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Benefits Plan Year – January 1, 2025 thru December 31, 2025

The value of your total annual compensation includes your pay plus the cost of City provided benefits.

INSURANCE

Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in the city’s insurance plans. Coverage will be effective the first of the month following date of hire. For example, if employee is hired on April 11, then effective date of coverage will be May 1. If the new employee’s hire date falls on the first day of the month, their health insurance coverage will be effective starting that same day. If the first day of the month is a holiday, the effective date of coverage remains the same; it will begin on the first day of the month, regardless of the holiday.

• Health Insurance – Medical and Pharmacy Coverage through the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) (HMO, PPO, or POS).
• Dental Insurance – Coverage through Anthem. 
• Vision Insurance – Coverage through Anthem.
• Group Basic Life Insurance – Coverage through The Standard. The City of Tucker provides life insurance to all full-time employees at no cost in the amount of $50,000. 
• Voluntary Life Insurance – Coverage through The Standard. 
• Group Short-Term Disability (STD) Insurance – Coverage through The Standard and paid for by the City. This benefit will provide income protection in the event of a disability as the result of an illness or accident that occurs off the job. This plan can replace up to 60% of your pre-disability earnings up to $1,000 per week once you have been disabled for either 1 day (injury) or 7 days (sickness) and will continue to pay for up to 11 weeks. 
• Group Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance – Coverage through The Standard and paid for by the City. This benefit offers income protection in the event of a disability as the result of an illness or accident. This plan can replace up to 60% of your pre-disability earnings up to $10,000 per month once you have been disabled for 90 days and will continue to pay up until your disability ends or you reach your Normal Social Security Retirement age. 
• Employee Assistance Program – All employees (PT and FT) have access to a very robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through The Standard. This program is free for employees and offers work-life services with up to 6 face-to-face visits with a licensed professional counselor per employee/family member.
•  AFLAC – The City offers AFLAC benefits through payroll deduction. Plans such as cancer, critical illness, accident, or supplemental dental.

NOTE: Premiums/Contributions (Sec. 125 Plan) – Health, Dental, and Vision Contributions are all deducted from your pay on a pre-tax basis (exempt from FICA, federal and state tax) which in turn provides significant cost savings. You will be able to make changes to any of your benefit elections during the Open Enrollment period. After Open Enrollment, your elections cannot be changed until the next annual Open Enrollment unless you experience a Qualifying Life Event (e.g., marriage, divorce, death of a spouse or child, birth or adoption of child or change of employment of your spouse as detailed in the Section 125 Regulations).

RETIREMENT

Social Security Administration

Earnings are not covered under Social Security. This could affect future Social Security benefits to which you may become entitled. You may contact Social Security; socialsecurity.gov or call 1-800-772-1213 to obtain valuable information; find publications; get answers to frequently asked questions; and much more.

At City of Tucker, we want to enhance our employees’ ability to save for retirement. As a result, the City of Tucker does not participate in the traditional Social Security Administration. Under the plan’s provisions, all full-and part-time employees will be automatically enrolled in the 401(a) plan within your date of hire. The city will contribute 10% of your base compensation into a 401(a) Retirement Plan. The 401(a) plan is a Social Security Replacement Plan whereby the city contributes 10% in lieu of payroll deduction for Social Security. There is no waiting period. Immediate Vesting however, the employee may be penalized if distributions taken prior to age 59 ½.

 The 457(b) Retirement Plan is voluntary; all full-and part-time employees are eligible to participate. This is an elective retirement plan that allows employees to contribute a percentage of their gross wages towards retirement. The employee’s contribution would go towards the 457(b) Retirement Account. The employer match is 100% up to 3% of pay, then 50% of additional contributions; total match capped at 4%. The employer match will go towards the 401(a) Retirement Account. There is no waiting period. Immediate Vesting. All IRS regulations apply, i.e., annual limits on contributions, penalty-free distributions once an employee separates from service.

OTHER

Public Service Loan Forgiveness:

• To qualify for forgiveness, the employee must have made 120 qualifying payments on my Direct Loans while employed full-time by the city. Neither the 120 qualifying payments nor employment must be consecutive.
• Eligible Loans are loans made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program that are not in default.
• Qualifying employment includes Federal, State, Local, or Tribal government organization, agency, or entity.