SCERS Website Handbook – Exhibit 1
Summary Of Compensation Elements Considered As Compensation Earnable
Earnings | Description | Included | Excluded |
Regular Earnings | Hours of work | X | |
One Time Bonus Payment | Payments normally made once a year as a result of bargaining | X | |
Overtime-includes CTO expired | Hours worked in excess of normal work schedule | X | |
7/12 work shift | Regular work schedule of 12 hours per day; 84 hours per bi-weekly pay period | X | |
Extra-help wages | Wages paid to employees who are not regular (permanent) county employees | X | |
Holiday-in-lieu paid after 104.0 hours | Hours paid over the maximum of 104.0 | X | |
Workers’ Compensation Temporary disability | Workers compensation benefits integrated with existing leave balances for employees who have an accepted industrial injury and are temporary disabled. | X | |
Shift differential | Differentials paid to employees working other than the day shift | X | |
Standby pay | An assignment of an employee to remain on call if the need arises for emergency work. | X | |
Food allowance | An allowance paid to employees hired or transferred into food service prior to July 1971 represented by Health Services Unit | X | |
Terminal pay – vacation, holiday in lieu, CTO, and leave payout | Accumulated leave balances paid to an employee upon separation from employment. | X | |
Special pay allowances | Additional pay for performing work considered to be out of or in addition to the class | X | |
Incentive pay allowances | Additional pay for possession of educational degrees or required certificates | X | |
Miscellaneous allowances | Assignment differentials based upon a percentage of base pay. | X | |
Management differential | Additional pay paid to managers in lieu of other benefits, i.e, tuition reimbursement | X | |
Transcription fees for court reporters | Monies paid to court reports to transcribe their cases | X | |
Retirement offset | Additional pay for certain employees in-lieu of the county paying ½ retirement contributions | X | |
Leave balance usage (vacation, compensating time off (CTO), holiday in-lieu, sick leave, etc.) | Payment received for absence from work due to use of leave balances or authorized paid absences. | X | |
Vacation cash-in | Additional pay, twice a year, for cashing in accrued vacation. | X | |
Payoff beyond maximum accrual | Additional pay for vacation hours over the maximum accrual | X | |
Mental Health Retention | A recruitment differential paid twice a year to employees who work at the mental health facility | X | |
Disability Pay | Used in conjunction with Workers’ Compensation Disability Pay so that when combined together it equals 50% of the bi-weekly pay. | X | |
4850 Time pay | Paid in lieu of temporary disability for Safety personnel in accordance with 4850 of the Labor Code – tax free – max one year. | X | |
Clothing allowance | An allowance paid in two installment to cover the cost of maintaining a uniform | X | |
Equipment allowance | An allowance paid in two installments to reimburse employees who are required to provide their own equipment, i.e., court reporters | X | |
Animal allowance | Payments made to employees assigned to the K-9 and Mounted Patrol to maintain their animals | X | |
Insurance Subsidy | Cash payment of the amount of the county contribution towards health insurance over the premium, less the cost of social security | X | |
Fair Labor Standard Act adjustment | Differential paid when the value of overtime per FLSA guidelines is greater than that negotiated | X | |
Insurance Subsidy Offset | An amount paid in January of each year to refund the social security reduction of the insurance subsidy to employees who were at social security maximum. | X | |
Vehicle taxation earnings | Taxation for the value of a home retention vehicle | X | |
Auto allowance | Payment for use of personal vehicle for county business | X |
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