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Employee Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Employer-Paid Life Insurance
- Employer-Paid Long Term Disability
- Employee/Spouse/Child Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Legal Plans
- Identity Theft Protection
- Health Savings Account
- Medical Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
Retirement Benefits Include:
- 401a County Retirement Plan (County contributes up to 3% of gross wages bi-weekly, eligible after 1 year of service)
- 457b Retirement Plan (County will match employee contributions 100% up to 3% of gross bi-weekly wages, and 50% of employee contributions of 3-6% of gross bi-weekly wages, eligible immediately upon hire, match starts after 1 year of service)
- Pre-Tax and Roth options available
- Firefighters enrolled in Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund (County pays 100%, eligible immediately upon hire)
15 Paid Holidays
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Presidents Day
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- Day After Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
- Day After Christmas
Regular Full-Time Employees may begin using personal leave after the six (6) month probationary period of employment; except for Fire/EMS employees who may begin using leave after the twelve (12) month probationary period.
Employees with six (6) months - four (4) years of employment, working an eight (8) hour work day accrue 6.67 hours per month or approximately 80 hours annually. Employees with six (6) months - four (4) years of employment, working a twelve (12) or 24 hour work day accrue 7.67 hours per month or approximately 92 hours annually.
The Employee Handbook supersedes the above information. Please contact the Human Resources Department at 912-576-5660 with any questions.
Regular Full-Time employees begin to accrue sick leave immediately upon employment at the rate of four (4) hours per month, or 48 hours annually, except for Public Safety. Public Safety employees accrue eight (8) hours per month or 96 hours annually. All regular full-time employees are eligible to use sick leave immediately.
The Employee Handbook supersedes the above information. Please contact the Human Resources Department at 912-576-5660 with any questions.
Additional Benefits Include:
- Pay for Performance Plan
- Free ambulance transports (for county health plan participants)
- Discounted PSA Recreation Center membership
- COBRA Continuation of Benefits
- Free Flu Shots for employees and dependents
- Lunch & Learn Programs
- Annual Benefits Fair
- Health and Wellness Program
- Employee email address for work related use
- Training and Education
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Confidential Counseling for Personal Issues
- Free Online Will Preparation
- Financial Counseling
- Legal Counseling
The Employee Handbook supersedes the above information. Please contact the Human Resources Department at 912-576-5660 with any questions.