Placer County County: Placer, Population Served: 270000, Number of Employees: 3000 EMPLOYEE GROUPS Deputy Sheriff's Assoc - Safety Cafeteria Plan: $0.00 + 0% Deferred Compensation: $0.00 Health Insurance: $1,245.20 Life Insurance: $2.40 Long Term Disability: $0.00 Retirement Contribution: 24.86% Retirement Pick-up: $0.00 + 6.5% Social Security: 6.2% Medicare: 1.45% BENEFITS Bereavement Leave May use up to five days of sick leave. Deferred Compensation Voluntary 457 and 401(k) are available through payroll deduction, no county match. Education Allowance Tuition reimbursement available for approved classes up to a maximum of $1200.00 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, PPO and PORAC plans. The maximum County contribution for medical insurance for a family is up to $1190.00/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 $10,000 coverage, employer paid at a cost of $2.40/mo. 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 3.0% @ 50 Local Safety, Employer's contribution is 24.860%. Employee's contribution is 9%, employer picks up 6.5% of the employee contribution. (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. Special Assign/Additional Pay Special Enforcement team, Certified Divers, Hostage Negotiations and Explosive Ordinance Detail all receive an additional $125.00/month each. Canine handlers receive $225/month for canines owned by the county or $275/month for deputy owned canines. Wellness Incentive - upon presentation of form from Dr. receives additional 2.5% of base pay per year. Education incentives for Deputy Sheriff I, Deputy Sheriff II, Sergeant, Investigator, Investigator-Welfare Fraud: Basic POST - 5%; Inter. POST - 5%; Adv POST- 5%; AA - $50/pp; BA - $75/pp. Tahoe Subsidy - $675 /mo. Tahoe Rural Health Subsidy of $2000 for single coverage and $3000 for family coverage per year. Night shift - 7.5%; Court overtime pay minimum of 3 hours at 1.5 time, Undercover Assignment and Training Officer pay additional 5% each. 5% additional Bilingual pay. Longevity pay of an additional 5% after 5 years at Step 5 or 10 years service, after 20 years of service 5% increase in base salary. Stand-By Pay $21 for weekdays and $24 for weekends and holidays paid for in units of 8 hours.. Uniform Allowance $1,065 per year for Auburn area deputies and $1,215 for Tahoe area deputies and resident deputies. 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.