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Employee & Labor Relations

A Resource for County of San Mateo Employees, Supervisors, and Managers

25. Life Insurance

25.1. Coverage

The County will pay group life insurance and accidental death insurance premiums for the following coverage:

Effective the first of the month that is at least thirty (30) days following Board of Supervisors’ adoption of a successor MOU in 2019, the County shall provide Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) life insurance for each employee. The County shall provide Five Hundred Dollars ($500) of life insurance for the employee’s spouse and up to a maximum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) of life insurance for each of the employee’s children, depending on ages.

The County shall provide an additional Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) of life insurance payable to the employee’s beneficiary if the employee’s death results from an accident either on or off the job.

25.2. Supplemental Coverage

Employees, depending on pre-qualification, may purchase, at the employee’s expense, additional term life insurance up to a maximum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for employee, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for spouse or registered domestic partner, and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each qualifying dependent.