RESOLUTION NO. ______ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,STATE OF CALIFORNIA | |
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RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF UNREPRESENTED ATTORNEY’S EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO | |
RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that | |
WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors desires to establish certain salaries and benefits for unrepresented Attorney’s unit personnel not covered by a Memorandum of Understanding, and | |
BE IT RESOLVED that Resolution No. 65721 is rescinded and the following benefits are available to unrepresented Attorney’s unit personnel not covered by a Memorandum of Understanding: | |
Section 1: Salaries and Benefits | |
1. |
Retirement and Social Security |
The coverage shall be that established by the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Retirement for employees under the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 and the Social Security Act. The County will contribute 100% of the employees’ contribution to the Retirement System except as set forth below. For employees who are employed by the County on or before July 2, 1994 and who are no longer making contributions to the retirement system under the Government Code section 31625.2 the County will make a contribution to the employees deferred compensation account in an amount equal to 50% of what the retirement contribution would otherwise have been at the time of initial calculation. Consistent with state law this additional contribution to deferred compensation will not be offered to employees who reach 30 years of service on or after March 7, 2003. | |
The County implemented the 2%@55.5 retirement enhancement (Government Code Section 31676.14) for employees in the General Retirement Plan for employees who retire on or after March 13, 2005. | |
The enhancements apply to all future service and all service back to the date of employment pursuant to the Board of Supervisor’s authority under Government Code section 31678.2(a). Government Code section 31678.2(b) authorizes the collection, from employees, of all or part of the contributions by a member or employer or both, that would have been required if section 31676.14 had been in effect during the time period specified in the resolution adopting section 31676.14, and that the time period specified in the resolution will be all future and past general service back to the date of employment. Employees will share in the cost of the 31676.14 enhancements through increased retirement contributions by way of payroll deductions as follows: | |
• Employees shall contribute 3% of compensation earnable as defined in SamCERA regulations. • These contributions will not be reduced by the employer pick-ups described above. | |
2. |
Health Insurance |
Employee contributions for health insurance will be 10% of the total Kaiser or Aetna premiums or 20% of the Blue Shield premium. | |
3. |
Dental Insurance |
The County shall contribute 90% of the premium for the County Dental Plan and the Delta Dental Plan. All employees must participate in one of these plans. | |
4. |
Vision Care |
The County shall contribute the full premium for vision coverage. | |
5. |
Life Insurance |
The County shall provide $50,000 life insurance for employees. The coverage includes $10,000 additional for accidental death of the employee and death benefits for a spouse and children (between 6 months and 21 years) in the amount of $2,000 and for children 14 days to 6 months of $200. Employees, depending on pre-qualification, may purchase additional term life insurance to a maximum of $250,000 for employee, $125,000 for spouse, and $10,000 for dependents. | |
6. |
Accidental Death and Disability Insurance |
The County shall pay the premium for $100,000 coverage. | |
7. |
Long Term Disability Insurance |
After three years of service employees are eligible for long-term disability benefits. The benefit is two-thirds of the salary after a waiting period of 120 days, with the maximum benefit being $2400 per month. | |
Benefits for psychiatric disabilities that result from stress, depression or other life events are restricted to 2 years. However, a disability resulting from certain chronic psychotic disorders or a disorder with demonstrable organic brain deficits can qualify for benefits payable up to the age of 65. | |
8. |
Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance After Retirement from County Service |
The County will pay to employees who retire concurrently with separation from County service one month’s premium for the employee and eligible dependents for each 8 hours of unused sick leave. Employees who separate from County service without retiring are not eligible for this benefit. On the death of an employee (active or retired) coverage for the spouse and dependents will continue until the sick leave credits have expired. Retirees or surviving spouses may continue the insurance, at their own expense, by premium deductions from their retirement warrants after sick leave credits have expired, in accordance with the rules of the respective carriers. When employee or spouse reaches age 65 he/she must, if eligible, enroll in Medicare which also will be reimbursed by the County if sick leave credits are available. | |
For employees who receive a disability retirement from County service the County will provide up to 192 hours of sick leave (two years of retiree health coverage). For example, if an employee who receives a disability retirement has 100 hours of sick leave at the time of retirement, the County will add another 92 hours of sick leave credits to his/her balance. | |
9. |
Administrative/Management Leave Time |
Employees who have management overtime (MOT) hours available may use such time balances as time off. Any time balance not taken as time off prior to retirement or termination will be cashed out at that time. | |
Management employees not including elected employees shall receive 5 hours of administrative leave each pay period. No more than 260 hours of such administrative leave time may be accumulated at any one time. Except as provided in the next section time accruals may only be compensated by being allowed time off. | |
In April of each year, employees will have the opportunity to convert 50% of their then current Administrative Leave hours balance for a cash payment. Time balances remaining at separation from County employment shall be cashed out. | |
10. |
Severance Pay |
If an employee’s position is abolished and the employee is unable to displace another employee in accordance with the rules of the Civil Service Commission, the employee is entitled to trade one half of their unused sick leave for a cash payment equal to the value of the sick leave traded. The employee is eligible for this payment only after remaining in the service of the County until the services are no longer required by the department head. If the County secures comparable employment for the displaced employee in another agency, the employee is not entitled to the severance payment. Employees accepting the payment relinquish the right to have their names placed on reemployment eligible lists. | |
11. |
Advanced Leave Provisions |
The Department head shall have the authority to credit an attorney in his/her department with up to 40 hours of vacation and 48 hours of sick leave in addition to normal vacation and sick leave accrual, provided such credit must be made within 180 days of employment. The Department head shall have the authority to provide to an attorney in his/her department advanced levels of vacation accrual as if the attorney had otherwise been working for the County the required number of years for the higher accrual rate, provided such credit must be made within 180 days of employment. | |
12. |
Bar Dues |
In January of each year, the County shall pay actual cost of membership in the California State Bar Association on behalf of each employee on the payroll on January 15. | |
In July of each year, the County shall pay the actual cost of membership in the San Mateo County Bar Association on behalf of each employee of the County Counsel's Office on the Payroll on July 15. | |
13. |
Salaries |
Effective November 5, 2006 employees shall receive the salary rates indicated in Exhibit A. | |
Effective November 4, 2007 employees shall receive the salary rates indicated in Exhibit B. | |
Effective November 2, 2008 employees shall receive the salary rates indicated in Exhibit C. | |
14. |
Special Compensation |
Attorneys assigned by the District Attorney to work as a Deputy-in-Charge of the following work units shall receive a differential of 5.74% in addition to all other compensation. Only one employee at a time may receive payment in each area: • Each Municipal Court Branch • Juvenile Court Division • Consumer Fraud • General Office Support • Child Support | |
SECTION 2. This resolution is effective on November 5, 2006 unless otherwise specified. | |