Benefit Packages

Full-Time Employee Benefits

The City of Pico Rivera provides comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage plans for employees and their eligible dependents.  Full-Time employee benefit options include:

• Medical Health Benefits or Cash in-lieu of a Medical Plan enrollment.  Currently, the City pays 100% of  the medical plan premium up to the Kaiser level.  Cash in-lieu of enrollment in a medical plan provides a monthly cash back benefit of 80% of the 2017 Kaiser rates.
• Dental Insurance.  Two options to choose from: PPO and HMO.   The City pays 100% of the HMO plan premium, and up to a maximum of $47.72 for the PPO plan for family, $30.38 for two-party, and $15.88 for employee-only enrollment, per month.
• Vision Insurance.  The City pays 100% of the vision insurance plan premiums.
• City-paid group life insurance ($100,000 policy) and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Holidays:  The City observes eleven (11) holidays per year.
• Sick Leave: 81 hours per year with the employee having the option to accumulate a maximum of 800 hours or receive pay each July for unused sick leave hours accumulated in the preceding fiscal year.
• Vacation Leave:  88 hours after one year, 128 hours after 5 years, 168 hours after 10 years, and 208 hours after 20 years of service.
• Tuition Reimbursement:  Up to the effective IRS amount in a given year ($5,250 in 2017) for the costs of tuition, books, and parking at the California State University rate.
• Retirement – Employees are covered under the State of California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) at the 2% at 60 formula for current CalPERS members and 2% at 62 for new CalPERS Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) members. Effective July 1, 2022, PEPRA members pay 6.75% of the employee’s portion to CalPERS. Current CalPERS members (Tier II) pay 7% of employees’ portion to CalPERS.  PERS determines whether an employee is a Classic or New PERS member.

The City does not contribute to Social Security.

Optional Programs Available at Employees’ Expense

• Additional Life & AD&D Insurance for employee and dependents through Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.
• Deferred Compensation available through Empower.
• CalPERS Long Term Care (Available during designated open enrollment period).
• Life, cancer, accident, hospital and short-term disability insurance through American Fidelity Assurance Company.

Hourly Employee Benefits

• Retirement – Hourly employees will be enrolled in the Nationwide 401(a) Plan. The City matches the employees’ contribution of 3.75%.  CalPERS members will be enrolled as a CalPERS member under the State of California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) at the 2% at 60 formula for current CalPERS members and 2% at 62 for new CalPERS Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) members, as defined by AB340. Effective July 1, 2022, PEPRA members pay 6.75% of the employees’ portion to CalPERS.  Current CalPERS members (Tier II) pay 7% of employees’ portion to CalPERS. PERS determines whether an employee is a Classic or New PERS member.

The City does not contribute to Social Security.

• Holidays*:  Five (5) paid holidays per year for all Part-Time represented employees.
• Leave Time*: Employees covered by the Part-Time MOU shall accrue at the rate of six (6) minutes per hour worked.
• Life & AD&D Insurance for employee and dependents at employees expense.

*For further information, see the appropriate MOU.

NOTE:

The above is intended as a summary of some of the benefits available and does not constitute an expressed or implied contract.  For a list of complete benefits or further information please see the appropriate MOU.  Any provisions contained in this announcement may be modified or revoked without notice.  The types and levels of employee benefits provided, including City contribution toward benefit costs, are subject to change as a result of periodic contract settlements between recognized employee unions/associations and the City of Pico Rivera.