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 Health Insurance
 Life Insurance
 Short-Term Disability
 Long-Term Care
 Dental Insurance
 Credit Union
 United Way
 Arts Council
 401(K) (Traditional and ROTH)
 457 Deferred Compensation
 Flexible Spending Accounts
 City Approved Health and Fitness Clubs
 North Carolina 529 College Savings Accounts

In addition to the deductions from pay for various employee benefits, United Way and
Arts Council, the City Manager may consider approval of deductions for other charitable
organizations. In considering whether or not such a deduction will be approved, the organization
must be a certified 501(c)(3) organization and the deduction must be available to all employees.
The City Manager may consider the following additional guidelines in determining whether to
approve requested deductions:

 The level of interest expressed by employees in contributing to the requesting
organization through payroll deduction.
 The program for which the deduction is made would benefit the Winston-Salem
community.
 The deduction would benefit individual employees and/or their family members.
 The deduction would not cost the City beyond expenses associated with executing and
disbursing the deduction.

Organizations approved to receive contributions through payroll deduction after May 17,
1999 will not be allowed to solicit contributions by way of onsite employee workplace
campaigns. However, the City will authorize the distribution of information about organizations
approved to receive employee contributions through payroll deduction one time per year.

L. Public Agency Exemption-Permitted Reduction in Pay

Based upon principles of public accountability, an employee’s pay may be reduced or
such employee may be placed on leave without pay for personal reasons or because of illness or
injury of less than one work day or longer when accrued leave is not used by an employee
because: (1) permission for its use has not been sought or has been sought and denied in which
case the absence will be treated as unauthorized leave without pay; or (2) accrued leave has been
exhausted in which case the absence will be treated as authorized leave without pay provided the
absence has been approved.

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