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16.8 Extended Benefits <br /> The City will consider voluntary proposals from the Union's membership to utilize their leave and medical <br /> benefits to extend the leave and medical benefits for employees on protracted medical leave. <br /> 16.9 Employee Assistance Program <br /> The City shall provide an Employee Assistance Program for employees covered by this MOU. <br /> Section 17. Retirement <br /> The City shall continue contracting with the California Public Employees Retirement System(CalPERS) <br /> to provide retirement benefits for all bargaining unit employees. <br /> 17.1 Retirement Plans and 1.mploee Contributions <br /> A. Employees hired before December 22,2012(Tier 1 Classic) <br /> Employees hired prior to December 22,2012 are provided the CalPERS 3%@ 50 local <br /> safety plan with the 12-month final compensation period.Such employees shall contribute <br /> 9.0% of their CalPERS reportable compensation towards the employee share and an <br /> additional 3.0%of their CalPERS reportable compensation towards the employer share <br /> (12%total employee contribution)for the CalPERS 3%@ 50 local safety plan. <br /> Effective July 11,2020,Tier 1 Classic employees shall contribute an additional one-half <br /> percent (0.5%) of their CalPERS reportable compensation toward the employer share <br /> (12.5%total employee contribution)for the CalPERS 3%@ 50 local safety plan. <br /> B. Employees hired on or after December 22,2012(Tier 2 Classic) <br /> Employees hired on or after December 22,2012 and before January 1,2013,and employees <br /> hired on or after January 1,2013 who are otherwise"classic"employees,are provided the <br /> CalPERS 3%@ 55 local safety plan with the 36-month final compensation period.Such <br /> employees shall contribute 9.0%of their CalPERS reportable compensation towards the <br /> employee share and an additional 3.0%of their CalPERS reportable compensation towards <br /> the employer share(12%total employee contribution) for the CalPERS 3%@ 55 local <br /> safety plan. <br /> Effective July 11,2020,Tier 2 Classic employees shall contribute an additional one-half <br /> percent (0.5%) of their CalPERS reportable compensation toward the employer share <br /> (12.5%total employee contribution)for the CalPERS 3%@ 55 local safety plan. <br /> C. Employees hired on or after January 1,2013(Tier 3 New-PEPRA) <br /> Employees hired on or after January 1, 2013 who are defined as "new" members by <br /> CalPERS are provided the CalPERS 2.7%@ 57 local safety plan with the 36-month final <br /> 30 <br />