Placer County County: Placer, Population Served: 270000, Number of Employees: 3000 EMPLOYEE GROUPS Professional Cafeteria Plan: $0.00 + 0% Deferred Compensation: $0.00 Health Insurance: $1,372.84 Life Insurance: $2.40 Long Term Disability: 0.36% Retirement Contribution: 14.684% Retirement Pick-up: $0.00 + 7% Social Security: 6.2% Medicare: 1.45% BENEFITS Bereavement Leave May use up to five days of sick leave. 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, no county match. 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 $1317.64/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. 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. Management/Admin. Leave Deputy District Attorneys and Child Support Attorneys receive 72 hours per year. 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. (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 Tahoe Subsidy of $675/month and Tahoe Rural Health Subsidy of $2000 for single coverage and $3000 for family coverage per year. Access pay of an additional 5% if assigned. Additional 5% upon presentation of the certificate of Registration as a licensed Architect. Associate or Assistant Engineer receive additional 5% upon presentation of the Certificate of Registration as a Civil Engineer. 5% additional if assigned to a Medical Clinic. 5% additional for obtaining a CPA certificate. 5% additional pay for Client Service Practitioners who obtain a certificate as Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Marriage, Family or Child Counselor. Night shift differential of 7.5%. Additional 5% bilingual pay. Longevity pay of an additional 5% after 5 years at Step 5. 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.