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Wayne County adopts ‘bridge to retirement’ policy allowing limited accrued-leave conversion for retiree health eligibility
Summary
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners approved an HR policy allowing certain long-serving employees to convert accrued leave into up to two years of service credit toward retiree-health eligibility, limited to employees hired before July 1, 2009, and capped at two years.
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners approved a policy on Oct. 21 that allows certain long‑tenured employees to convert accrued vacation and sick leave into supplemental service credit for retiree‑health benefit eligibility.
The policy applies only to employees hired before July 1, 2009, who otherwise qualify for the county’s retiree health benefit and who are within two years of the 25‑year service requirement. Human Resources Director Sarah, who presented the policy and described it as "the bridge to retirement," said the conversion is capped at two years of service credit and "costs the county nothing beyond what's already been earned." The conversion affects eligibility for retiree health benefits only and does not change pension calculations.
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