Municipal Employee Benefits
City of Orange Beach Municipal Employee Benefits
IMPORTANT HEALTH COVERAGE TAX DOCUMENTS
Employees may request a copy of their Form 1095-C by contacting:
Vicki Pishna
Phone: 251-981-6802 | 251-981-7207
All full-time employees and their dependents are eligible for health insurance coverage, which will become effective on the first day of employment. The City contributes toward the cost of health insurance coverage for the employee. If the employee chooses to cover his/her dependents it is done by payroll deduction twice per month.
Note: The City of Orange Beach Health Plan recommends the BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama website to access machine-readable files as required by the Transparency in Coverage Rule. The files include negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between this plan and healthcare providers. The files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators, and application developers to access and analyze healthcare pricing data more easily. Email Vicki Pishna if you encounter technical issues with the link.
All full-time employees and their dependents are eligible for dental insurance coverage, which will become effective on the first day of employment. The City contributes toward the cost of dental insurance coverage for the employee. If the employee chooses to cover his/her dependents it is done by payroll deduction twice per month.
The City provides full-time employees with life insurance coverage of $20,000.
All full-time employees begin accruing annual leave upon hire. Ten days of annual can be accrued during the first year of employment. A maximum of 180 hours of annual leave may be accrued.
All full-time employees begin accruing sick leave upon hire. Thirteen days of sick leave can be accrued each year. There is no cap on the amount of sick leave that can be accrued. Probationary employees can use only four shifts of accumulated sick leave during the probationary period.
The City of Orange Beach observes twelve holidays during the year.
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Day
- Mardi Gras Day
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Friday following Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
Participation in the Employees Retirement System is mandatory for all full-time employees. Certified firefighters and law enforcement officers must contribute seven percent of their earnable compensation. For all other employees, the contribution is six percent of their earnable compensation.
Uniform requirements and subsidies vary by department.
Voluntary Benefits
With prior approval, the City has a tuition-only reimbursement program for qualified employees working towards a college degree.
Full-time employees are eligible to participate in the Flexible Benefit Plan immediately upon hire. This plan allows employees to pay pre-tax (for state and federal income tax and social security tax) amounts that are withheld from payroll for medical and dental insurance premiums, dependent care expenses, outside medical premiums, or unreimbursed medical expenses incurred during the plan year (January through December).
The Orange Beach Recreation Center and Golf Center provide special membership rates to City employees and their families.
All employees may make additional contributions to the Retirement Systems of Alabama RSA-1 Deferred Compensation Plan in accordance with the Summary Plan Descriptions rule on contributions and eligibility.
The City offers payroll deductions for several supplemental insurance programs.
Full-time employees are eligible to participate in a Vision Care Plan upon hire. This plan is designed to cover visual needs such as eye examinations, materials, lenses, etc.