Employee Resources

Forms

  • FMLA
  • Worker's Comp
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Medical Benefits

  • Medical Benefits - The County has selected Anthem as its medical provider and offers the following three plans:
    • Key Advantage 250 PPO - Click here for more information.
    • Key Advantage 500 PPO - Click here for more information.
    • High Deductible Health Plan PPO - Click here for more information.
  • Open Enrollment Packet
  • Enrollment Form
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Voluntary Benefits

  • Most supplemental insurance (Allstate Cancer, Allstate Accident, Allstate Critical Illness, Allstate Whole Life, & Aflac)is administered by Bost Benefits
  • Optional Life Insurance with Securian Financial
  • Virginia529
  • Nationwide Pet Insurance
  • FSA
  • Dependent Care FSA

Retirement

  • Powhatan County participates in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), a defined benefit retirement plan that provides retirement benefits to eligible full‑time employees. 
  • Employees are enrolled in one of the following three VRS plans based on their hire date and service history:

VRS Plan 1

Employees are covered under VRS Plan 1 if they were hired before July 1, 2010, or if they were hired after July 1, 2010 with prior VRS service credit and were vested (five years of service) by January 1, 2013. 

VRS Plan 2

Employees are covered under VRS Plan 2 if they were hired or rehired on or after before July 1, 2010, and does not have at least five years of service credit as of January 1, 2013. Or was hired or rehired from July 1, 2010, to December 31, 2013.

Hybrid Retirement Plan

Employees hired on or after January 1, 2014 are enrolled in the VRS Hybrid Retirement Plan. The Hybrid Plan combines a defined benefit component with a defined contribution component to help employees build retirement income. 

Public Safety Employees

Employees eligible for enhanced hazardous duty retirement benefits—such as certain fire, law enforcement, and public safety positions—are not enrolled in the Hybrid Retirement Plan. 

Deferred Compensation

The County offers employees an additional way to save for retirement through a 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan. Employees may choose between two providers: Nationwide Retirement Solutions and Virginia Retirement System.

Through these plans, employees can make voluntary contributions via payroll deduction on a pre-tax basis, lowering current taxable income while saving for the future.  Both Nationwide and VRS offer a Roth option, which allows employees to contribute on an after-tax basis.