The University’s benefits include programs that provide medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, life insurance, and tax savings accounts 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
Changes to Group Long Term Care (LTC)
Effective August 1, 2021, Genworth will no longer accept new applications for Group Long Term Care (LTC) insurance. Faculty and staff currently enrolled in Genworth’s LTC insurance are not impacted by this change. Genworth will continue to service and support all in-force policies.
Now open: 2021 FSA special enrollment period
You can make changes to your 2021 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) elections during a special enrollment period from April 1 to 15, 2021.
It’s Not Too Late to Contribute to an HSA
If you are a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) participant and meet other eligibility requirements, it’s not too late to contribute to a Health Savings Account (HSA).