Employee Resources
Fort Valley will grant holiday time off to all regular full-time employees on the holidays listed below.
• New Year’s Day (January 1)
• Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January)
• Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
• Juneteenth (June 19)
• Independence Day (July 4)
• Labor Day (first Monday in September)
• Veterans Day (November 11)
• Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)
• Day After Thanksgiving
• Christmas (December 25)
• Day After Christmas (December 26)
In addition, city employees may also receive additional holidays on such days as the City Council shall designate from time-to-time. According to applicable restrictions, Fort Valley will grant paid holiday time off to all eligible nonexempt employees immediately upon assignment to an eligible employment classification.
Holiday pay will be calculated based on the employee’s straight-time pay rate (as of the date of the holiday) times the number of hours the employee would otherwise have worked on that day.
An employee must be in a pay status the last scheduled day before a holiday and the first scheduled day after a holiday to receive pay for the holiday.
The City of Fort Valley offers a broad group benefit package with choices and flexibility to help you meet your changing needs.
- Basic life insurance coverage is provided automatically at $15,000 per eligible employee.
- Medical (Employer Paid)-Employee Only; Family Plan-$90.00 per month
- Dental (Voluntary)
- Vision (Voluntary)
- $15,000.00 Life Insurance (Employer Paid); Optional Rider for Dependents – $2,000 Per Insured.
- Supplemental Life, Spousal Life, and Dependent Child Life (Voluntary)
- Short Term Disability (Employer Paid)
- Long Term Disability (Voluntary)
- Ten Paid Holidays per year
- Accumulating up to four weeks of paid vacation
Additional Benefits
- AFLAC: 800-992-3522(Phone)
- Liberty National: 888-488-0134(Phone)
NOTICE: Aflac and Liberty National are outside vendors, and the City of Fort Valley has only agreed to handle their premium deductions via our payroll department. These vendors are not affiliated with the City of Fort Valley in any way.
Please be advised that all agreements are between the employee and the representatives of these companies.
