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RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: <br />2 <br />3 <br />Recognize overall County employee performance effort with approval of a "non-recurring" <br />one-time performance award of $600 each for active permanent employees who were <br />employed by the County as of July 1, 2010 and remain County employees as of January <br />3, 2011. Additional qualifications for the award are as follows: <br />a) An employee must have been rated "proficient" or higher on their most recent <br />annual performance review to be eligible for the award. <br />b) Employees who were hired more recently and therefore have not had an annual <br />performance review must have satisfactorily completed their probationary <br />employment period to be eligible for the award; <br />c) Employees that work less than 40 hours per week will receive apro-rated amount <br />of the $600 award. (Example: an active permanent employee who works 30 hours <br />per week and receives 75% of the full-time salary for the position would receive <br />$450 prior to any tax and retirement deductions). <br />d) Employees on voluntary furlough, paid leave/leave without pay, on approved <br />Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), or on Worker's Compensation leave are also <br />eligible for the award provided they were employed and remain employed by the <br />County within the dates designated above. <br />e) Individuals who are paid by the State and/or are considered State employees are <br />not eligible for the award. <br />Authorize this employee performance award for payment in January 2011 as a separate <br />payment to each employee as recognition of their efforts and commitment to Orange <br />County. (Employees would see a net amount of approximately $382 each after taxes and <br />employee retirement contributions are deducted.) <br />Provide recipient employees, if interested, the option of allocating all of the award (not <br />just a portion) to their respective 401(k) or 457 retirement accounts by written request to <br />the Financial Services Department. If this option is chosen by an employee, the County <br />does not pay the FICA (7.65%) costs associated with the award, reducing the costs for <br />the County. <br />