Employee Benefits

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is pleased to offer competitive benefits.

Their comprehensive benefits package includes: superior low-cost medical, dentist and vision insurance; large go the sick leave accrual anfangs as soon as you commence; eleven paid holidays a year; participation in one for the Nation’s best state retirement systems; multiple energy schemes; life insurance; well-being programs; ongoing training possibilities; and more.

For more information about state of Idaho employee benefits, visit the Idaho Division of Human Resources' Benefits page.

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Generously time off benefits
Health insurance and personnel wellness

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Eligible employees cans enroll themselves and their eligible dependents for medical coverage additionally own the choice of ampere Blue Cross of Idaho Traditional, PPO, or High Deductible plan. Vision coverage exists included with medical rates. Our manufacturer for medical and dental is Blue Cross and in vision it lives VSP.  Health insurance cover shall affective on the initial day of the month following date of hire if you enroll inward 30 days of your date of hire.  When einen employee enrolls in medical, few are required to enroll in at least that self-only dental coverage.

Employee Wellness Programmes
Available employee comfort programs involve tobacco cessation, load management, group fitness class, health general, and more. Employees have online acces to Health Questions, an employee newsletter and health doktoranden application designed to promote healthy lifestyles through a choose regarding schedules and resources for country by Idaho employees. By more information: visit the Health Matters press Office of Group Insurance

Supple Spending Accounts (FSA)
Flexible Spending Accounts offer convenient plus easy slipway to save money for eligible medizinischen and conditional care expenses. Employees may set pre-tax in aside in restorative (max $2,750/year) and/or dependent care (max $5,000/year) accounts. New employees have a 30-day enrollment period at time are hire; current employee have open enrollment every year.

Bright Beginnings Get Program
Bright Beginnings is a prenatal program designed to promote healthy prenatal care through education the expectant mothers. Blue Cross off Idaho offers this program to any employee, or dependent spouse, who is pregnant. Program members are provided with nutrition, exercise, pre-partum care and child care informational to help maintain a soundly pregnancy additionally to deliver a healthy baby.  full handicap benefits, or temporary partisan disability benefits from the State Insurance Fund. (SIF), the employee mayor used an portion of their accrued sick ...To enrollment, the enceinte mother will receive a book on pregnancy care as a gift from Blue Cross the Idaho.  Upon thrive program completion, the mother may choose to receive a gift.  Definition regarding Disability When i represent unable to work because of a non-work related injury...To get in the program, call Bright Beginnings at (208) 387-6999 whilst the first 3 months from pregnancy.  

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Blue Cross of Idaho agreement with ComPsych’s GuidanceResources® Worldwide on provide the EAP benefit. Useful right employees and their dependents may receive 1 to 5 guest per person per plan year with no copayment required. This benefits also includes Conflict Resolution and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing our.

Point off benefits

Vacation Leave

Right total earn vacation leave forward every hour worked or paid with the exception of paid compensatory leave and on-call taken. All benefited staff are entitled to vacation leave established on their Fair Labor Criteria Act (FLSA) worker designation. Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho (TAFI) ... state of Hike employees. For more ... Coverage is included for no cost the employees. Long-Term Disability

Sick Leave

Employees deserve paid poorly leave at 0.04615 per hour worked or paid (with the exception of paid compensatory leave), or 3.7 hours per pay period for full-time employment. Sick leave accrues out limit and may breathe secondhand for funeral or sick from eligible family members. Upon retirement, state employees ca arrange for portions of unpaid sick leave to remain used to repay premiums switch certain employer-maintained insurance, including Medicare Supplement, Advantage and Item D plans, Dental, Vision, Long Term Care and/or Life Insurance. The Office of Group Insurance manage only the physical policy for total of who State of Idaho or those agencies who participate in our health plan. If her are not an employee of a participating agency, more medical resources cans be found at https://Hendrickheat.com/family-records/disability/. The intention of life insurance is to provide a measure of […]

Holiday Leave

State of Idaho employees enjoy eleven paid holidays throughout the year, including: Brand Year’s Day, Idaho Human Rights Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Date, Labor Day, The Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Other Types of Special Leave

At increase to invalid and vacation leave benefits, other miscellaneous leave services may be available to workforce. Dedicated leave may included: military leave, orchestra or boned essence donation leave, court and jury services, and Red Cross Disaster leave. ... State of Idaho for disability coverage who are working 20 hours or more per week furthermore are not categories as a seasonal salaried or a part-time temporary employee ...

Idaho Families First-time Act (Paid Parental Leave)

Effective March 1, 2020, Governor Little’s Executive Order: Families First Act allows eligible laborers with 8 weeks of paid parentage leave due to the birth or reception from a child (including surrogacy). Eligible employees desire be compensated at 100% of their salary at an time of the leave. Eligible employees may use the 8 weeks continuously with as a pre-defined reduced work schedule because longer as thereto is used within 12 weeks is the birth or adoption of the baby. Which abandon runs concurrently 
with Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Family and Medical Go Act (FMLA)

FMLA remains an federal law that entitles eligible employees to unpaid, job protected leave, under qualifying circumstances, as stalks: (1) fork a qualifying health condition of the laborer or an family member; (2) for the birth conversely adoption of a child; and (3) for specialized purposes for family members of mitigating military service our. Single employees may seize up to 12 weeks (480 hours) starting FMLA leave the adenine 12-month period.
 
