Vacation - All regular Full-time and Part-time general employees are eligible after completion of the probationary period. Police & Fire employees follow a bargaining agreement). Years of service determine how much an employee earns:



1-4 years = two weeks + one day (11 days)

5-9 years = three weeks (15 days)

10-19 years = four weeks (20 days)

20 or more years = four weeks + one day (21 day)

Non-exempt employees are allowed two years' accrual and exempt employees are allowed three years' accrual. Part-time employees' accruals are pro-rated based on scheduled work week. Employees with balances exceeding the allowable limited on October 1st of each year will lose the excess vacation accrual WITHOUT complensation.

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Sick Leave - All regular Full-time employees are eligible for one (1) day per month after one (1) month of service.

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Short-Term Protection - Maximum allowable sick leave carried forward from one fiscal year to the next is 528 hours/66 days plus the equivalent of the current one year's accrued sick leave. This allows employees to accumulate sufficient sick leave to protect them for 90 days.

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Long-Term Disability - Full time Police and general employees will be insured with a 90-day elimination period. The monthly benefit is 60% of salary. LTD is not applicable to Fire Employees.

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Holidays - All regular Full-time employees are eligible for 11-1/2 paid holidays per year.

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ICMA: City of Tarpon Springs General Employees Pension - All benefit eligible regular and probationary employees become eligible on the first day of the month following their first 90 days of employment. Level of contribution is determined by the Board of Commissioners and is presently 8.7% of gross salary (contributed solely by the City with no employee contributions.) Full vesting occurs after five (5) years of service.(Note: Police and Fire employees follow a bargaining agreement)

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Insurance - All regular Full-time employees are eligible on the first day of the month following their first 90 days of employment. All additions to/deletions/from any insurance are processed through the Human Resources Department including COBRA administration.

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FMIT / United Healthcare - The City provides employee coverage without charge for eligible employees. Employees desiring dependent coverage contribute toward optional dependent coverage under City's group plan). No Primary Care Physician (PCP) referral is required for specialists.

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Standard Dental - The City provides employee coverage (employees may purchase dependent coverage under City's group plan).

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Standard Life - The City provides $25,000/$50,000 Basic Life/AD&D for employees. Dependent coverage is available.
 

The City of Tarpon Springs also provides the following benefit programs for employees:
 

• ICMA 457 plan - Deferred Compensation

• Education / Tuition Assistance Program

• H.R. Reporter Newsletter

• Jury Duty Leave

• Uniform & Safety Shoe Policy

• Vacation Self Funding Program

• Employee Recognition Program

• Section 125 "Cafeteria" Plan Benefits

• Bereavement Leave

• Military Leave

• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

• United States Savings Bond Program

• Direct Deposit Program

• Florida Central & Pinellas Federal Credit Unions

• Family & Medical Leave

• Pinellas School Volunteer Program
   

  The Tarpon Springs Police Department (TSPD) can offer on the job training to qualified and motivated candidates. The training is a rigorous 16 weeks or more as needed alongside a senior dispatcher who is a Certified Training Officer (CTO). The training includes, but is not limited to, public relations, calltaking under non-emergency and emergency conditions, radio dispatching, and dispatching via Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD). The applicant would be expected to have the ability to multi-task, strong keyboarding skills (information is entered into computer while on the phone with callers or as received over the radio by officers), the ability to remain calm while dealing with high stress conditions, and the willingness to work various schedules including evening and night shifts, weekends and holidays.