Employee Benefits & Retirement Program
SBCTA/SBCOG offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being, financial security, and professional growth of employees and their families. The following is a summary of benefits available to regular full-time and part-time employees..
Holidays: There are 13 (eight-hour) paid holidays granted to all regular employees. *
Vacation Leave: Starts at 10 days per year and increases based on years of service. There is potential vacation credit for prior public service employment. *
Sick Leave: Regular employees accrue 96 hours of sick leave per year. *
Administrative Leave: Regular full-time exempt employees accrue 40 hours of administrative leave per year. *
Employee Leave Sharing Program: SBCTA offers an employee leave sharing program to assist with income protection for full-time regular employees when an employee must be absent from work due to catastrophic medical hardship to the employee. SBCTA employees may voluntarily donate sick leave hours to a qualified employee.
FMLA: In compliance with the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act, SBCTA provides employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a calendar year for eligible family and medical conditions.
Civil Leave: Any regular employee who is summoned for jury duty or is subpoenaed in an official capacity during a regularly scheduled work day will be given paid time off.
Military Leave: Any regular employee who is a member of the National Guard or the Reserves will receive a maximum of 30 (eight-hour) paid days per calendar year.
Medical and Dental Coverage: Seven medical insurance plans (effective 7/27/25) and two dental insurance plans are available to cover regular full-time and regular part-time employees and any eligible dependents they wish to cover. Coverage is effective the day after the end of the first pay period.
Flexible Benefit Plans: To assist employees with the cost of insurance premiums, a fund of $8,473 is allocated for each employee at the beginning of the fiscal year for health, dental, and supplemental life insurance. An additional $12,357.10 is available as a Medical Premium Subsidy for employees who elect health and dental coverage through the various SBCTA medical and dental plan options. *
Vision Coverage: Vision care is provided for employees and eligible dependents at no cost to the employee.
Life Insurance: Life insurance is provided to regular employees in the event of death. The basic benefit is $50,000 provided by SBCTA and is at no cost to the employee.
Flexible Spending Accounts: Regular employees have the option to participate in the Flexible Spending Account. This program allows employees to increase their take-home pay by using pre-tax dollars to pay copays and other out-of-pocket expenses. This program also allows employees to increase their tax savings by making pre-tax deposits to a Dependent Care Spending Account to pay for work-related dependent care expenses.
Retirement: All regular full-time and part-time employees participate in the San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association (SBCERA). As defined by the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA):
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Tier 1 Members' retirement benefit formula is 2% @55 with a 7.2% employee member required contribution.
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Tier 2 Members' retirement benefit formula is 2.5% @67 with a 9.01% employee member required contribution (FY 26/27).
Social Security: SBCTA does not pay into Social Security.
Retirement Medical Trust Fund: Employees with 10 or more years of service who retire or separate from SBCTA participate in this plan which assists eligible employees with the cost of medical and dental expenses upon retirement.
Deferred Compensation: Participation in a Deferred Compensation program through SBCTA is available on a voluntary basis. Deferred Compensation provides pre-tax savings to employees who participate through automatic payroll deductions. The program assists in saving additional monies for retirement. Your pre-tax dollar investment(s) grow each payday while interest accumulates.
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Senior Management and Administrative/Professional Employees: Employer contributes $3 to match each $1 contribution made by employees to their 457(b) plan, up to a maximum combined total of 10 % of the employee’s annual salary not to exceed the dollar limitation contained in IRS Code Section 402(g) in effect at the beginning of such taxable year.
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Support Employees: Employer contributes $1 to match each $1 contribution made by employees up to a maximum combined total of 10 % of the employee’s annual salary not to exceed the dollar limitation contained in IRS Code Section 402(g) in effect at the beginning of such taxable year.
Short Term Disability: After a 7-day waiting period, Short Term Disability (STD) replaces 55 percent of lost income up to a weekly maximum of $1,442 for a total of 26 weeks due to lengthy absences caused by non-occupational medical conditions that prevent the employee from performing his/her job duties. This benefit may be integrated with the employee’s available leave accruals.
Long Term Disability: When an employee cannot work for a prolonged time because of serious injury or illness, Long Term Disability Insurance (LTD) can supplement 60 percent of an employee’s salary while he/she is unable to work due to the disability. Regular full-time and part-time employees must be unable to work for 6 months before being eligible to draw LTD.
Employee Assistance Program: A confidential counseling and referral program for employees and family members which provides unlimited phone access to legal, financial and work-life services and up to six free counseling sessions per problem per year for crisis counseling and work/life resources.
Employee Alternative Transportation Incentive Program: SBCTA will reimburse eligible employees for the cost of using transit, rail, and/or vanpool rides to work, not to exceed the amount established by the IRS.
The SBCTA office is located just steps away from the San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot Metrolink Station.
Other Exciting Benefits:-
9/80 Alternative Work Schedule for most positions
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Telework options for most positions
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Employee health and wellness program, Wellness Works Here
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Tuition reimbursement program
- Certain benefits for regular part-time employees, including leave accruals and employer-paid insurance contributions, are prorated based on scheduled work hours. Eligibility and benefit levels are determined in accordance with SBCTA policy.
