Benefits

The Cary Area Public Library offers the following benefits to employees:

  • Direct deposit
  • Cary Area Public Library card
  • 457 Deferred Compensation Plan
  • Tuition reimbursement for classes in a LTA or MLS/MLIS program of study
  • Paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day (Monday), Independence Day, Labor Day (Monday), Thanksgiving Eve (close at 5 pm), Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve
    • Employees regularly scheduled to work on a day on which a paid holiday falls will be paid for the hours that they would regularly be scheduled to work.
  • Unpaid holidays: Mother’s Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day Sunday, Father’s Day, and Labor Day Sunday
    • Employees regularly scheduled to work on a day on which an unpaid holiday falls may arrange a schedule adjustment within the same pay period with their Manager to make up the missed hours
  • Bereavement Leave
  • Jury Duty/Court Leave

Part-time employees (average hours 19 or less per week)

  • Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLWA): Earn 10 days prorated*

Part-time employees (average hours 20-29 per week)

  • Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) 
  • Personal Leave: 3 days prorated*
  • Sick Leave: 10 days prorated*
  • Vacation Leave shall be earned at the following rates:
    • 0-4 years: 10 days prorated*
    • 5-9 years: 15 days prorated*
    • 10+ years: 20 days prorated*

Full-time employees (average hours 30+ per week)

  • Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) 
  • Personal Leave: 3 days prorated*
  • Sick Leave: 10 days prorated*
  • Vacation Leave shall be earned at the following rates:
    • 0-4 years: 10 days prorated*
    • 5-9 years: 15 days prorated*
    • 10+ years: 20 days prorated*

*All earned paid leave is prorated based on the average number of hours worked per week.