Operations and Staff Management

BU 07 Benefit	Rate	Description
County Retirement Contribution	18.55% MGC1	Rate x Hourly Rate x Hours Worked plus County pickup amount (9.29%) Hires after 12/26/10 enter Tier 2 Pension Plan. See Article 27 of the SLO County Retirement Plan.
	27.78% CHD1	Rate for Chief DA Investigator
	18.55% LEG1	Rate for Legislative Assistants
County Pickup of Employee Retirement	9.29%	Rate x Hourly Rate x Hours Worked plus County pickup amount (9.29%) Hires after 12/26/10 enter Tier 2 Pension Plan. See Article 27 of the SLO County Retirement Plan.
County Pension Bond Debt Service	4.88% MGCF 4.88% LEGA 3.59% CHDA	Rate x Hourly Rate x Hours Worked plus County pickup Amount (9.29%) Hires after 12/26/10 enter Tier 2 Pension Plan. See Article 27 of the SLO County Retirement Plan.
County Retiree Health		$24.72/PP full-time, $12.36/PP part-time $0/PP quarter-time or temp
County Pension Plan per EFS		Management and confidential (MGCF) Misc Chief DA Investigator (CHDA) Safety Legislative Assistants (LEGA) Misc
FICA ER FICA EE	6.20% 4.20%	2009 FICA wages up to $106,800 max 2010 FICA wages up to $106,800 max
Medicare	1.45%	Medicare wages with no maximum
Unemployment	.13%	Effective 01/01/11
Workers' Compensation	Varies	See Workers' Comp Schedule
County Cafeteria Contribution	$850/mo	$711/mo without medical coverage, effective 01/01/2009
Health Insurance		Coverage for domestic partners
Management Life Insurance	$4.77/mo	$30,000 coverage
Long Term Disability Insurance	.369% x Salary	On first $13,500/mo of salary. Pays 66 2/3% salary
Education Allowance	$250/fiscal yr
Wellness/Fitness	$200/yr	Paid through Risk Management (may be taxable to the employee)
Mileage Reimbursement	.555/mi	Effective 07/01/2011
Career Incentive	Up to 5%	One year pay for outstanding performance
Behavioral Health differential	5%	Board certified child psychiatrist
Psychiatrist Standby	$167.75/shift	Based on hourly rate
Psychiatrist Call Back	$102.34/hr	Based on hourly rate
Psychiatrist Differential	5%	Board Certified Child Psychiatrists
Sick Leave	12 days/yr	2080 hours (260 days) max accrual; payoff @ hourly rate for 50% of hours up to 1440 after 5 years of service
Post Employment Health Plan	Up to $15,000	Sick leave payoff paid pretax to Nationwide for pretax health insurance premium payments
Sick Leave Exchange for Vacation	80 hrs for 40 hrs	Per fiscal year. Must maintain a 30-day balance; 5 years of service required
Holiday Pay	12 days/yr
Administrative Leave	4 days/fiscal yr	No carryover or payoff for unused time
Personal Leave	1 day/fiscal yr	Employees on initial probation excluded
VTO	160 hrs/fiscal yr	With Admin Dept approval only
Vacation 320 hours cap	10 days/yr 15 days/yr 20 days/yr	Beginning of service to end of fourth year Beginning of fifth year to end of ninth year Over ten years of service Maximum payoff of 320 hours after 6 months of service
Pay-in-lieu Program	40 hrs/fiscal yr	One time per fiscal year, permanent employees with a minimum balance of 200 vacation hours may sell back vacation hours. Additionally, employees must use 40 hours of vacation in the current fiscal year to be eligible.
Jury Leave		Regular pay while on jury duty; cannot claim jury pay
Paid Military Leave	30 days/ fiscal yr	30 days maximum when called to active duty
Use of County Vehicle	$1.50 each way	The value of commuting to and from work will be taxed
Suggestion Award	Based on merit	Submit ideas to the Suggestion Award Committee
ITS Health Care Spending Account	Pretax deduction	Employee paid up to $3,000 per plan year
ITS Dependent Care Spending Account	Pretax deduction	Employee paid up to $5,000 per plan year
Supplemental Life Insurance		Employee paid for coverage of annual salary of 1x, 2x or 3x salary to $300,000 max
Spousal Life Insurance		Employee paid term life for coverage of 1/2 supplemental coverage
Dependent Life Insurance		Employee paid term life for coverage of 10% supplemental coverage to $10,000 max
Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)	Up to 5 years	Employee continues active employment while Pension benefits are paid to a DROP account.
Deferred Comp	Pretax deduction	Employee paid up to $16,500 or 100% of wages/yr