Employee Benefits

The Town of Frederick offers a robust benefits package to all full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage, short-term and long-term disability coverage, optional supplemental life plans, a generous time off package, a full FPPA retirement pension plan for its sworn police officers, as well as a 401(a) and a matching 457(b) deferred compensation retirement plan for all non-police employees. 

The Town pays 90% of the medical, dental and vision insurance premiums for employees and their dependents, and 100% of the disability and basic life insurance premiums for employees. 

The Town offers a choice of two different medical plans through the Cigna Health Care network:  OAP-IN (Buy-Up) plan as well as an OAP (Base) Plan.  Employees also have the option to participate in Dependent Care and Healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

An Employee Assistance Program is available to all employees providing up to 8 counseling sessions per year, financial expertise, legal consultations and many other valuable resources.  The Town also provides other optional benefits such as Aflac, LegalShield and supplemental life insurance through Mutual of Omaha, as well as various wellness resources including a membership to the local recreation center.

The Town provides generous vacation leave to all permanent full-time employees. During the first four years of employment, employees earn 234 hours of vacation.  Employees may accrue vacation from one year to the next, but may not accrue more than 500 hours. Employees also earn 6.67 hours of sick leave per month, with a maximum accrual possible of 500 hours.

The Town of Frederick provides the following paid holidays to all full-time employees:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • President’s Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Friday after Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Eve
  • Christmas Day

In addition to the holidays listed above, employees are given one (1) floating holiday to use on any day of their choice.