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3 <br />Sec. 28-48. - Longevity pay. <br />(a) General. The County provides Longevity Pay to recognize long -term service of Permanent <br />employees, both Full Time and Part Time (regularly, scheduled at least 20 hours each workweek) who <br />have completed at least ten years of total Orange County service as a permanent employee. <br />(b) Calculating Longevity Pay. Longevity Pay is calculated by multiplying the employee's base annual <br />salary by the appropriate percentage as follows: <br />Years of Total Oranae <br />County Service <br />Longevity Pay Rate <br />10 but less than 15 <br />1.50% <br />15 but less than 20 <br />2.25% <br />20 but less than 25 <br />3.25% <br />25 or more years <br />4.50% <br />(c) Payment. <br />(1) To receive Longevity Pay, the employee must be in active employment status on the <br />effective date. (Payment is not made on a pro -rated basis for a terminating employee or an <br />employee on an extended leave without pay.) <br />(2) The Longevity payment is made in a lump sum on the payday for the pay period in which <br />effective. <br />(3) Applicable deductions are made for Social Security, retirement, state and federal taxes. <br />(d) Effective Date. <br />(1) Longevity Pay is effective on the pay period beginning date following the employee's most <br />recent employment anniversary date. If the employee's anniversary date falls on the pay period <br />beginning date, Longevity Pay is effective on that pay period beginning date. <br />Note: If the employee has prior service as a permanent employee with Orange County, this <br />service is used in determining the employee's eligibility for Longevity Pay and the amount for <br />which eligible but does not change the effective date. <br />(e) Longevity Pay is not considered a part of base annual pay for classification or other pay record <br />purposes. <br />(Ord. of 06 -07 -1976, eff. 08 -01 -1976; Amend. of 09 -07 -1993, Art. IV § 19.0, eff. 07 -01 -1993) <br />