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13 <br /> 1 Past Actions: FY 2014-15 Pay and Benefits Plan <br /> 2 ■ Wage increase of 1.5% for permanent employees effective July 1, 2014 for employee <br /> 3 hired on or before June 30, 2013, applied wage increase to the 2013/14 Salary Plan <br /> 4 ■ Maintained the Employee Performance Award of$500 or $1,000 <br /> 5 ■ Funded for a health insurance increase of 14.35% (County did not pass the increase to <br /> 6 employees) <br /> 7 ■ Increased the living wage from $10.97 per hour to $12.76 per hour, effective July 1, <br /> 8 2014 <br /> 9 ■ Continued the six-month hiring delay and the voluntary furlough program <br /> 10 ■ Increased the 401(k) County matching contribution to $63.00 per pay period (previously <br /> 11 $50.00), for a maximum annual County contribution of$1,512 (previously $1,200 <br /> 12 annually) for all non-sworn law enforcement employees and continue the $27.50 <br /> 13 contribution <br /> 14 ■ Continued the mandated Law Enforcement Officer 401(k) contribution of 5% of salary <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Key Pay and Benefits Plan — <br /> 17 Manager Recommendations <br /> 18 ■ A wage increase of 2 percent for all permanent employees hired on or before June 30, <br /> 19 2015, effective July 1, 2015. <br /> 20 ■ No wage increase to the 2014 Salary Schedule. <br /> 21 ■ Continue the Employee Performance Award in the amount of$500 (proficient <br /> 22 performance) or $1,000 (exceptional performance), effective with WPPR review dates <br /> 23 from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. <br /> 24 ■ Continue funding the Traditional and High Deductible Health Plans for employees and <br /> 25 pre-65 retirees at the FY2014/15 appropriation and fund an additional $100,000 to <br /> 26 mitigate the cost of deductibles <br /> 27 ■ Continue funding the Dental Program with an increase of$40,000 over FY2014-15 <br /> 28 appropriations. <br /> 29 ■ Funding an increase of$221,000 for retiree healthcare benefits. <br /> 30 ■ Continue the $27.50 per pay period County contribution to non-law enforcement <br /> 31 employees' supplemental retirement accounts and the County matching employees' <br /> 32 contributions up to $63.00 semi-monthly (for a maximum annual County contribution of <br /> 33 $1,512) for all general (non-sworn law enforcement officer) employees. <br /> 34 ■ Continue the mandated Law Enforcement Officer contribution of 5 percent of salary; and <br /> 35 continue the County's contribution to the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement <br /> 36 System (LGERS) for all permanent employees. <br /> 37 ■ Eliminate the six-month hiring delay <br /> 38 ■ Salary Savings Appropriation- $750,000 <br /> 39 ■ Continue the voluntary furlough program (anticipated savings of$18,000 for FY2015-16) <br /> 40 ■ Continue the living wage rate at $12.76 per hour. <br /> 41 o 2015 Federal Poverty Guideline - $11.66 per hour for a family of four <br /> 42 o Currently 9.43% above the 2015 Federal Poverty Guideline <br /> 43 o Recommend BOCC adopting a standard of annually adjusting the living wage by <br /> 44 a defined percentage above the Federal Guideline for a family of four <br /> 45 • Other jurisdictions apply 7.5% above Federal Guideline <br /> 46 • $12.53 in 2015 <br /> 47 • City of Durham, Durham County, Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Carrboro <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Position Classification Recommendation Manager's Initiative <br />