Employee Benefits
Benefits At-A-Glance
Medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Two plan options
- Base Plan with Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- Buy-Up PPO Plan
Dental coverage through Delta Dental of North Carolina.
- Two Plan options
- High Plan
- Low Plan
Vision coverage offered through EyeMed.
Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Care Reimbursement FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
NO COST - Basic Life and Basic AD&D
Davidson County provides all full-time employees with $15,000 Group Life and $15,000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance.
Dependent Life
Full-time employees may purchase $1,000 in term life insurance for a spouse and/or dependent child(ren) for only $0.26 per bi-weekly pay period.
AD&D
Full-time employees may purchase additional Accidental Death & Dismemberment coverage of up to $500,000 for the employee, up to $250,000 for an eligible spouse, and up to $25,000 per eligible dependent child.
Long Term Disability Insurance
Full-time employees may Long-Term Disability through the group plan and insure 60% of their pre-injury earnings. Enrollment is subject to eligibility criteria outlined in plan documents.
Supplemental Voluntary Benefits are offered through Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company.
- Term Life Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Cancer Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Hospital Confinement Indemnity Insurance
- Universal Life Insurance
- Whole Life Insurance
Other Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Vacation Leave (Accrue up to 21 days a year)
- Sick Leave (Accrue up to 12 Days a year)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition Reimbursement
North Carolina Retirement System: Employees eligible for retirement benefits contribute a mandatory 6% of their compensation to the NC Retirement System. Davidson County contributes 12.91% of an eligible regular employee's gross salary and 14.04% of an eligible LEO employee's gross salary.
401(k): Administered by Empower through the NC Supplemental Retirement Plans - Employees eligible for retirement benefits may enroll to contribute to 401(k). Contributions can be made either on a pre-tax basis or a ROTH, after-tax basis. Davidson County contributes 1.5% of an eligible regular employee's gross salary and 5.0% of an eligible LEO employee's gross salary.
457b: Administered by Empower through NC Supplemental Retirement Plans - All employees are eligible to contribute to the 457b plan. Contributions can be made on a pre-tax or a ROTH, after-tax basis.