IS-68206



Job Details

IS-68206
Employer

City of Laguna Beach

Salary

$25.03 - $35.23 Hourly

Location

CA 92651, CA

Job Type

Regular Full-Time

Job Number

IS-68206

Department

City Clerk

Opening Date

10/25/2023

No available description

BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEE MEMBERS OF THE LAGUNA

BEACH MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION

[Current MOU Governs January 1, 2016 – June 30, 2019]

This report is for informational purposes only.

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Regular Full-Time

~~SALARY AND COMPENSATION ~~

Pay Plan: The basic pay ranges are composed of eight (8) steps, with each step

varying by approximately five percent (5%).

Salary Adjustments: Effective 1/4/16 – 3.5%; 07/01/17 – 3%; 07/01/18 – 3%

Acting Pay: Employees will receive an additional five percent (5%) of their current

base salary for working out of classification for fifteen (15) or more

consecutive workdays.

Exceptional Performance Pay: Employees may be recommended for an early

step advancement or performance bonus pay if merited. Bonus pay is a lump

sum amount of up to five percent (5%) of gross annual salary.

Overtime/Compensatory Time: Employees shall receive compensatory time off or

pay at the rate of time and one-half for all hours in excess of forty (40) hours

actually worked. Maximum accumulation for employees other than lifeguards

is twenty-four (24) hours. Full-time lifeguards may accrue up to ninety-six

(96) hours.

Assignment Pay: A five percent (5%) assignment pay increment in salary will be

provided to employees who take minutes on a regular basis at certain

designated City meetings.


~~LEAVE TIME~~

Vacation: Each full-time regular and probationary employee shall accrue vacation

leave with pay as follows:

0 to 5 years of service: 96 hours per year

6 to 9 years of service: 136 hours per year

10 + years of service: 176 hours per year

There are two vacation banks. Vacation accrued prior to June 24, 2013 may

be paid at the straight time hourly equivalent salary rate in lieu of time off at

the employee's rate of pay as of June 23, 2013. Vacation accrued on or after

June 24, 2013 is subject to a 400 hour cap. Any vacation accrual above 400

hours will be paid each December at the straight time hourly equivalent salary

rate in lieu of time off. Aside from the December pay-out, vacation time may

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be paid at the above-noted rates in lieu of time off with the Department Head

and City Manager's approval.

Sick: Every full-time, regular and probationary employee shall accrue sick leave

time at the rate of eighty (80) hours per year. Unused sick leave may be

accumulated without limit. Use of accrued sick leave is permitted in

accordance with Federal and State laws to care for an ill parent, spouse or

child.

Payment for Unused Sick Leave: There are three sick leave banks with varying

cash-out rates as follows:

1. Sick leave earned before June 13, 1988 ("Old" sick leave) – 50% rate of

pay as of June 23, 2013;

2. Sick leave earned June 13, 1988 through June 23, 2013 – 100% rate of

pay as of June 23, 2013;

3. Sick leave earned on or after June 24, 2013 – 50% rate of pay.

Sick leave earned in the second bank must be used before the other two sick

leave banks.

Holidays: Employees receive eighty (80) hours for ten (10) paid holidays per year.

Employees who work an alternate work schedule, e.g. 9/80 plan: When a

holiday falls on a regularly scheduled day off, the first work day following the

observed holiday shall be deemed to be a holiday, e.g. Tuesday when the

observed holiday falls on a Sunday or Monday. For those employees who

work in City Hall, if a holiday falls on a regularly scheduled Friday off, eight

(8) hours shall be banked in the employee's vacation leave bank.

Bereavement: Employees will be paid twenty-four (24) hours per incident (fortyeight

(48) hours maximum per year) for the death or terminal illness of an

immediate family member of the employee, the employee's spouse or

domestic partner.

~~MISCELLANEOUS BENEFITS~~

Retirement:

Non-Safety Members:

Miscellaneous members hired before January 1, 2013 are under the California

Public Employees Retirement System ("CalPERS") two and one-half percent

at fifty-five (2.5% @ 55) defined benefit plan. The following optional benefits

are in effect: One (1) Year Final Compensation, Service Credit for Unused

Sick Leave and the 1959 Survivors Benefit Level IV. Employees in this tier

pay the full eight percent (8%) member contribution.

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In accordance with The California Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA), the

following retirement benefits are available to employees hired on or after

January 1, 2013 as follows:

Existing, or "Classic" Miscellaneous Members employees hired on or

after January 1, 2013 who are determined to be existing or "classic"

members of CalPERS shall be under the CalPERS two and one-half percent

at fifty-five (2.5% @ 55) defined benefit plan. Classic members receive the

same optional benefits as those noted above and also contribute the full eight

percent (8%) towards the member contribution.

