Benefits

The City of Salisbury is pleased to offer you a choice of two medical benefit plans. The plans are both Preferred Provider Organization plans (PPO). The plans are PPO Base and PPO Buy-up. The PPO Base plan has a less rich benefit design than the PPO Buy-up plan, and it has a lower corresponding payroll deduction amount.

The City’s dental benefits allow you to choose a participating dentist in the BCBSNC network. If you choose to use a non-participating dentist, BCSBNC will pay you, the employee, directly. You may have to pay your dentist up front and wait on your reimbursement from BCBSNC. Your dental coverage is tied to your medical election.

The City of Salisbury provides, at no charge to the employee, a life insurance policy in the amount of the employee's annual salary rounded up to the nearest thousand (not to exceed $200,000). Additional life insurance is available for the employee and family members through payroll deduction.

The City of Salisbury offers the following paid holidays:

• New Year’s Day
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veteran’s Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Day after Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas (3 days)

Annual leave provides you time for vacationing, rest, relaxation or to conduct personal affairs. Full pay, benefits, and the accrual of leave time continue during annual leave. For each calendar month you are employed full time, you accrue Annual Leave time according to your length of service. Fire and Police are not eligible for holiday pay, and therefore accrue annual leave at a higher rate.

Sick leave is to be used for employee illness or disability or that of a member of the immediate family or a parent, child or spouse living outside the household who requires the employee’s personal care or attention.

The City of Salisbury will provide Paid Parental Leave (PPL) of up to four (4) weeks to employees classified as regular full-time employees who are eligible for FMLA.

The purpose of PPL is to enable an employee to take paid time away from work to care for and bond with a newly born, newly placed, or newly adopted child. This policy will run concurrently with the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). FMLA provides job protection in both paid and unpaid status; however, it does not address the lack of income experienced by many employees during periods of necessary leave. PPL will be in addition to an employee’s accrued annual and sick leave.

Employees are entitled up to three (3) consecutive days off with pay for the funeral of an immediate family relative: (mother, father, guardian, sister, brother, spouse, domestic partner, child, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild, plus combinations of half, step, in-law, and adopted relationships that can be derived from those named.

Employees are entitled to one (1) day for the death of a relative other than an immediate family member.

Employees are entitled to four (4) hours to attend the funeral of a co-worker.

Flexible spending accounts allow you to redirect a portion of your taxable income in order to receive nontaxable benefits. You can set aside pretax dollars to reimburse yourself for qualified health care expenses and/or dependent day care expenses.

The City of Salisbury is committed to giving you the programs and benefits you need to take good care of yourself and your family. As a participant in the City of Salisbury’s BCBSNC Health Plan you may obtain services from the onsite Nurse Practitioner at no charge without using any leave accrual. The Nurse Practitioner is located in the Customer Service Center, 1415 S Martin Luther King Jr Ave, Salisbury, NC 28144.

Wellness Health Program offers a variety of programs to help you take control of your health:

• blood pressure screenings
• weight management
• tobacco cessation
• quarterly health challenges
• wellness education programs

The Wellness Center, operated by the City of Salisbury's Nurse Practiotioner as part of the Wellness Health Program, is located at 1415 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Salisbury, NC 28144.

Hours of Operation:

To schedule your clinic appointment, please visit: www.timecenter.com/cityofsalisbury or call (704) 638-5217 between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm.

Full-time employees and employees who work 1000 hours or more per year automatically become a member of the North Carolina Local Government Retirement System. Employers and employee required contributions are mandated by state legislature. The employee’s share of the cost is 6% and is automatically deducted from the employee’s paycheck. Employees are vested with five years of creditable service.