Employee Benefits Information

FRINGE BENEFITS

(Effective July 1, 2022)

ANNUAL LEAVE

Begin accruing first day of employment and cannot be taken until successful completion of probationary period, EXCESS of 40 DAYS [320 hours] will be deposited into an 106 Premium Reimbursement Account.

• months - 3 years 1 day per month (12 days per year)

• 4 years - 9 years 1 ¼ days per month (15 days per year)

• 10 years - 15 years 1 ¾ days per month (21 days per year)

• Over 15 years 2 days per month (24 days per year)

* Please note that leave is prorated according to your status determined by actual hours worked*

PERSONAL LEAVE

For new employees, personal leave is prorated according to schedule below, for the first year only. Any employee on board as of December 31st of each year automatically receives 8 days as of January 1st the following year. (NOTE: Personal Leave may not be taken until successful completion of probationary period; personal leave will be lost if not taken before December 31st of each year.)

• 1/1 to 1/31 6 days

• 2/1 to 2/28 5 days

• 3/1 to 3/31 4 days

• 4/1 to 4/30 3 days

• 5/1 to 5/31 2 days

• 6/1 to 6/30 1 day

• 7/1 to 12/31 0 days

FAMILY LEAVE 

Up to 12 weeks per year

MILITARY LEAVE

3 weeks per year with no loss in pay for Reserve or National Guard Training, Active Duty and serving during emergencies.

CIVIL LEAVE

No loss in pay while serving Jury Duty.

RETIREMENT

State Pension System (7% employee contribution)

COUNTYFLEX

Provides the employee with a range of health care and other employee benefit options which gives employee the opportunity to design a benefit plan that best meets the employee's needs. Employee may use available credits to purchase the following:

HEALTH INSURANCE

• CareFirst Triple Option

• BlueChoice Opt-Out Plus Open Access

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• Kaiser Permanente

 (all plans include prescription drug coverage)

DENTAL INSURANCE

• CareFirst BlueDental PPO Plus Plan

• CareFirst BlueDental PPO Plan

VISION INSURANCE

Provided through BlueVision Plus

FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS

Provided through American Fidelity. Employees may fund health and child care expenses on a pre-tax basis

PRE-TAX

All deductions for health, dental, vision and flexible spending accounts are subject to deductions from paycheck before federal and state taxes are applied

LIFE INSURANCE

Provided through MetLife - $50,000 policy – NO COST TO EMPLOYEE

SUPPLEMENTAL LIFE 

(TERM/WHOLE/UNIVERSAL AND AD&D) Provided through MetLife

LONG TERM DISABILITY

Provided through MetLife.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION 

 Lincoln Financial Group.– Retirement Consultant David Weiland

Phone 410-236-2494 

Email- Dave.Weiland@LFG.com

Customer Service Representative 1-800-234-3500]

RETIREE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE BENEFITS

Employees hired on or after 7/1/2010 will have an automatic PEHP account  made available as the primary retiree healthcare benefit.  This 105(h) Universal Reimbursement Account will only be able to be accessed upon separation of service and/or retirement whichever applicable. These accounts are employer funded, tax free, & portable with 20 different Mission Square investment options.   

These funds are solely for the use of offsetting your premium health care cost, prescriptions, co-pays and deductibles. Upon death funds are made available immediately to the surviving spouse or qualified dependents (as defined by the IRC 152 (a).

DEATH BENEFITS – PAID BY COUNTY

50% of accumulated sick leave

All accumulated annual leave

Personal leave (maximum of 2 days)

$50,000 life insurance

One (1) month’s salary

PAID BY RETIREMENT

One year’s pay (after 1 year’s service) plus employee’s contributions refunded with interest.

HOLIDAYS – 11 per year:

          New Year’s Day                                January 1st

          Martin Luther King, Jr. Day           3rd Monday in January

          President’s Day                            3rd Monday in February

          Memorial Day                               last Monday in May

          Juneteenth                                   June 19th

          Independence Day                       July 4th

          Labor Day                                    1st Monday in September

          Veteran’s Day                              November 11th

          Thanksgiving Day                        4th Thursday in November

          Friday after Thanksgiving

          Christmas Day                            December 25th

OTHER BENEFITS:       Employee Assistance Program

                                      Travel and Official Expense Reimbursement

                                      Uniforms and Safety Clothing

                                      Tuition Assistance

                                       Legal Plan