Benefits Summary

Regular full-time employees of the City of Carbondale receive a variety of excellent benefits. Below is a summary of the City's benefits package.

Holidays

The following are holidays observed by non-union personnel:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• President's Day
• Good Friday
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veteran's Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Day-After-Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve (To be decided each year by City Council)
• Christmas Day

Each full-time regular employee also receives a birthday holiday to be used by their next birthday.

Vacation

All regular full-time employees accrue vacation in accordance with the following schedule:

1. After one (1) year of full-time and continuous employment, an employee shall be granted eighty (80) hours of vacation.
2. After five (5) years of full-time and continuous employment, an employee shall be granted one hundred twenty (120) hours of vacation.
3. After ten (10) years of full-time and continuous employment, an employee shall be granted one hundred sixty (160) hours of vacation.
4. After fifteen (15) years of full-time and continuous employment, an employee shall be granted one hundred eighty (180) hours of vacation.
5. After twenty (20) years of full-time and continuous employment, an employee shall be granted two hundred (200) hours of vacation.

The maximum vacation leave accrual is 300 hours.

Sick Leave

All regular full-time employees accrue sick leave at the rate of 12 days per year (8) hours per month. Sick leave may be accumulated indefinitely.

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

The City offers employee and family health plans at a very competitive price.

Other Benefits

• Life Insurance
• Retirement Pension
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Section 125 Pretax Deductions
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account