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Employee Benefits
Paid leave is time off from work available for use by an employee upon approval by supervisor. The first 24 leave hours for any illness must be paid leave with additional time charged to extended illness leave. Paid leave for employees of the city shall accrue as follows:
Years of
Service | Hours Per
Month | Fire
24-hr shift Employees |
| 0 - 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 1 - 5 | 12 | 19.75 |
| 5 - 10 | 14 | 22.75 |
| 10 - 15 | 16 | 25.50 |
| 15 - 20 | 17 | 26.75 |
| 20 - 25 | 18 | 28.25 |
| 25 - 30 | 19 | 30 |
| 30 + | 20 | 32 |
Extended Illness Leave: shall accrue at the rate of six (6) hours per month. Fire suppression employees shall accrue extended illness leave at nine (9) hours per month.
Funeral Leave: for family, up to three consecutive days.
Military Leave: Fifteen work days per Federal fiscal year.
Holidays: The City provides 88 hours of annual paid holiday time.
Health Insurance: Four coverage types are available: Family, Employee and Spouse, Employee and Child, and Employee only. Coverage is available through payroll deduction.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
(Key Care 20) | Bi-weekly |
| Employee | $ 18.50 |
| Employee/Child | $ 90.70 |
| Employee/Spouse | $ 230.50 |
| Family | $ 233.64 |
Dental Insurance: Four coverage types are available: Family, Employee and Spouse, Employee and Child, and Employee only. Coverage is available through payroll deduction.
| Delta Dental (Delta Premier) | Bi-weekly |
| Employee | $ 1.27 |
| Employee/Child | $ 9.22 |
| Employee/Spouse | $ 9.22 |
| Family | $ 24.30 |
Life Insurance: Paid by the City at no cost to employees. Coverage is equal to the annual salary rounded to the next highest thousand and then doubled. For an accidental death, the coverage would be twice this amount.
Optional Life Insurance: Paid by the employee. Various amounts of coverage, including family members, available through payroll deduction.
Long Term Disability Insurance: Designed to provide a monthly benefit to assist employees with bills and maintaining a standard of living when disabled as a result of a covered sickness or injury. Coverage is available through payroll deduction. Annual cost is your annual salary multiplied by .00255. This amount is half of the total premium and the City pays the other half.
Retirement: Paid by the City at no cost to the employee. Employees vest with 5 years of creditable service. Normal retirement after 50th birthday, and when combination of age and creditable service equals 80; or, 65th birthday if completed at least five years of creditable service. For sworn officers in Police and Fire/EMS, normal retirement after 45th birthday, and when any combination of age and service equals 70; or 50th birthday, with 25 years of creditable service as a police officer or firefighter; or, 65th birthday or older with 5 years of creditable service. An annual retirement benefit equals 2.1% of salary (based on an average of the highest three years) times the number of creditable years with a maximum of 63%. Early retirement reductions may apply. Sheriff’s Department employees are covered by the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). Previous service covered by VRS may be portable to the Roanoke Retirement System.
Deferred Compensation: International City Management Association - Retirement Corporation (ICMA-RC) deferred compensation plan for participating employees.
Flexible Spending Account: Allows employees to set aside pre-tax dollars from their pay checks to pay for child care and/or medical and dental expenses not covered by the City's health care or dental plans.
Virginia College Savings Plan: Two plans to choose from at a reduced application fee, Virginia Prepaid Education Program and the Virginia Education Savings Trust.
Employee Health Services: The City employee health services provides free family medical care for employees, spouses, and children ages 6 to 25 who live in employees' homes.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Service to assist employees in dealing with personal problems.
Credit Union: $5.00 membership fee. Payroll deduction is available.
Pay Days: Direct deposit is mandatory for all new employees. Paid bi-weekly, 26 pay periods per year.
Fitness Centers: Full-time employees can take advantage of state-of-the-art fitness facilities at a discounted rate of $10 per month.
Vision Insurance: Paid at no cost to employees. Covers one routine eye exam per year for a $15.00 copayment and includes discounts on eyeglass frames, eyeglass lenses and contact lenses.
Sick Child Care: The City of Roanoke, in partnership with the Greenvale School "Get Well Center," offers a special service to employees with sick children. The City will pay $10 per day (one-half of the cost) for a sick child who uses the Center up to a maximum of 10 days per fiscal year.
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