Town of Herndon, VA
Home MenuThe Town of Herndon offers excellent benefits to all regular employees including medical insurance, fully paid life insurance, short and long term disability insurance, vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, recreation benefits, retirement pension, deferred compensation and more.
Full-time Benefits:
Full-time Benefits
Regular status employees are eligible to accrue annual leave from the date of employment.
Leave accrues on the following schedule:
Less than five years of service
4 hours/pay period
Five years, but less than 10
6 hours/pay period
Ten or more years
8 hours/pay period
- Leave is granted to employees as stated in Town Code
- Employees and their immediate families have the option to join either the Apple Federal Credit Union or the Fairfax County Federal Credit Union.
This optional supplemental retirement savings program (an IRC Section 457 plan) is offered by the town and administered through The Retirement Plan Company (TRPC). Employees may elect pre-tax and/or after-tax (roth) deferrals. The maximum combined deferral for calendar year 2018 is $18,500.
- Direct Deposit of paychecks is available to all employees.
- The town offers an employee assistance program, through Lytle EAP Partners, to all employees and their family members.
- Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code allows employees to reduce taxes, increase spendable income and have a broader selection of benefits. The town offers a flexible benefits plan to regular employees through SHDR. (Dental and health insurance premiums are automatically pre-taxed unless you request exemption in writing.)
The town offers group health insurance through Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Key Advantage PPO and Kaiser Permanente HMO to regular status employees. All plans have dental insurance coverage included in the premium. Biweekly costs for full-time employees are as follows:
Anthem Key Advantage 250/Delta Dental Single with Comprehensive Dental $30.30 with Preventative Dental $22.30 Dual with Comprehensive Dental $156.94
with Preventative Dental $152.88
Family with Comprehensive Dental $229.04 with Preventative Dental $223.02 Anthem Key Advantage Expanded/Delta Dental
Single with Comprehensive Dental $33.15 with Preventative Dental $25.15 Dual with Comprehensive Dental $171.78 with Preventative Dental $167.58 Family
with Comprehensive Dental
$250.60 with Preventative Dental $244.58
Kaiser Permanente/Dominion Dental Single $32.70 Dual $168.42 Family $245.56 - The town offers pre-paid legal services through Legal Resources legal access plan. There is a bi-weekly subscriber fee of $9.00, paid through payroll deductions.
- Full time employees are insured for twice their annual salary, rounded to the next highest thousand dollar multiple. The town funds this 100 percent.
- Employees may purchase optional life insurance coverage for themselves, their spouse and children through payroll deduction.
The town pays bi-weekly every other Friday - 26 pay periods per year.
- All sworn positions are provided a supplemental retirement program administered through The Retirement Plan Company (TRPC).
- Recreation benefits include free golf, racquetball, swimming, discounted classes and much more.
Short and long term disability insurance are funded by the town.
Employees covered under VRS Hybrid Retirement Plan - There is a waiting period of one continuous year of employment for non-work related disability. The short term disability benefit amount is determined based upon years of service. Disability benefits begin on the 8th day of disability for a maximum of 125 days. Long term disability goes into effect when short term disability ends. The long term disability benefit is 60 percent of an employee's pre-disability income.
Employees covered under VRS Plan 1 or Plan 2 - The short term disability benefit is 66 2/3 percent of weekly salary with a maximum of $600 per week for up to 26 weeks and then the long term disability benefit 60 percent of monthly salary with a maximum of $5,000 per month to age 65 if still disabled. Disability insurance applies to non-work related illness or injuries and goes into effect on the greater of the 30th consecutive day of disability or accumulated sick leave.Sick Leave accrues at the rate of four hours/pay period . Sick leave accrual for employees covered under the VRS Hybrid plan will be capped at 600 hours. There is no cap on the accrual of sick leave for employees covered under VRS Plan 1 or Plan 2.
Regular, full time employees must participate in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), and pay the statutory member contribution on a pre-tax salary reduction basis.
Hybrid Plan - Defined Benefit/Defined Contribution Plan
Non-sworn employees hired on or after January 1, 2014 - the retirement age is the normal social security retirement age with at least five years of service or when age and service equal 90 (for example, age 60 with 30 years of service).
Plan 2 - Defined Benefit Plan
Employees hired on or after July 1, 2010 and employees hired before July 1, 2010 but not vested by January 1, 2013 - the normal retirement age for non-sworn employees is the normal social security retirement age with at least five years of service or when age and service equal 90 (for example, age 60 with 30 years of service).
Plan 1 - Defined Benefit Plan
Employees hired before July 1, 2010 and vested by January 1, 2013 - the normal retirement age for non-sworn employees is 65 with at least five years of service or age 50 with 30 years service.
The normal retirement age for sworn police officers covered under Plan 1 or Plan 2 is age 60 with five years of service or age 50 with 25 years of service.
Part-time Benefits:
Part-time Benefits
- Regular status employees are eligible to accrue annual leave from the date of employment. Annual leave for part-time employees is prorated based on number of hours regularly scheduled to work per week.
- Leave is granted to employees as stated in Town Code
- Employees and their immediate families have the option to join either the Apple Federal Credit Union or the Fairfax County Federal Credit Union.
This optional supplemental retirement savings program (an IRC Section 457 plan) is offered by the town and administered through The Retirement Plan Company (TRPC). Employees may elect pre-tax and/or after-tax (roth) deferrals. The maximum combined deferral for calendar year 2018 is $18,500.
- Direct Deposit of paychecks is available to all employees.
- The town offers an employee assistance program, through Lytle EAP Partners, to all employees and their family members.
- Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code allows employees to reduce taxes, increase spendable income and have a broader selection of benefits. The town offers a flexible benefits plan to regular employees through SHDR. (Dental and health insurance premiums are automatically pre-taxed unless you request exemption in writing.)
- The town offers group heatlh insurance through Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Key Advantage PPO and Kaiser Permanente HMO to regular status employees. All plans have dental insurance coverage included in the premium. Biweekly costs for part-time employees are prorated based on number of hours regularly scheduled to work per week.
- The town offers pre-paid legal services through Legal Resources legal access plan. There is a bi-weekly subscriber fee of $9.00, paid through payroll deductions.
The town pays bi-weekly every other Friday - 26 pay periods per year.
- Recreation benefits include free golf, racquetball, swimming, discounted classes and much more.
- Short and long term disability insurance are funded by the town. The short term disability benefit is 66 2/3 percent of weekly salary with a maximum of $600 per week for up to 26 weeks and then the long term disability benefit is 60 percent of monthly salary with a maximum of $5,000 per month to age 65 if still disabled. Disability insurance applies to non-work related illnesses or injuries and goes into effect on the greater of the 30th consecutive day of disability or accumulated sick leave.
Regular status full-time employees accrue sick leave at the rate of 4 hours/pay period (13 days per year). Sick leave for regular, part-time employees is prorated based on number of hours regularly scheduled to work per week.