Current Employees

Employee Self Service 

Employee Self Service allows current and former employees to access pay stubs, update your W-4, view your available leave balance, and update your address.  Henry County and PSA employees who are having difficulty logging in may contact Marybeth Deadmond, HR Specialist, at (276) 634-2572 or email mdeadmond@henrycountyva.gov. Social Services and Henry County Public Schools employees should contact their own respective Human Resources department for login assistance.

Note:  All employees are asked to update their emergency contact information under the "Personal Information" tab. This includes a valid email address that will be required for future password resets.

Henry County Login 

PSA Login

ESS Instructions

Holiday leave is authorized absence from work without loss of pay in recognition of certain holidays, as listed below. On occasion, the Board of Supervisors/Directors may grant additional leave in conjunction with a holiday.

Schedule of Authorized Holidays:

1. New Year's Day
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday in January)
3. George Washington Day (third Monday in February)
4. Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
5. Juneteenth (June 19)
6. Independence Day
7. Labor Day (first Monday in September)
8. Columbus Day (second Monday in October)
9. Election Day (Tuesday following first Monday in November)
10. Veteran's Day
11. Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November)
12. Day after Thanksgiving
13. Christmas Day
14. Any additional time appointed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Henry County Board of Supervisors, Public Service Authority Board of Directors

When one of the above holidays occurs on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as the holiday. If the holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be observed as the holiday.

All regular and introductory employees will be paid at their normal rate of pay for all holidays authorized herein. Employees in the following departments are not eligible for holidays due to the schedule required to perform those jobs: PSA Treatment Division, County Refuse Department, Public Safety's Operations Division, and the Communications Center. Those employees receive additional hours of vacation accrual annually in lieu of holidays. Please see the Employee Handbook for further information about holidays and accruals.

Basic Group Life Insurance

All regular and introductory employees are eligible for the County/PSA's basic group life insurance plan. The life insurance plan is administered by the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). Coverage for death due to natural causes is two times the annual base salary, rounded up to the nearest thousand dollars. The accidental death benefit is four times the annual salary. The County/PSA, as a benefit to its employees, currently pays the entire cost for the basic group life insurance plan. Details on this coverage are available in Human Resources.

Optional Group Life Insurance

All full-time employees are eligible to purchase optional group term life insurance for themselves, their spouse, and their children. The employee is responsible for 100% of the cost of the optional life insurance. Employees may purchase coverage in multiples (1x, 2x, 3x, etc.) of their annual salary. The amount of coverage available to spouses and children depends on the amount of coverage selected by the employee. More information about Optional Group Life Insurance can be found here or by logging in to your myVRS account.

All regular and introductory employees are eligible for bereavement leave. Bereavement leave is authorized absence from work for up to three (3) days (for a total of 24 hours depending upon regular work schedule) granted to an employee in the event of a death in their immediate family (including the death of a daughter or son through miscarriage). For this purpose, "immediate family" is defined as spouse, son, daughter, current son/daughter-in-law, grandchild, father, mother, brother, sister, current father/mother-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, grandparent of employee and spouse, and any relative living in the employee's household.

An employee must contact their department/division manager to request bereavement leave as far in advance as possible and specify the length of time requested. The department/division manager may approve such leave request, subject to final review and approval by Human Resources.

The employee will be paid at their regular rate of pay for up to a maximum of three (3) days or twenty-four (24) hours without charge against other leave credits.

Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the County/PSA will grant up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave during a 12-month period to eligible employees (or up to 26 weeks of military caregiver leave to care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness). Absences extending beyond five consecutive days without an approved FMLA request will prompt Human Resources to initiate FMLA procedures. 

Although FMLA leave is unpaid, during any FMLA leave, employees are required to use all available leave time, including sick and vacation leave, concurrently with FMLA leave. The use of paid time off during an FMLA leave of absence shall not extend the length of an employee's FMLA leave. 

To qualify for FMLA leave, an employee must meet all of the following conditions:

• Have been employed by the County/PSA for at least 12 months;
• Have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period immediately preceding the commencement of the leave; and
• Work at a location where 50 or more employees are employed by the County/PSA within 75 miles of that office or worksite.

FMLA covers illnesses of a serious and long-term nature, resulting in recurring or lengthy absences. To qualify as FMLA leave, the leave must be for one of the following reasons:

• The birth of a child and in order to care for that child;
• The placement of a child for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child;
• To care for a spouse, child or parent with a serious health condition;
• The employee's own serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform their job;
• For qualifying exigencies arising out of the fact that the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent is on active military duty, or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty, as a member of the National Guard or Reserves in support of a contingency operation. 

For more information about FMLA leave, please see the Department of Labor's guidelines here, the County/PSA Employee Handbook, in Section 5.6 or contact Human Resources.

• The Virginia Retirement System (VRS) provides retirement and other benefits to covered Virginia public sector employees. Members include political subdivision employees (cities, towns, special authorities and commissions), public school teachers, state agency employees, public college and university personnel, state police, Virginia law officers and the judiciary. 

• All regular and introductory employees are enrolled in the retirement program of the VRS based on the date of hire and are entitled to all retirement benefits afforded by that system under its terms and conditions. VRS is a State retirement system and all rules and regulations regarding contributions and retirement benefits are made by the State legislature. The County/PSA, as a member employer, must comply with all regulations as set forth by the legislature.

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• Access myVRS

  If you haven’t activated your myVRS account or haven’t checked it in a while, take time to register or log in today, myVRS.

  VRS takes many measures every day to keep your information secure, and you can help by registering for myVRS, completing the identity-verification steps and then establishing a password-protected account. It’s a security best practice that will help prevent someone else from fraudulently claiming your account.

• As a VRS member, you have access to a library of resources in myVRS, your secure online system. 
  • VRS Benefits Summary: View your retirement eligibility dates, member account balance and other VRS benefits. 
  • myVRS Retirement Planner: Project your income and expenses in retirement and gauge your retirement readiness.
  • myVRS Benefit Estimator: Use this tool to generate estimates of your VRS benefit in retirement for comparison.
  • myVRS Financial Wellness: Watch a video, play a game or take a mini-course to boost your financial know-how.
  • Online Tips: Read the online counseling tips to learn more about your VRS benefits at key decision points.
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  Retirement Plans

• Plan 1 -  Employees hired before July 1, 2010, and vested before January 1, 2013, and have not taken a refund.

  • Hazardous Duty, Plan 1

• Plan 2 - Employees hired from July 1, 2010 to December 31, 2013, and have not taken a refund. Additionally, employees are covered under Plan 2 if they were hired prior to July 1, 2010, but were not vested before January 1, 2013. Employees with enhanced hazardous duty benefits who were hired on or after July 1, 2010, are in Plan 2, even if their hire date is after December 31, 2013.

  • Hazardous Duty, Plan 2

• Hybrid Plan - Employees hired on or after January 1, 2014.

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• Thinking about retirement? Check out this VRS Retirement Readiness Checklist or contact Human Resources for more information.

• Need more information about naming a beneficiary? Visit Naming a Beneficiary on the myVRS website or contact Human Resources for more information.

• Need help setting up your online myVRS or DCP account? Contact Marybeth Deadmond, HR Specialist, at (276) 634-2572 or email at mdeadmond@henrycountyva.gov.  

Hybrid Plan members are employees hired on or after January 1, 2014.

Helpful Documents:

• Highlights of the Hybrid Plan
• Hybrid Contributions Explained
• How to Access Your DCP Account
• How to Designate Your Beneficiary in DCP

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