Placer County County: Placer, Population Served: 270000, Number of Employees: 3000 EMPLOYEE GROUPS Confidential Cafeteria Plan: $339.53 + 0% Deferred Compensation: $62.50 Health Insurance: $1,276.24 Life Insurance: $15.50 Long Term Disability: 0.36% Retirement Contribution: 14.684% Retirement Pick-up: $0.00 + 7% Social Security: 6.2% Medicare: 1.45% BENEFITS Additional Pay/Special Assign. Confidential employees receive an additional 2.5% of their base pay. Tahoe Subsidy of $675/month and Tahoe Rural Health Subsidy of $2000.00 for single coverage and $3000 for family coverage per year. Additional 5% bilingual pay. Longevity pay of an additional 5% after 5 years at Step 5. Bereavement Leave May use up to five days of sick leave. Cafeteria Plan Effective 1/1/09, employees receive $2798.12 per year, which can be used for a contribution into a 401(k), dependent care, medical co-insurance or cash. Call Back Pay Receives a minimum of 2 hours pay at 1.5 times, receive up to 1 hours pay at 1.5 time when authorized work is performed but not required to physically return to work. Deferred Compensation Voluntary 457 and 401(k) are available through payroll deduction. Beginning 1/1/08, the County will match employee contributions to a 401(k) $1 for every $4, to a maximum of $750/yr. Education Allowance Tuition reimbursement available for approved classes up to a maximum of $550.00 per year. Health Insurance The County of Placer provides Medical, Dental and Vision insurance for its employees and their dependents. MEDICAL: Several medical plans are offered including HMO and PPO plans. Depending on which plan the employee chooses, the maximum County contribution for medical insurance for a family is up to $1221.04/mo. DENTAL: The maximum County contribution for dental insurance for a family is $46.00/mo. VISION: The maximum County contribution for vision insurance for a family is $9.20/mo. (These are non-Tahoe rates.) Holidays 13 days/yr. Life Insurance $50,000 coverage, employer paid at a cost of $15.50/mo. Long-Term Disability Employee paid LTD for the first 5 years of employment, County paid there after at a cost of $0.36/100 of pay. Retiree Medical Hired prior to 1/01/05 with 5 years of PERS service credit same as active employee. Hired after 1/01/05, must have 10 years PERS service credit with 5 years with Placer County to receive 50% of the County contribution paid medical with an additional 5% for each additional year. Retirement PERS 2.5% @ 55 Local Miscellaneous, Employer's contribution is 14.684%. Employees contribution is 8%, employer picks up 7% of the employee contribution, EPMC 7%. (Note: Placer County employees contribute 6.2% into Social Security and 1.45% into Medicare, which is matched by the County.) Sick Leave 12 days per year unlimited accrual. Stand-By Pay $21 for weekdays and $24 for weekends and holidays paid for in units of 8 hours. Vacation Vacation time: 0 - 2 years = 10 days, 3 - 4 years = 12 days, 5 - 9 = 15 days, 10 - 19 years = 20 days and 20 or more years = 25 days. Maximum accrual of 400 hours with less than 10 years of service and 520 hours with more than 10 years of service.