Employee Benefits
If you are a prospective employee interested in learning about the benefits offered at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, we invite you to review a Summary of Benefits. Faculty and Exempt Staff may view detailed benefits information in the Exempt Employee Handbook; Non-Exempt Staff may view the Non-Exempt Employee Handbook. Employees with less than 100% effort should see a summary of benefits based upon percent of effort.
Announcements for Faculty and Staff are listed at the bottom of the page.
Educational Assistance
- Training & Professional Development
- Tuition Fee Waiver for Employees
- Tuition Discount for Spouses/Dependents
Insurance
- Annual Enrollment Transfer Period
- Basic Term Life
- COBRA (Continuation of Insurance upon Termination)
- 2008 COBRA Monthly Health Insurance Premiums
- Dental
- Group Insurance Program
- Health
- Insurance Guidelines During Leave of Absence
- Long Term Care
- Long Term Disability
- Optional Life
- Optional Special Accident
- What Dependents are Eligible for Insurance?
Leave
- Annual & Sick Leave
- Court Leave
- Family & Medical Leave
- Funeral & Bereavement Leave
- Holidays & Administrative Closings
- Insurance Guidelines During Leave of Absence
- Parental Participation Act
- Personal Leave Day
- Time Off to Vote
Life Events
Retirement
- Continuation of Insurance at Retirement
- 2008 Retiree Monthly Health Insurance Premiums (below age 65)
- Medicare Supplement Monthly Health Insurance Premiums (age 65 and over)
- Countdown to Retirement - ORP Steps
- Countdown to Retirement - TCRS Steps
- Life Planning Seminar
- Medicare
- Medicare Supplement Coverage
- Social Security Administration
- TCRS Temporary Employment Report Form for retired-rehired employee
Retirement Plans
Savings Plans
Other Benefits
- Employee Discounts and Additional Benefits
- Flexible Benefits Plans
- Holidays & Administrative Closings
- Longevity Pay
- Notary Public
- Sick Leave Bank
- Tennessee Dental Plan
- Vision
- Workers' Compensation
Announcements for Faculty and Staff...
Optional Term Life Insurance Rates Decrease July 1, 2008
Premiums will be reduced by 9% for participants in the Optional Term Life Insurance effective July 1, 2008. Read MORE...
The Deferred Compensation Program adds Investment Options
The Deferred Compensation program
will add eight new investment options and eliminate one existing Fidelity fund option in the 401k and 457 plans on May 28, 2008. The new options include a target date fund series with underlying investment objectives geared towards one year near your retirement year. Read MORE....
Fact Sheets for Added Fund Options
Join the Sick Leave Bank - April 1 through June 30, 2008
The sick leave bank is a common pool of hours to which staff or 12-month faculty donate some of their accumulated leave. The sick leave bank shall provide emergency sick leave to member employees who have suffered disability due to an unplanned personal illness, injury, or quarantine and who have exhausted their compensatory time and personal, sick, and annual leave balances. Any regular staff or 12-month faculty member, who accrues sick leave and has a current sick leave balance of at least 48 hours on June 30, 2008, is eligible to join. (The sick leave balance requirement is prorated for part-time employees.) Enrollment in the bank will become effective on July 1. Read MORE....
Click here for an enrollment form.
Last updated July 1, 2008
