan and regional dental HMO plans.
  • Vision coverage is provided by a national insurer.
  • Dependent (Daycare) Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) let you set aside pre-tax dollars for eligible childcare expenses.
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential assessments and referrals to help deal with personal issues that could affect your health, family, or job performance. 
  • Access to Headspace app and the meQuilibrium Digital Resilience tool at no cost to the employee.
  • Leidos partners with Personify Health to help support you on your journey to health and well-being. The well-being platform offers employees and their spouse/domestic partner the opportunity to meet a personal well-being goal, as well as earn points towards rewards. 

A culture of health and wellness

Leidos is committed to ensuring employees and their families are able to take steps to enhance their personal health. In support of this Leidos offers a range of benefits to support and improve the health of employees.

A culture of health and wellbeing

We are committed to helping our people and their families stay fit and healthy. As well as providing information and help on ‘Thrive’, the wellbeing hub of our Intranet, we subscribe to a number of external wellbeing programs and actively take part in initiatives during the year such as RU OK Day, Mental Health Month as well as other locally organised events. 

The company also provides a pro-active Employee Assistance Program for our people and their families enabling them to seek confidential counselling services not only during times when they need support but also when looking for ways to proactively improve their life choices.

Annual Flu Shots are available to all employees. We also provide attractive Health Insurance options and Superannuation partners to help support our wellness initiatives.

Income protection

Benefits should provide peace of mind, support you and your family, and help you successfully navigate life events. We took all these factors into account when we developed our income protection.

  • Company-provided Term Basic Life insurance is provided equal to your annual base salary, up to $1 million, or a flat $50,000 in coverage, whichever is greater, while eligible dependents are covered at $2,000 each.
  • Group Universal Life (GUL) insurance can be purchased in increments of 1x to 8x annual base salary, up to $4 million. GUL also features a Cash Accumulation Fund (CAF) that allows you to earn interest on a tax-deferred basis. 
  • Optional Dependent Life insurance can be purchased on an after-tax basis.
    • Spouse or domestic partner coverage
    • Child coverage
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance is provided equal to your annual base salary, up to $250,000. You can also purchase supplemental AD&D coverage in increments of 1x annual base salary to 10x annual base salary, up to $1,000,000.
  • Business travel accident insurance (BTA) is provided equal to three times your annual base salary, up to $500,000. CEs are covered by our BTA policy, but they get a flat 300k.
  • A Disability benefit that may include:
    • Disability Sick Leave
    • Voluntary Short-term Disability Insurance plan
    • Private California Short-term Disability Insurance
    • Other state-mandated disability plans, where applicable
    • Voluntary Long-term Disability Insurance

Protecting our employees

Leidos is committed to providing its employees and their families’ financial support during difficult times. In support of this Leidos offers a range of insurance policies to fall back on during such times including Life Assurance (Core Benefit) and Income Protection (Core Benefit).

 

Family benefits

Understanding the inherent challenges of balancing work and family responsibilities, we offer benefits to make family life a little easier:

  • Center-based back-up childcare for children 6 weeks to 12 years of age is available at a Bright Horizons center. Bright Horizons also offers in-home back-up adult/eldercare or childcare. Benefits-eligible employees can take advantage of either of these benefits up to 15 days per child, per year. The cost of center-based care is only $25 for the first child and $15 for each additional child per day. For in-home care, the cost is $6 per hour.
  • Pet care services for your dog or cat through a partnership with Rover & Wag. This benefit provides up to 5 credits/uses for Pet Care, per calendar year, to use as follows:
    • Care provided by Rover = Each credit is worth $100 and applied to available services
    • Care provided by Wag! = Each credit is worth 3 walks (up to 60 minutes), 3 home drop-in visits, or overnight boarding
  • Free access to Sittercity – a database of local caregivers such as:
    • Babysitters
    • Nannies
    • Senior care resources
    • Housekeeping services
    • Pet Care

Superannuation

We are keen to ensure you are financially secure when entering retirement. We have therefore partnered with Mercer Super to help provide attractive superannuation arrangements supporting the financial wellbeing and education of our people.

Remuneration & Rewards

We recognise that our people are key to our success, so we design and develop policies and programs to attract, retain, and reward employees who contribute to the achievement of our company goals. We understand that both financial and non-financial benefits are also important to the overall wellbeing of our employees.

 Our approach to total rewards is one which:

  • Supports the development and retention of talent in our organisation
  • Attracts, motivates and retains highly qualified and high performing employees by offering competitive remuneration in every place in which Leidos operates
  • Aligns reward to Leidos’ business strategy
  • Adopts principles of internal equity and aligns remuneration to each individual’s position accountability and contribution to Leidos against the market
  • Rewards and recognises employees for superior team and individual performance.

As an employee of Leidos, there is a number of benefits you are entitled in addition to your remuneration encompassing:

  • Employee health and wellbeing initiatives, including employee and family assistance, access to mental health support sites health insurance discounts and a paid subscription to the mindfulness application ‘Headspace’
  • Lifestyle and family initiatives, including rostered days off, volunteering days, extended parental leave support and flexible work practices
  • A strong culture of recognition driven through an array of financial and non-financial initiatives
  • Learning and development at the core of our practices supporting the ongoing growth and development of our people throughout their career with Leidos
  • Financial benefits, such as employee discounts, financial benefits and an employee share purchase plan.
     

Retirement

All Leidos employees are immediately eligible to participate in the Leidos 401(k) Retirement Plan. Company match is determined by the employee’s fringe benefit package.

  • The standard company match is 100% up to 6% of eligible pay per paycheck on employee pre-tax and/or Roth after-tax contributions.
  • Immediate 100% vesting of company contributions.
  • Employees can contribute up to 100% of their base pay (up to IRS limits) on a pre-tax, Roth after-tax, and traditional after-tax basis, or any combination thereof.
  • Both passive (index) and active investment options are available within a wide selection of funds. Investment advice is available.

Saving for the future

Leidos wants to ensure its employees are financial secure when entering retirement. To support this Leidos offers a matching employee/employer pension scheme for employees to join.

Financial well-being

Leidos believes that financial well-being is an important part of a person's overall health and well-being.  Therefore, we are pleased to offer a complimentary suite of programs to meet the varying needs of employees including but not limited to the following: 

  • One-on-one financial coaching
  • Student Loan resources and tools
  • Educational resources and webinars

Programs are dedicated to helping you with improving or maintaining your overall financial wellness and are designed to help you with your financial goals such as budgeting, managing credit card debt, paying off student loans, retirement readiness and more.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Leidos Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers a convenient way for employees to purchase Leidos Common Stock at a discount.

  • A 10% discount for all enrollees.
  • Available to active full-time, part-time and consulting employees in the US, UK and Australia.
  • No required service or waiting period.
  • Elect 1 to 10% of your eligible compensation (base pay, bonus, holiday and overtime pay).

Leave

Time off is as important to your professional productivity as it is to your personal well-being. We offer several types of leave that together total the time you need to live your life outside the office.

Paid time off (PTO) 

Time off is as important to your professional productivity as it is to your personal well-being. We offer several types of leave that together total the time you need to live your life outside the office.

Paid parental leave

Eligible employees may take up to 160 hours of paid parental leave to support growing families.

Holidays 

Most Leidos employees get eleven (11) paid holidays each year. 

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Washington’s Birthday
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day

Military reservist leave

As a military reservist you’ll receive 2 weeks, equivalent to 10 working days, pay differential during each fiscal year. If you’re called up for a national emergency or requested for active duty, we’ll provide you the flexibility to serve when and where you’re needed.

Jury duty

You’ll receive full pay when you serve jury duty.

Bereavement leave 

You’ll receive up to three days off, fully paid, due to the death of a close family member.

Lifestyle

Leidos recognises that employees have different needs and hobbies outside of work. To support this, Leidos offers a range of flexible benefits for employees to choose from throughout the year including Holiday Trading, Cycle to Work and Discounted Gym Membership.

Lifestyle and family support

We all have different needs, hobbies and lifestyles outside of work. To support this, Leidos offers a range of flexible work practices for employees to choose from throughout the year including rostered days off, flexible working arrangements and additional leave arrangements to support our people in the community. We also have attractive parental and care leave options available including paid domestic violence, bereavement, personal and study leave.