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DPSCS BENEFITS

  1. PAY RATE

    • Salaries are determined according to job classification and pay grade. Classification levels are well-defined to provide employees with valuable information for career planning. The salary structure includes 26 grades, each grade contains 21 incremental steps.


  2. DIRECT DEPOST

    • Employees are advised at the time they are hired that their net pay will be paid via direct deposit to their financial institution, unless specified otherwise.


  3. HEALTH BENEFITS

    • When you come to work for the State of Maryland, as a permanent State employee (or a contractual employee who works at least 30 hours per week or an average of 130 hours a month for a period greater than 90 consecutive days), you and your family may benefit from our medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage. You also may be eligible for life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans at low group rates.

    • For eligible contractual employees, medical and prescription drug coverage elected for the Employee and any eligible dependents will be subsidized at 75%. Enrollment by the employee in dental, term life, spouse life, child life, and/or accidental death and dismemberment coverage will be paid entirely by the employee.


  4. REDUCED CHILD AND HEALTH CARE COSTS

    • Working for the Maryland State Personnel Management System entitles permanent State employees to participate in Healthcare and Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Accounts. These plans allow eligible employees to save, on a pretax basis, for healthcare and dependent care costs incurred during the plan year.


  5. RETIREMENT BENEFITS

    • Employees participate in a contributory defined benefit pension plan. Employees are also eligible to participate in a supplemental retirement plan: the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan or the 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan.


  6. LEAVE BENEFITS

    • Our generous leave package for permanent State employees includes from ten to 25 days of annual (vacation) leave per year, depending on seniority, as well as six personal days each calendar year. In addition, the State offers eleven paid holidays and fifteen days of sick leave per year. We also offer paid parental leave to eligible permanent State employees to care for and nurture children within 6 months of birth or within 6 months of an adoption of a child under 6 years of age. Although more limited, the State offers other forms of paid time off to a majority of our contractual staff. Our leave policies also adhere to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993.


  7. ANNUAL LEAVE

    • The amount of annual leave earned depends on the length of the employee's State service. Annual leave is earned in the following increments:

      • 0-5 years employment = 10 days per year
      • 6-10 years employment = 15 days per year
      • 11-20 years employment = 20 days per year
      • 21+ years employment = 25 days per year

      Employees may carry-over up to 75 days of annual leave from one calendar year to the next. Upon separation from State service, employees shall be compensated for accrued annual leave (amount allowed by policy), after at least 6 months of service.


  8. PERSONAL LEAVE

    • Full-time employees are granted seven personal days per year. Upon hire, new employees receive X days of personal leave, determined by the date of hire.


  9. SICK LEAVE

    • Full-time employees earn 15 days of sick leave per year. There is no limit to the number of sick days an employee may accrue or carry-over into a new calendar year. Accrued sick leave is credited to employees’ service time at retirement.


  10. LEAVE BANK AND LEAVE DONATION PROGRAM

    • Employees may receive leave for a serious and prolonged medical condition after their leave has been exhausted. New employees are eligible to join the State Employees' Leave Bank and are eligible to request leave after 90 days of establishing their membership. There is also a donated leave program in which employees may donate leave to coworkers for certain medical conditions.


  11. OTHER TYPES OF LEAVE:

    • Employees may receive leave for a serious and prolonged medical condition after their leave has been exhausted. New employees are eligible to join the State Employees' Leave Bank and are eligible to request leave after 90 days of establishing their membership. There is also a donated leave program in which employees may donate leave to coworkers for certain medical conditions.


      Other Types of Leave:

      • Holidays (at least 11 per year)
      • Bereavement
      • Compensatory
      • Work Injury
      • Emergency release
      • Religious observances
      • Parental

      Paid leave is also granted for the following: jury duty; military service or training for up to 15 work days per year; summoned court appearances, if the employee is not a party to the action nor a paid witness; and up to four hours for State Government employment exams or interviews.


  12. FLEXTIME AND TELEWORK

    • Many DPSCS units offer their employees flexible work schedules. There is a Teleworking Program in which employees and their supervisors have an arrangement where the employees may work at home, at a satellite office, or at a Telework Center on selected work days.

  13. PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

    • All permanent, part-time employees earn salaries that are pro-rated for the number of hours worked. These employees also earn pro-rated leave. Employees who are actively employed at least 50% of the work week are entitled to receive full health insurance benefits, may join the State Employees Credit Union, and may participate in special programs offered.

  14. STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION (SECU)

    • The Maryland State Employees Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution, available to State employees and their families. Services include: online banking, bill pay, certificate of deposits, checking, savings, and money market accounts and business, auto, home, and student loans.


The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer