Employee Benefits
The Town of Pantego is committed to providing a competitive, cost-effective benefit program. We provide employees and their dependents access to group health, prescription, dental, and vision plans. Employees can choose from several levels of health insurance.
Benefits Available to Full-Time Employees (Subject to Change)
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Basic Life Insurance
- Bereavement / Emergency Leave
- Certification Pay
- Deferred Compensation Plan (457(b))
- Dental Insurance
- Direct Deposit
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Group Health and Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- Holidays (14)
- Longevity Pay
- Long-Term Disability
- Military Active Duty Leave
- Prescription Plan
- Retirement Plan through TMRS
- Short-Term Disability
- Sick Leave
- Social Security
- Supplemental Death Benefit
- Supplemental Insurance Plans
- Vacation Leave
- Vision Insurance
- Wellness Resources through TML
Eligibility
Full-time employees who are scheduled to work at least thirty (30) hours per week are eligible to enroll in benefit plans. If you are eligible, you will be provided with an enrollment packet during onboarding, which must be completed and returned to Human Resources within seven (7) calendar days of your hire date. If you miss the deadline, you will have to wait until the next open enrollment period (typically August 15 through September 15 with the new coverage year beginning on October 1). Newly enrolled employees' insurance benefits become active on the first day of the month immediately following their completion of thirty (30) days of continuous service.
Changing Your Elections
Once you make your benefit elections, these choices remain in effect until the next annual Open Enrollment unless you have a Qualified Status Event, which allows for certain changes during the plan year if you submit the appropriate documentation within the allowed timeframe. If all forms and supporting documentation are not received within the allowable time permitted, you will have to wait until the next annual Open Enrollment to make new elections.
Health Care Reform Compliance
The Town is compliant with requirements for access to affordable healthcare.Helpful Links
The Town of Pantego observes the following holidays:
- New Year's Day (January 1)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (3rd Monday in January)
- Presidents Day (3rd Monday in February)
- Good Friday (the Friday before Easter)
- Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
- Juneteenth (June 19)
- Independence Day (July 4)
- Labor Day (1st Monday in September)
- Patriot Day (September 11) - Fire Personnel Only*
- Columbus Day (2nd Monday in October)
- Veterans Day (November 11th)
- Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November)
- Day after Thanksgiving (Friday following Thanksgiving Day)
- Christmas Eve (December 24)
- Christmas Day (December 25)
* In 2009, the State of Texas directed fire departments to designate one existing holiday as "Sept. 11." The Town of Pantego chose to add this as a holiday for fire personnel on the actual date. For parity, all other staff are provided with a floating personal day.
Human Resources Coordinator
Christie Barris
Contact Information
Phone Numbers
817-617-3722
Fax: 817-617-3726
Emergencies: Dial 911
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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