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Tarrant County employees will get $4,900 payments as part of retention effort

The county has lost 1,625 employees since March 2020.

Tarrant County employees will receive $4,900 payments as part of a large-scale retention effort.

County commissioners voted this week to spend $27 million for the payments, which come as the county has lost 1,625 employees to terminations, resignations and retirements since March 2020.

The bulk of the money — $26.5 million — will come from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, with an additional $500,000 coming from the county’s general fund, according to county documents.

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The county’s 4,615 full-time employees will receive $1,000 payments in August and September and $2,900 in December. Part-time employees will receive $250 checks in August and September and $500 checks in December.

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Elected officials are not eligible for payments.

Tarrant County’s employee woes mirror national trends. Millions of people nationwide have left the workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic began in what economists call the “Great Resignation.” In April of this year, 403,000 Texans quit their jobs, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Retention payments will help reduce employee turnover and effectively deliver government services, county documents say.