Clone of Full-Time Employee Benefits

Salary Range:  A job description and salary range is established for each position. Salary is budgeted by department and approved by City Council for each position with the City of Greenacres. A new employee is subject to a six month to one year probationary period.

Health/Dental:  United Health Care/Delta Dental. Employees are provided health and dental insurance options and may choose whichever plan option they prefer. The City pays 100% of the cost of the base plan for employee coverage and 50% of the cost of the base plan for dependent coverage for eligible employees.  Coverage begins the first of the month following first day of employment. Dependent coverage is also available. 

Deductions for Health and Dental are taken bi-weekly / 26 pay periods

Opting Out of Health Insurance:  Full-time employees have an option to opt-out under the City’s health insurance plan.  Employees who provide proof of equivalent coverage under another health insurance policy shall be reimbursed $2,000 per year to be paid monthly with the first payroll period of the month.

Employer Provided Life Insurance:  General Employees receive $25,000 Life and $25,000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment of coverage. Department Directors receive an amount equal to their annual salary (maximum of $100,000) of coverage. Certified Firefighters engaged in the performance of his/her duties are covered per F.S. 112.191. Coverage begins the first of the month following first day of employment.

Retirement Plans: 

General Employees (Defined Compensation Plan)

(Coverage begins in the plan the first day of the month following completion of six (6) months of employment)

• City Contributions:  5% plus up to 2.5% employee match.
• Employee Contributions:  Up to the max allowed by law.
• Vesting:  100% after 6 years (Vesting schedule 20%-80% for 2-5 years)

Firefighters (Defined Benefit Plan)

• Contributions - Employee:  4% Mandatory
• Vesting:  100% after 6 years
• Retirement:  25 years of service or age 55 & 6 years of employment.

Deferred Compensation:  Optional pre-taxable savings program to supplement retirement income, which is personally geared toward individual employee's needs. The deferred compensation program allows employees to put aside a portion of their earnings each pay period into an account for their retirement and reduce the amount that is taxable now, postponing federal income taxes until retirement which is then taxable at a lower rate. Another advantage is that the deferred compensation program defers taxes on income that an employee’s account earns over the course of employment years, which is not available in a conventional passbook savings account.

Vacation Leave:  An employee is eligible for vacation leave with pay after one year’s continuous service upon his or her anniversary date.

Sick Leave:  Accruals at a rate of 96 hours annually. Annually, 24 hours of sick leave may be converted to personal leave for general employees and 48 hours for bargaining unit employees.

Holidays:  Eleven (11) per calendar year

• New Year’s Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• President’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving
• Day after Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day

Direct Deposit:  New hires are required to sign-up for direct deposit of their payroll check.

Optional Benefits:  Colonial Life and Accident Company and/or AFLAC for employee purchase with several different options and pay for the plans on pre and/or post-tax basis (as allowed by law) such as Short-Term Disability, Hospital, Accident Care, Cancer, Critical Illness, Universal Life, Whole Life, and Term life. The plan is established in accordance with the provisions of Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable provisions.

Tuition Reimbursement:  Tuition Reimbursement Program is to afford eligible City employees the opportunity to improve their job related skills and knowledge by pursuing graduate, undergraduate, and associate degrees related to their work field at an accredited educational facility.  Eligible employees may be reimbursed up to a maximum of $2,000 per fiscal year, subject to the availability of budgeted funds.

Recreation Discount:  Employees receive 20% discounts on most Leisure Service programs, classes, and activities.