The University’s Health and Welfare benefits include programs that provide medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, life insurance and disability benefits to eligible faculty and staff.
Your Benefits
Employment Group
Every employee is part of an employment group. Find yours:
Officers include academic and non-academic personnel:
- Officers of Instruction (faculty)
- Officers of Research (includes Associate Research Scientists/Scholars and Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars)*
- Officers of the Libraries
- Officers of Administration
* Learn more about Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars
Postdoctoral Fellows include full-time Postdoctoral Clinical Fellows and Postdoctoral Research Fellow (part-time Fellows and Residency Fellows do not qualify).*
Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars are Officers.
Support Staff include includes administrative and other staff, as well as all union members. The acronyms for these groups are:
- NUSS: Non-Union Support Staff
- SSA: Support Staff Association members
- TWU: Transit Workers Union members
- LOCAL 2110: Technical, Office and Support Staff union members
- UNIONS: Members of Local 1199, Local 32B-32J, Local 100, MEBA and MM&P unions
All Officers and Support Staff who are currently retired should view the Retiree Benefits website. Officers and staff who are approaching retirement may want review the "Prospective Retirees" pages for information and planning resources.
Officers
Postdoc Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellows
NUSS
Local 2110
SSA
TWU
Unions
Local 1199, Local 32B-32J, Local 100, MEBA, and MM&P Unions
Retirees
The Retiree Benefits website covers all benefits information for prospective and currently-retired Officers and Support Staff.
News
Enrolling in 2021 Benefits? Update Your Information Now
It’s time to review and make updates to your contact information so you receive important materials by mail—including 2021 Benefits Open Enrollment details.
Change Your 2020 FSA or Enroll Now
Due to COVID-19, the IRS is providing the opportunity to make changes to Healthcare and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)—or sign up for new FSAs—outside of the annual benefits Open Enrollment period.
Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan (VRSP) CARES Act Withdrawal Changes
Summary of a Material Modification (SMM) to Retirement Plans regarding withdrawals.