Employee Benefits

Health Insurance

Health insurance is effective after 30 days of employment.
For full time employees, the Town currently pays 100% of the cost for employee medical coverage and employee plus spouse or child medical coverage; family medical coverage for full time employees is $46.16 per paycheck.

Dental insurance is effective following 30 days of employment.
The Town currently pays 100% of the cost for full time employees and their dependents.

Vision insurance is also effective following 30 days of employment.
The Town currently pays 100% of the cost for full time employees and their dependents.

Vacation/Annual Leave
: Employees in regular full time positions earn between 12 and 30 days per year depending upon length of Town service.
Sick Leave
: Employees in full time regular positions earn 12 days per year.
Paid Holidays
: There are 10 official Town holidays. Employees in full time regular positions are eligible for paid holiday time.
Funeral Leave
: All employees in full time regular positions are granted 3 days of funeral leave. This leave is non-cumulative.

All employees in a regular full time position are required to participate in Social Security and may contribute up to 4% of pre-tax wages into a 401(k) account.
The Town matches the employee contribution amount dollar-for-dollar. Increased dollar-to-dollar matches are available based on years of service.
Supplemental Retirement Plan:
457 Deferred Compensation Plan-Town of Farragut employees have the option of making contributions to a 457. The Town does not make contributions to this plan.

The Town provides long term disability insurance to all regular full time employees.
The plan will pay up to 60% of the employee’s base income for any injuries or illness' that last beyond 90 days.

The Town provides full time regular employees with an individual term life insurance policy which has a benefit of 2 times an employee’s annual salary.
The policy includes an accidental death and dismemberment benefit equal to the life insurance.