City of Las Vegas Offers Employee Buyout Amid Badlands Lawsuit

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Full-time employees of the city of Las Vegas are being offered up to $30,000 to leave their job with the city.

The city of Las Vegas sent details of the program to FOX5 on Tuesday, stating that city employees with more than one or more years of service could get a buyout to cover “post-employment medical, dental and/or vision for the employee and their dependents.”

The city of Las Vegas said this program is being offered to employees to “offset the potential impact of ongoing litigation in the Badlands.”

The program is called Voluntary Separation Program (VSP) and provides that employees must leave their employment at City Hall by January 15, 2025.

Positions that remain vacant must remain vacant until June 2027.

According to city rules, employees can only use the money to cover these benefits:

• COBRA Coverage
• Health benefits for retirees
• Health insurance purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace
• Premium costs for health coverage through new jobs
• Additional premium costs for health coverage through spouse or domestic partner’s employment

Municipal employees have until December 12, 2024 to decide whether they wish to leave City Hall and accept the VSP conditions.

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