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Employee Benefits Summary

Vacation | Sick Leave | Administrative Leave | Holidays | Health Care Plans | Salary Increases
Life Insurance | Retirement Plans | Optional Programs

VACATION Top
  • Date of hire to beginning of new calendar year = 1 day per month
  • 1 year to 5 years = 12 days per year
  • 5 years to 12 years = 15 days per year
  • 12 years up to 20 years = 20 days per year
  • 20 years and above = 25 days per year
  • Up to one year of credited leave may be carried over to the next year
SICK LEAVE Top
  • Date of hire to beginning of new calendar year = 1 day per month
  • Thereafter = 15 days per year
  • Sick days may be accumulated from year to year.
  • At retirement, reimbursement of ½ unused sick leave, to maximum of $15,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE Top
  • Date of hire to beginning of new calendar year = ½ day per month (to maximum of 3 days)
  • Thereafter = 3 days per year
  • Unused leave cannot be carried over into the next year
HOLIDAYS Top

Thirteen per year; others negotiated by collective bargaining or granted by Governor's proclamation.

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King's Birthday
  • Lincoln's Birthday
  • Washington's Birthday
  • Good Friday
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Election Day
  • Veteran's Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day
HEALTH CARE PLANS Top
  • Health Maintenance Organization: Aetna or Cigna - both require employee contribution
  • NJDIRECT15 - requires employee contribution
  • Drug Prescription Plan - requires employee co-pay per prescription
  • Vision Care Plan - partial reimbursement
  • Dental Care Plans - require employee contribution
SALARY INCREASES Top
  • Awarded annually for satisfactory performance
  • Across-the-board raises as granted or negotiated
LIFE INSURANCE Top
  • Enrollment is mandatory with membership in the retirement plan
  • Contributory - death benefit is equal to 3 times annual salary; requires employee contribution
  • Non-Contributory - death benefit is equal to 1 ½ times annual salary
RETIREMENT PLAN Top
  • Mandatory for most employees.
  • Requires employee contribution.
  • Vested after 10 years of service as long as contributions are not withdrawn.
  • Members may receive a full retirement benefit at age 60 with 25 years of service.
  • Service retirement is available to members upon reaching age 60 or older.
  • No minimum amount of pension membership credit is required.
OPTIONAL PROGRAMS Top
  • Credit Union Membership
  • Blood Bank
  • Deferred Compensation Plan
  • Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust
  • Suggestion Awards Program
  • Tax Save Programs
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Long Term Care Insurance

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