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  • FY25 Updates, Enhancements, and Changes, effective July 1, 2024

    The start of the new fiscal year (July 1, 2024) introduced important changes to our employee benefits and leave programs. These updates reflect the county's commitment to supporting the health, wellness, and financial stability of our employees. We believe these improvements will significantly benefit you and your families. ​​​​​​​Please take a moment to review the highlighted changes below. Embedded links may require employee access through SSO for the internal SharePoint PWConnects site.

More information can be found on the Employee Benefits site on PWConnects.

 

A Leave Tour was held during late summer of 2024. The below video shares infromation regarding the County Leave Programs:

Leave Tour Recording (requires access to PWConnects)

 

FMLA Program Enhancement & Parental and Medical Leave Program Added

  • We enhanced our Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) benefits by adding six weeks of paid Parental and Medical leave to run concurrently with FMLA time.
  • Coverage was also expanded to allow couples who both work for the county to independently have the full FMLA benefit of 12 weeks for the purpose of bonding with a newborn or following the adoption or placement of a child, limited only by the time taken for other FMLA qualifying reasons.

More information about the Family and Medical Leave Act and Parental and Medical Leave can be found on the PWConnects site, under the Leave Procedure (July 1, 2024, update coming soon).

 

Anthem Update

Updates to the county's Anthem plan include coverage of infertility treatments and "out-of-network" ground ambulance coverage to better meet employee needs. 

More information about Anthem benefits through the County can be found on this section of PWConnects.

 

Retiree Health Insurance Credit

As part of the FY25 Budget, the Board increased the retiree health insurance credit benefit for retirements effective July 1, 2024, and after, from $5.50 x years of service to $6.50 x years of service (maxed at 30 years), which will also support our employees and attract and retain talent. 

More information about Retiree Health Insurance and the Retiree Health Insurance Credit can be found on PWConnects.

 

SECURE ACT 2.0 Updates

  • In a further effort to support our employees, we aligned our retirement plans with the federal legislation under Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act 2.0 so that qualifying penalty-free withdrawals are now available for birth or adoption, as well as for victims of domestic violence.
  • We have also updated our County 457 retirement plan to allow changes without waiting until the first of the following month. 

Please contact our vendor Empower Retirement directly for more information.

www.empowermyretirement.com

800-701-8255 General Customer Service
866-360-1192 Rollovers/Emergency Withdrawals

 

SECURE ACT 2.0 and VRS Hybrid Employees

Hybrid members will see a change in how the Defined Contribution (401/457) portion of their plan is deducted.

  • Deductions/contributions will change to each payroll period, 26 pays per year instead of 24. Deductions/contributions beginning with the July pay checks will be slightly lower, however deductions occur in every paycheck.
    • Deductions/contributions will continue to be based on the same eligible pay types (called “creditable compensation for VRS”).
    • Deductions/contributions will be based on earnings each pay period instead of an annualized salary divided over 24 pays.
    • Employees with base schedule fluctuations may see slight changes in paychecks with greater or smaller base pay.

For more information about the VRS Hybrid Retirement Plan visit https://www.varetirement.org/hybrid.html