Vacation/Annual Leave
(hours are earned each 2-week pay period)
4 hours: First 3 years of service
6 hours: After 3 years of service
8 hours: After 15 years of service
240 hours can be saved and carried over to
the next year
Sick Leave
4 hours are earned each 2-week pay period
Unlimited hours can be saved and carried over
to the next year
Leave Donor Program
Employees may donate or receive donations of
annual leave for emergency situations
Retirement Plan
Cost shared by Government and employee
Can be rolled over/transferred if you leave
Government Service
Thrift Savings Plan
(Retirement Savings and Investment Plan)
Like 401(k)s, employee contributions are tax-deferred
Government automatically contributes 1 percent,
even if employee does not contribute. In
addition, employees' contributions are matched
by the Government: 100 percent for the first
3 percent contributed by you, and 50 percent for
the next 2 percent contributed. Get details about
the Thrift Savings Plan.
10 Paid Holidays
New Year’s Day
M. L. King, Jr. Day
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans' Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules
ERS staff may choose their workday start time,
between 6 am and 9 am
Staff may choose to work a compressed schedule
in which they work nine, 9-hour days and
take the 10th day off; or eight, 10-hour days
and take the 9th and 10th days off
Transportation Subsidy
Tax-free benefit to encourage use of public
transportation
Distributed quarterly to employees who qualify
in the form of a Metrochek
Qualifying carpools (two or more persons) receive
a subsidy to defray parking costs
EEO/No FEAR—Equal
Employment Opportunity data posted pursuant to the
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination
and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act), Public
Law 107-174.
