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The state of South Carolina offers its employees generous benefits, including health and dental insurance, retirement and savings plan options and paid vacation and sick leave.
The state of South Carolina offers its employees generous benefits, including health and dental insurance; retirement and savings plan options; and paid vacation and sick leave. Plus, work-life balance programs such as telecommuting and flexible work schedules are available to employees of some state agencies.
Insurance Benefits for State Employees. View health benefits claims, explanations of benefits, healthcare providers near you, and contact customer service representatives.
The state of South Carolina is pleased to offer the PerksCard Discount Program to all state employees. This discount program enables state employees to save on many everyday purchases and services from local and national vendors.
More than 650,000 public employees are covered by the five defined benefit retirement plans, and PEBA administers insurance benefits to more than 530,000 members. An additional 60,000 members participate in the State Optional Retirement Program. Learn more.
Annual Leave Eligibility. Employees in Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions who are scheduled to work at least half of the workdays of the month are eligible to earn annual leave. Eligible employees begin to accrue leave during their first month of employment.
PEBA administers five defined benefit plans, a defined contribution plan and a voluntary, supplemental retirement savings plan. Learn more about the benefits available to employees below. Your employer may provide the following valuable insurance and retirement benefits.
Sick Leave Eligibility. Employees in full-time equivalent (FTE) positions who are scheduled to work at least one-half of the workweek on a 12-month basis or the equivalent of one-half of the workweek during the full school or academic year of nine months or more are eligible to earn sick leave.
PEBA administers the state’s employee insurance programs for South Carolina's public workforce. The largest program, the State Health Plan, is a self-funded health insurance plan. That means premiums are not paid to an insurance company, but instead are held in a trust fund.
The South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) is the state agency responsible for the administration and management of the state’s retirement systems and employee insurance programs for South Carolina’s public workforce. PEBA is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors.
