The City of Tupelo's health insurance plan provides Regular Full-Time Employees and their dependents access to Medical, Dental, Cancer, Accident, Short/Long Term Disability, and Prescriptive insurance benefits.
The City of Tupelo's health insurance plan provides Regular Full-Time Employees and their dependents access to Medical, Dental, Cancer, Accident, Short/Long Term Disability, and Prescriptive insurance benefits.
Employees who wish to take time off due to the death of an immediate family member should notify their supervisor immediately. Up to three (3) days of paid bereavement leave will be provided to eligible Regular Full-Time Employees.
Bereavement pay is calculated based on the base pay rate at the time of absence.
The City of Tupelo recognizes that the skills and knowledge of its employees are critical to the success of the organization. The educational assistance program encourages personal development through formal education so that employees can maintain and improve job-related skills or enhance their ability to compete for reasonably attainable jobs within the City of Tupelo.
The City of Tupelo will provide educational assistance to Regular Full-Time Employees who have completed three hundred and sixty-five (365) calendar days of service in an eligible employment classification.
Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the City of Tupelo provides unpaid family and/or medical leave to eligible employees for up to a total of twelve (12) workweeks during a twelve-month period for one or more of the following:
The birth of a child and in order to care for the newborn;
The adoption or placement of a child for foster care with the employee;
To care for a child, spouse, or parent with a serious health condition;
Because of the employee's own serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her position.
Most employees serving in the Reserve or National Guard may be granted military leave to enable them to attend certain types of training as Reservists or Guard members, pursuant to Section 33-21-21 of the Mississippi Code Annotated (1972, as amended) and 38 U.S.C.A. Section 4301, et.seq.
Military leave may be granted as listed in the following two sections, subject to the requirements provided below:
Leave for periods not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) hours will be provided without loss of pay, time, annual leave, or efficiency rating until relieved from duty.
Leave for certain periods in excess of fifteen (15) days will be provided without loss of pay, time, annual leave, or efficiency rating until relieved from duty.
An employee taking military leave may be restored to the position held before leave or a position of equivalent status, seniority and pay.
Vacation time off with pay is available to Regular Full-Time Employees to provide opportunities for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits. The amount of paid vacation time employees receive each year increases with the length of their employment as shown in the following schedule:
Upon initial eligibility [one (1) year from the date an employee is hired by the City], the employee is entitled to 80 hours of vacation each year.
After 10 years of service, the employee is entitled to 120 hours of vacation each year.
After 15 years of service, the employee is entitled to 160 hours of vacation each year.
In lieu of regularly scheduled holidays, the employees of the Emergency Service Division (ESD) of the City of Tupelo Fire Department shall receive vacation time as follows:
Upon initial eligibility [one (1) year from the date an employee is hired by the City], the ESD employee is entitled to 184 hours of vacation per year.
After 10 years of service, the ESD employee is entitled to 240 hours of vacation per year.
After 15 years service, the ESD employee is entitled to 296 hours of service per year.
The City of Tupelo will reimburse employees for reasonable business travel expenses incurred while on assignments away from the normal work location.
The City of Tupelo will grant holiday time off to all employees on the holidays listed below:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/Robert E. Lee's Birthday (third Monday in January)
George Washington's Birthday (third Monday in February)
Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day (first Monday in September)
Veterans' Day (November 11)
Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)
Christmas (December 25)
The City of Tupelo will grant paid holiday time off to all eligible employees immediately upon assignment to an eligible employment classification.
The City of Tupelo provides leaves of absence without pay to Regular Full-Time Employees who wish to take time off from work duties to fulfill personal obligations. Personal leave may be granted for a period of up to six (6) calendar days every one (1) year.
The City of Tupelo provides a comprehensive workers' compensation insurance program at no cost to employees. This program covers any injury or illness sustained in the course of employment that requires medical, surgical, or hospital treatment.
The City of Tupelo provides paid sick leave benefits to Regular Full-Time Employees for periods of temporary absence due to illnesses or injuries.
Employees will accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of twelve (12) days per year (1 day for every full month of service).
Employees of the Emergency Services Division of the City of Tupelo Fire Department will accrue sick leave benefits at the rate of 11.2 hours per month.
The City of Tupelo encourages employees to fulfill their civic responsibilities by participating in elections. Generally, employees are able to find time to vote either before or after their regular work schedule. If employees are unable to vote in an election during their nonworking hours, the City of Tupelo will grant up to one (1) hour of paid time off to vote.
Employees should request time off to vote from their supervisor at least two working days prior to the election day. Advance notice is required so that the necessary time off can be scheduled at the beginning or end of the work shift, whichever provides the least disruption to the normal work schedule.
The City of Tupelo encourages employees to fulfill their civic responsibilities by serving jury duty when required. Employees in an eligible classification may request up to two ( 2) weeks of paid jury duty leave over any two (2) year period.
The City of Tupelo encourages employees to appear in court for witness duty when subpoenaed to do so. If employees have been subpoenaed or otherwise requested to testify as witnesses by the City of Tupelo, they will receive paid time off for the entire period of witness duty.
The Federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) gives employees and their qualified beneficiaries the opportunity to continue health insurance coverage under the City of Tupelo's health plan when a "qualifying event" would normally result in the loss of eligibility. Some common qualifying events are resignation, termination of employment, retirement or death of an employee; a reduction in an employee's hours or a leave of absence; an employee's divorce or legal separation; and dependent child no longer meeting eligibility requirements.
Life insurance offers you and your family important financial protection. The City of Tupelo provides a basic life insurance plan for Regular Full-Time Employees .