Employee Manual 2023 - Flipbook - Page 51
VI. BENEFITS
Each regular full-time employee shall be entitled to the benefits as described below. The City
reserves the right to modify these and other benefits at any time. In the case of health insurance,
this may involve eliminating or expanding particular coverages and contracting with different
health insurance carriers, re-insurance carriers or self-insuring. ALL BENEFITS STATED HERE MAY
BE SUPERSEDED BY A UNION CONTRACT, OTHER WRITTEN CONTRACT AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION, ANY FEDERAL AND/OR STATE LAW
Insurance:
Life Insurance: Each full-time employee who has 30 days of continuous full-time service shall be
provided with a term life insurance policy. The amount of said policy shall be twice the employee’s
annual base salary to the nearest one thousand ($1,000) dollars with a copy of the policy to be
issued to the employee.
Accident/Sickness/Medical Insurance: Effective July 1, 2012, the City adopted the State of
Michigan Hard Cap for active employee in compliance with Act 152 – Senate Bill 7. The City shall
pay up to the current dollar amount per year for single, two person, and family coverage for each
active full-time employee, with the employee being responsible for all costs beyond the State Hard
Cap. These figures are subject to change per the State of Michigan. Adjustments will be passed on
to City employees as warranted.
The City shall provide, upon completion of 30 days of continuous full-time service, at no cost to the
employee, the following accident/sickness/medical insurance benefits to all full-time employees.
1. Short-Term Disability: All short-term disability begins on the fifteenth (15th) day of
disability and runs through the twenty-sixth (26th) week of continuous disability or end
of period of disability, whichever comes first. Each full-time employee, who qualifies,
shall be entitled to receive seventy percent (70%) of their base salary per week. While
on Short-Term disability, the employee may elect to utilize their accumulated leave
banks to supplement their pay. In addition, there is no accumulation of sick, personal or
vacation leaves during this time. The pay received during this time is taxable per federal
IRS regulations.
Employees returning from a disability leave must provide the City with a physician's
statement releasing the employee to return to work. The City reserves the right to send
the employee to the City's designated physician for an evaluation prior to returning to
work after a disability leave.
2. Long-Term Disability: Commencing on the first (1st) day of the 27th consecutive week of
absence from work due to illness or injury, such employee shall be entitled to receive
seventy percent (70%) of their base salary for those employees who qualify and subject
to the terms and conditions of the insurance policy to be issued to each employee.
While on Long-Term Disability, the employee will not accrue benefits (i.e. Retention,
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