Employee Benefits

Full Time Employee Benefits

Leaves & Holidays

  • Paid holidays - 10 to 12/year depending on position
  • Paid sick days - 6 to 12/year depending on date of hire
  • Personal days - 1 to 4/year depending on position
  • Vacation - 2 to 5 weeks/year depending on length of service and position

Insurance

  • Health - 2 Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO’s and 1 Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
  • Life - $70,000 to one year’s salary depending on position
  • Voluntary insurance, including dental, vision, disability

Retirement

  • IMRF (non-public safety)  Click here for a link to IMRF's Employer Cost & Participation Information web page
  • Police Pension
  • Fire Pension

Other

  • Free Centre of Elgin membership
  • 3 Deferred Compensation providers, Roth IRA
  • Employee Assistance Program free to employees and household members

Training Opportunities

  • In-house training programs
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee development program offered with cities of Batavia and St. Charles