Summary of Employee Benefits

12 Paid Holidays

New Year's Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Memorial Day Labor Day Veteran's Day Christmas Day	Lee-Jackson Day George Washington's Birthday Independence Day Columbus Day Thanksgiving (2 days)
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CommonHealth Wellness Program

CommonHealth is an employee wellness program available to Commonwealth of Virginia employees as a part of their state benefits package. Through CommonHealth, employees are able to identify potential health risks and learn how to make positive lifestyle changes to reduce or eliminate those risks, and start them on the way to wellness. CommonHealth is offered to all Virginia state employees who work at participating agencies and their covered family members over the age of 18 living in their homes.

Deferred Compensation Plan (457b)

The Commonwealth's Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) is a voluntary tax-deferred retirement savings program that is available to individuals who are employed by the Commonwealth of Virginia in either a salaried or wage position. Effective January 1, 2003 you may contribute up to $12,000 to your DCP account or as much as $14,000 if you are age 50 or older." The contribution limits are adjusted annually. Additional information...

Educational Assistance

Virginia State Government provides provisions for educational assistance. Such assistance varies and is dependent upon the policies and procedures of individual state agencies. Additional information ...

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Assistance Program Information

Flexible Benefits Program

Flexible Benefits Information

Group Life Insurance

Upon employment full-time classified employees automatically are enrolled in a group life insurance policy at no cost the employee. This plan provides natural death, accidental death and dismemberment coverage. Coverage is the equivalent of two times the employee's annual salary for natural death and four times the employee's annual salary for accidental death. Additional information...

Health Benefits

Health Benefits Information

Leaves of Absences

Types of Leaves of Absences

Optional Life Insurance

State employees are eligible to apply for optional life insurance coverage to enroll themselves, spouse, and/or eligible children. The employee pays the premiums. Additional information

Retirement Plan

Membership in the retirement plan (defined benefit plan) is automatic and paid by the state. Employees become vested with the accumulation of five years of credited service. A vested member is eligible to receive a reduced retirement benefit at age 55 with at least five years of service. Employees can receive a reduced benefit as early as age 50 with at least 10 years of state service. Employees can retire with unreduced benefits at age 50 with at least 30 years of service or age 65 with at least five years of state service. The unreduced monthly retirement benefit is calculated as 1.7% times the years of creditable service, times the employee's average monthly salary during their highest 36 consecutive months of creditable compensation. Additional information...

Telecommuting

This program allows agencies to designate employees to work in their homes or other alternate work locations. Additional information

Virginia Cash Match Plan

This program is an employer-paid cash match program for salaried state employees who are making contributions to the Deferred Compensation Plan. The employer match amount is 50 percent of the employee's contribution to the Deferred Compensation Plan or $20 per pay period ($40 per month), whichever is less. Additional information...

Virginia Sickness and Disability Program

Eligible state employees receive sick leave, family and personal leave, and short and long-term disability benefits. The program provides up to 10 days of sick leave and up to five days of family and personal leave per year, based on the employee's length of service (with no carry-over from year to year) and up to 125 workdays of short-term disability coverage. Income replacement levels during the use of short-term disability begin at 100 percent, reduce to 80 percent, then to 60 percent of salary. The number of days of income replacement at each level depends on the employee's length of state service at the time of disability.

After 125 workdays of short-term benefits, long-term disability begins with an income replacement level of 60% of salary. Additional information ...