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Faculty-Staff Handbook XIII. Fringe Benefits XIII.A. General Information
XIII.G. Vision and Dental Insurance
XIII.A. General Information The University's Human Resources Department is available to provide specific
information to your benefits questions. General benefits information is
also available at: http://humanresources.binghamton.edu/benefits.html. XIII.B. Retirement Plans Full-time faculty/professional staff and part-time staff members who have term appointments or are designated management/confidential are eligible to elect one of the three retirement programs:
In addition, there are three Alternate Funding Vehicles approved under the ORP to which you may direct and or transfer your retirement accumulations during your employment. These are: ING, Metropolitan Life, and VALIC. If you are a full-time employee, you must elect to participate in one of these programs within 30 days of the effective date of your appointment. If you do not make a timely decision, you will then be required to join TRS. Part-time employees are not required to join a retirement system and may join at any time. However, a part-time employee who has elected a retirement program may not later cancel that enrollment. Once you become a participant in one of these programs, either through election or by failure to make a timely election, you will not be able to change from one to another during employment by the University. However, if you become eligible for the ORP at a later date, you will be permitted to change to the ORP at that time. XIII.C. Long Term Disability Insurance Full-time faculty/professional staff, and part-time faculty/professional staff who are eligible for health insurance, are eligible to participate in the University's Long Term Disability Insurance Plan. There is a one-year waiting period unless the new employee had prior coverage at their previous employer and that coverage ended no more than three months prior to the start of their covered employment with the University. Benefits begin after six months of continuous total disability. Total disability means the employee is completely unable to perform the material and substantial duties of any occupation for which they are suited by education, training and experience. XIII.D. Worker's Compensation Members of the faculty and professional staff are covered under the provisions of the New York State Workers' Compensation Law and are eligible to receive compensation for medical care, disability, or death from injury arising out of and in the course of the performance of their duties, regardless of fault in cause of the injury. A staff member who is injured in the performance of duties should notify their supervisor immediately. An accident report must be filed with Human Resources and Employee Health and Safety offices. Employees who have serious cases should call the Accident Reporting System (888) 800-0029 to facilitate their claims. XIII.E. Life, Accident, Sickness Insurance Certain kinds of insurance at special rates are available for professional staff members who join an employee organization. In some instances, premiums may be deducted from salary. XIII.F. Health Insurance Application for health insurance must be made promptly for coverage to start on the forty-third day of employment. Four health insurance plans are available to all eligible employees.
XIII.G. Vision and Dental Insurance These are provided by the UUP Benefit Trust Fund State for faculty and professional staff. New York State provides Management/Confidential employees these benefits. Detailed information about insurance plans is available at Human Resources and by the State of New York Department of Civil Service - Employee Benefits Online at: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/ebd/. XIII.H. Death Benefits Generally, the Retirement System selected determines death benefits. However, New York State Law provides a Survivor's Benefit regardless of which system is chosen. XIII.I. Sick Leave Sick leave credits may be used for any mental or physical impairment of health, including such an impairment proximately resulting from pregnancy, which disables an employee from the full and proper performance of duty. All faculty hired before July 1, 1982 who serve on a full- time basis accrue sick leave credits at a rate of 1- 3/4 days per month or major fraction of the month during the period of the professional obligation. Part- time faculty earn sick leave based on the number of courses they teach each semester. Full- and part- time faculty hired after July 1, 1982 should consult with the Human Resources on sick leave credits. Accumulation of sick leave credits in excess of 200 days is not permitted. All eligible employees who are hired before or terminated after the 15th of the month are credited with 1- 3/4 days sick leave. All professional employees hired before July 1, 1982 who serve on a full- time basis accrue sick leave credits at a rate of 1- 3/4 days per month or major fraction thereof during the period of the professional obligation. Part- time employees accrue credits based on their compensation. Specific information on the rate of accrual for part- time employees may be obtained from the Personnel Office. Professional employees hired after July 1, 1982 should consult with the Personnel Office regarding sick leave. Professional employees represented by the UUP may not accumulate sick leave credits in excess of 200 days. All eligible employees who are hired before or terminated after the 15th of the month are credited with 1- 3/4 days sick leave.
Employees who are on leave without pay and faculty who are on sabbatical
leave do not accrue and cannot charge against sick leave. XIII.J. Vacation Leave Professional employees hired before July 1, 1982 who serve on a full- time basis accrue vacation leave credits at a rate of 1- 3/4 days per month or major fraction thereof during the period of their professional obligation. Professional employees hired after July 1, 1982 should consult the Human Resources regarding vacation leave. Part- time employees accrue vacation leave credits based on their compensation, and should contact the Human Resources for assistance in determining their rate of accrual.
Professional employees represented by the UUP may not accumulate vacation
leave in excess of 40 days. Professional employees who are on leave without
pay are not eligible to accrue or to charge vacation leave credits. For
further information on sick leave and vacation leave, refer to Article
23 of the Agreement between the State of New York and UUP. XIII.K. Tuition Assistance Professional employees and faculty members are eligible for tuition assistance. Limitations in budgetary allocations require that we define our local policy along those guidelines that establish the most equitable distribution of support within those limitations. Thus, overall reductions in the amount of assistance approved may be required both to honor requests in the most judicious manner and to operate within the budget. Refer to Section 609 of the Management Procedures Manual for details. XIII.L. Employee Assistance Plan EAP is a voluntary, confidential referral service for employees and their family members who may be troubled by any of a wide variety of problems (alcohol, drug, emotional, marital, legal, financial, etc.). EAP Coordinators may be contacted by calling x76655. The EAP Office is located in the University Health Service. XIII.M. Tax-Deferred Annuities Faculty and professional staff members may have a portion of their salaries withheld prior to taxation and invested in an annuity. Such amounts and the interest and dividends credited to them are not subject to income tax until they are received in the form of benefits, generally when the participant is retired and in a lower tax bracket. XIII.N. New York State Employees' Federal Credit Union Membership in the New York State Employees' Federal Credit Union is available to all faculty and professional staff members. Deposits may be made to members' accounts by payroll deductions. |
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