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Ohio Department of Health

Benefits

Health Insurance

  • Multiple choices among HMOs or PPO, standard major medical
  • Dental and vision coverage after one year of continuous employment

Life Insurance

  • Effective after one year of continuous employment (1 x annual salary)
  • Optional purchase of supplemental life insurance (at hire)

Disability Benefits

  • Effective after one year of continuous employment

Public Employees Retirement System

  • Employee contributes 9.0% of gross wages

Personal Leave

  • Generous annual allocation of Personal Days

Sick Leave

  • Accrues hours for each 80 hours of active pay status, excluding overtime

Holidays

  • Ten (10) paid holidays per year

Vacation Leave

  • Eligible after one year of total state service (80 hours per year for 1-5 years of service)

Bereavement Leave

  • Three (3) consecutive days upon the death of an immediate family member

Optional Benefits

  • Deferred compensation program
  • Employee credit union
  • Dependent care spending account program
  • Health care spending account program


Last Updated: 08/16/2006