Welcome to the City of Milwaukee's Employee Benefits Resource Center!
This site highlights the many benefits available to you as a valued City employee. The City of Milwaukee provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package centered on meeting the needs of you and your family. The City’s benefits are designed to give you choices along with tools and resources to help you select the right benefits and use those benefits effectively throughout the year.
All new employees to the City of Milwaukee have a thirty-day waiting period for health, dental and vision benefits and must enroll through the Self-Service program during the waiting period. Employees will receive a self-service identification number to enroll in health, dental and vision insurance, make other benefit elections, sign up for direct deposit and view their paycheck. If employees do not receive a self-service ID within 7-10 days of their start date, contact the DER benefits team. Employees that are unable to access Self-Service may complete an enrollment form and return it to the DER benefits team.
If enrolling in health/dental/vision insurance and adding dependents to the plan, employees must provide proof of the marriage or birth certificate and include the social security number for each dependent enrolling in health insurance benefits. The only other time employees may change their benefit elections, including dropping coverage, outside of their newly eligible waiting period or Open Enrollment is if they experience a qualified life event.
Benefits Key Terms Explained
Primary Care vs Urgent Care vs ER
Preventive Care
Prescription Drugs - Managing Costs
Voluntary Benefits Overview
Accident Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance
Disability Insurance
Deferred Compensation
