Miami-Dade Transit (Department of Transportation and Public Works)
Miami, FL
see the full file on Miami-Dade Transit (Department of Transportation and Public Works)documented benefits (5)
| Paid training | DTPW bus operator trainees are paid $20.15 per hour during a nine-week training programme, rising to $21.21 per hour on completion, plus built-in overtime. The $5,000 sign-on bonus is paid in two halves and is effectively a retention clawback in reverse: $2,500 only after completing training plus six months of successful performance, the remaining $2,500 only after a further 18 months. |
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| No experience needed | Bus operator: high school diploma or GED, and you must ALREADY hold proof of having passed the CDL General Knowledge test for a class B vehicle with air brakes plus the Passenger Endorsement test before you are screened - Miami-Dade does not start you from zero the way Seattle or Washington DC do. Plus background check, written exam, pre-employment physical, and availability for weekends, holidays and various shifts and locations. Hiring runs in recruitment windows, not continuously. |
| Schedule protection | Honest negative at entry: bus operators must be able to work weekends, holidays, and various shifts and locations as assigned. No seniority pick mechanism is published on the county recruitment page. |
| Hours a week to qualify | New hires get immediate access to Miami-Dade County health care benefits - the county cites this as a safety measure introduced since 2020, so there is no waiting period for bus operators. |
| Pension | Miami-Dade County, which runs Metrobus and Metrorail through the Department of Transportation and Public Works, provides retirement benefits through the Florida Retirement System (FRS). FRS members choose between the FRS Pension Plan (defined benefit) and the FRS Investment Plan (defined contribution); the county does not publish the formula on its benefits page. |
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by Miami-Dade Transit (Department of Transportation and Public Works). It applies to every employer in Miami, FL.
| IVF cycles the state covers | THERE IS NO FEDERAL MANDATE. No US law requires an employer health plan to cover IVF or any infertility treatment, so coverage comes either from the insurance mandate in the state where the plan is written or from the employer's own choice. And the state mandates reach less far than they look: they bind fully insured plans bought from a state-regulated carrier, while a self-funded employer plan is governed federally under ERISA and is preempted from state insurance regulation. KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers in a self-funded plan, and 80% of those at firms of 200 or more — so at the size of employer this site mostly covers, the state mandate usually does not apply, and any fertility benefit is a genuine company choice rather than a restatement of law. That is precisely why it belongs on a benefits page here. Perks has not yet read this employer's own state insurance mandate from an official source; the states that have been read carry their own entry. (No federal statute requires an employer health plan to cover infertility treatment or IVF. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) preempts state insurance regulation as applied to self-funded employer plans, which is why a state mandate does not reach them.) |
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| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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