"New" Members employees hired on or after January 1, 2013 who are

"new" CalPERS members or who have been out of the CalPERS system for

six (6) months or longer shall be covered by the CalPERS two percent at

sixty-two (2% @ 62) defined benefit plan. The following optional benefits are

in effect: Three (3) Years Final Compensation, Service Credit for Unused

Sick Leave and the 1959 Survivors Benefit Level IV. "New" members are

required to contribute at least fifty percent (50%) of the total normal cost of

their retirement benefit. Currently this rate is six and one quarter percent

(6.25%) of pensionable income.

Safety Members:

Other Safety members (Regular Marine Safety) hired prior to January 1,

2013 are covered by the three percent at fifty-five (3% @ 55) defined benefit

plan. The following optional benefits are in effect: One (1) Year Final

Compensation, Service Credit for Unused Sick Leave and the 1959 Survivors

Benefit Level IV. Employees pay the full nine percent (9%) member

contribution in addition to amounts paid towards the employer contribution as

described below:

Effective 1/4/16, members contribute an additional 1% towards the employer

contribution for a total contribution of ten percent (10%).

Effective 7/1/17, members contribute an additional 1% towards the

employer contribution for a total contribution of eleven percent (11%).

In accordance with The California Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA), the

following retirement benefits are available to employees hired on or after

January 1, 2013 as follows:

Existing, or "Classic" Other Safety members (Regular Marine Safety)

hired on or after January 1, 2013 who are determined to be existing or

"classic" members of CalPERS shall be covered by the CalPERS three

percent at fifty-five (3% @ 55) defined benefit plan. Classic members receive

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the same optional benefits and pay the same towards employee and

employer member contributions as those listed above.

"New" Other Safety members (Regular Marine Safety) hired on or after

January 1, 2013 who are new CalPERS members or who have been out of

the CalPERS system for six (6) months or longer shall be covered by the

CalPERS 2.7% @ 57 defined benefit plan. The following optional benefits are

in effect: Three (3) Years Final Compensation, Service Credit for Unused

Sick Leave and the 1959 Survivors Benefit Level IV. "New" members will be

required to contribute at least fifty percent (50%) of the total normal cost of

their retirement benefit. Currently this rate is eleven and one-half percent

(11.5%) of pensionable income.

Please reference the CalPERS website, www.calpers.ca.gov, for an

explanation of benefits.

Health: City pays one hundred percent (100%) for employee only coverage. City

pays eighty percent (80%) for dependent coverage with the employee

responsible for the remaining twenty percent (20%). The City's maximum

contribution for premium sharing is limited to the amount contributed by the

City for the HMO family rate. Medical and Dental coverage is provided for

domestic partners.

Medical and Dental coverage is offered for eligible retired employees who

elect this option. The employee is responsible for the entire premium.

A medical insurance waiver program is available for employees covered by

medical insurance other than the City's medical insurance. The program

pays sixty percent (60%) of the monthly HMO employee only rate on a biweekly

basis.

RHS: The City, on the employee's behalf, will contribute one hundred dollars ($100)

per month to a Retirement Health Savings Plan (RHS) managed by the

International City Management Association (ICMA). Aside from "old" sick

leave, all accrued sick leave will be deposited into the employee's RHS

account upon retirement from City service at the rates identified above under

"Payment of Unused Sick Leave". Additionally, subject to certain terms and

conditions, employees may cash in accrued sick leave into their RHS

accounts twice a year.

Disability: A fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) group term Life and Accidental Death

and Dismemberment policy is provided.

Long Term Disability insurance coverage consists of sixty percent (60%) of

the first five thousand ($5,000) of monthly salary after the employee's sick

leave is exhausted and a sixty (60) calendar day elimination period has been

satisfied.

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Employee Assistance Program: The City contracts with an Employee Assistance

Program which provides confidential counseling and referrals to employees

and their families, free of charge.

Education Reimbursement Program: The City administers an educational

reimbursement program for eligible employees. Reimbursement is limited to

one thousand dollars ($1,000) per fiscal year and eligible expenses. The

program is subject to budgetary constraints.

Alternate Work Schedule: City Hall is currently operating on a 9/80 work schedule.

Other work schedules may be available including, but not limited to, a 4/10,

9/80, 5/8 or other work schedule which may suit the operational needs

of the City. Alternate work schedules are subject to City Manager

approval.

Employer
City of Laguna Beach
Address
505 Forest Avenue

Laguna Beach, California, 92651
Phone
(949) 497-0324
(949) 497-0730

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