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CHAPTER EIGHT <br />EMPLOYEE WAGE AND BENEFITS <br />8.01 Position Classifications <br />All City positions are classified as either exempt or nonexempt, and paid in accordance with the <br />Fair Labor Standards Act. <br />8.02 Salary Administration <br />The City may have one or more salary schedules that correspond with the position classification <br />plan. All salary schedules shall be administered in accordance with the City policy Salary <br />Administration of the Personnel Policy approved by Council as subsequently amended. <br />8.03 Method of Payment <br />City of La Porte employees are paid on a bi-weekly basis through direct deposit or pay cards <br />only. Check stubs are issued to Departments on Fridays. <br />If a payday falls on a holiday, check stubs will be issued the last business day prior to the <br />holiday. <br />8.04 Benefits Eligibility <br />All regular full-time employees are eligible to receive the full scope and level of benefits offered <br />by the City. <br />Temporary employees, part-time or emergency temporary appointments, are not eligible to <br />receive any benefits other than workers' compensation coverage. <br />8.05 Texas Municipal Retirement System <br />All employees will be enrolled as a member of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. <br />Members will deposit by payroll deduction, seven (7%) of their gross salary. The City will match <br />the deposit on a 2 to 1 ratio. <br />If an employee leaves the service of the City, they may withdraw the deposits they have made, <br />plus interest earned on those deposits. The deposits made by the City cannot be withdrawn <br />unless the employee is eligible for retirement. <br />Members may also be responsible for paying taxes on the amount withdrawn and should <br />communicate with Texas Municipal Retirement System in regards to possible taxation of <br />withdrawn deposits. <br />Employees will become vested after ten (10) years of employment. Vesting means that <br />employees who terminate their employment with the City after ten (10) years and do not <br />withdraw their deposits, will be entitled to retirement annuities, based on deposits and interest <br />earned at sixty (60) years of age or twenty (20) years of service. <br />Employees should contact Human Resources for further information on preparing for retirement <br />. • <br />