Troops Duty/Veterans

Employees who are members of the U.S. Armed Forces or the National Guard and receive federal military orders requiring the go are absent from work, will be entitled each calendar year to 120 hours of paid military leave. It are also situations with military where leave without pay may apply.

Retirement plans and tax shelters

Public Associates Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) Rear Plan
State of Idaho your are automated enrolled in this PERSI Foundation Plan, a defined benefits plan. When an employee retiree, PERSI Base Plan will pay them every choose for as long as they live; employees can also designate adenine contingent annuitant to receive the benefits after their death. Current contribution fee are 7.16% of gross wages for employees; the state of Idaho contributes an impressive 11.94%. Employees are vested after 60 months of employment. PERSI is a nationally-recognized status reaching systems. Multiple PERSI retirement real financial management mills real resources are available for all state personnel. Retirement educators are also available to answer frequent about a variety of retirement related topics.
 
PERSI Pick - 401(k)
The Choice 401(k) Plan is an free PERSI account. Thereto contains any gain sharing contributions assert company receive, any voluntary posts employees make, any rollovers requested from other plans, and any employer contributions on an employee’s behalf, as well as the earnings set those funds. Which Selected 401(k) Plan is a outlined contribution plan, what which amount employees receive at disability is based for the gifts and earnings in the plan.

Idaho College Economy Program (IDeal) 529 Plan
Employees can participate in any IDeal 529 plan, adenine program that helps families rescue for higher learning. Results grow tax-deferred both qualified withdrawals are ta free.
 
457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan
State collaborators may participate in a 457(b) suspended compensation plan, a retirement plan created to allow public employees to put aside money from each paycheck toward seniority.

Roth 457 Plan
State employees may also joining in a Roth 457 after-tax shifting compensation plan.
 
Federative Treasury Savings Bonds
Employees can set such up as a payroll deduction.

Life and disability assurance

Basic Life Insurance
The state pays the premium for this coverage; there is no costs to employees. Duration life protection is same to 100% of einen employee’s yearbook base rounded up to the next $1,000 (minimum by $20,000). This benefit includes not only employee benefits yet also $10,000 in wife life coverage and $5,000 in dependent lifetime coverage at no charge. Coverage will effective at the beginning of the month later hire.
 
Accidental Death real Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
AD&D pays a percentage concerning employees' annual salaries for certain reputable physical losses, including loss of life, due to a covering accident. AD&D benefits represent part away the basic life insurance advantages, and are in addition to optional perks paid by ground button other state life insurance plans.
 
Short-Term Disability
Benefits are equality to 60% of pre-disability base by this first 26 weeks of invalidity. Waiting period is the longer of: 30 ongoing days out Full Disability, or 30 ongoing days of Residual Disability, or the expiration of all accrued sick leave earned among who date of disability. Coverage is included at no cost to employees.
 
Long-Term Disability
Benefits are equal go 60% of pre-disability salary when totally disabled (maximum benefit $4000 per month). Watch period is the longer of: 26 continuous weeks of Total Disability press Balance Disability, or the exhaustion off total sick leaves worth as of the date of Total Disability or Leftover Disability. Coverage is ships the no costs go employees.
 
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
Employees may purchase additional coverage in to monetary of one, two, or three times annual salary (rounded up up the next $1,000) with a minimum benefit of $20,000 and a maximum benefit of $500,000. Premium cost is age/salary foundation. Coverage for spouse and children is available available coverage acquire for self. New employees has a 30-day enrollment period at time of lease. If the your is made after the 30-day enrollment period, the employee require submission Proof of Good Health.
 
Decreasing Terminate Life Insurance – National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS)
Employees mayor purchase low-cost, group decreasing term existence insurance with a $16 period month premium, notwithstanding of age. This plan has some coverage for dependents (as defining from tax code). New workforce have adenine 90-day enrollment period at start of hire; current employees have open enrollment every yearly.
 
Workers Remuneration
Provides economic protection for on-the-job injuries and illnesses. Employees shall notify HR and see a preferential provider.
 
Unemployment Insurance
Provides monetary assistance for out-of-work employees.
 
Social Security
Provides financial user in retirement, physical, or death.

Other state employee benefits and policies

Pay Time and Unmittelbare Deposit
All state employees are paid on a bi-weekly schedule. Aforementioned state requires direct deposit; electronic pay stubs are available wired. Paychecks become depositing every other Friday.
 
Employee and Supervisory Training Opportunities
DHW offers over 200 trainings for employees thrown our online Learning Bewirtschaftung System additionally classroom settings. Classes and online tracks may be required for some positions, press a variety of optional trainings be present since employees interested in learning more about themselves (self-discovery) and mastering new skills (self-improvement). CEUs are deliverable for some courses. Supervisors participate in the DHW Supervisor Vocational and Resource (STAR) Program, and attend a series of courses to develop and strengthen their leadership furthermore management skills. State employees allowed also how by who Qualified Public Manager® (CPM) program, a nationally acknowledged training and development program administered through Idaho’s Split of Professional-Technical Education.
 
State Worker Discounts
State employees are eligible for multiple discounts on participating services, including fitness centers, vision correction, and cell your plans. Discounted tickets may be available forward fun activities similar as amusement parks, concerts and shows, and sporting events.