Benefit Highlights for Faculty and Administration

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science offers a comprehensive selection of quality benefits to our eligible employees (regularly scheduled for 30 or more hours/week). The university offers four medical plans, a dental plan, a vision plan, short and long-term disability, basic and supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, a Health Savings Account (if enrolled in a HDHP) and an extremely attractive retirement plan. Except for the retirement plans, all benefits are effective the first of the month following your date of hire. With the exception of the retirement plans, employees may enroll within thirty days from date of hire or during an Open Enrollment period.

Medical Plans – Blue Cross Blue Shield

• PPO and High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with an optional Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Ability to see any qualified PPO provider you choose (your out of pocket costs are greater when you seek care outside the network).
• Blue Advantage HMO and HMO Illinois
  • All care must be coordinated by your HMO primary care physician or woman’s primary health care provider.
  • With the exception of emergencies, all care must be provided by a network provider.

Dental Plan - Delta Dental

• Ability to see any qualified dentist you choose.
• Preventive services are covered at 100% of reasonable and customary charges.

Vision Plan – Superior Vision

• Benefits through Superior National Network.
• Low co-pays for exams, materials, and contact lens fittings; additional discounts offered by some in-network providers.

Short-term Disability Insurance

• Employees with at least 12 months of eligible service will receive 100% of their regular pay for up to 12 weeks, inclusive of the elimination period. Employees with less than 12 months of service will receive 80% of their regular pay for the period of disability.

Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability Insurance – Mutual of Omaha

• University paid life insurance equal to 1 ½ times annual base salary up to $50,000.
• Employee may elect to purchase supplemental life insurance in increments between 1 and 5 times annual base salary.
• University paid long-term disability insurance provides up to 60% of weekly base salary for covered claims.

Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts - PayFlex

• Flexible Spending Accounts allow you to use pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Health Savings Account (if enrolled in our HDHP) allows you to use and save pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible health care expenses for now or in the future.

Retirement Plans - TIAA

• Contributions to our Defined Contribution (DC) and Money Purchase Plan (MPP) is mandatory and is effective two years after the date of hire although prior employment during the 24 consecutive month period immediately preceding your hire date with education or non-profit research organization may be counted toward meeting eligibility requirement. Once eligible, participation in these plans is mandatory as a condition of employment. The employee makes a mandatory 5% contribution to the DC plan and the university makes a 8% contribution to the MPP.
• Employees may make unmatched contributions to voluntary supplemental pre-tax and post-tax retirement plans.

Employee Assistance Program

• The university provides a confidential Employee Assistance Program to all employees and their dependents.

Paid Holidays and Sick Days

• Each year, employees are eligible for 10 paid holidays, two floating holidays. In addition, the university closes between Christmas and New Year's Day and employees are paid for this winter break.
• Sick time accrues up to a maximum of 15 days.

Vacation

• Vacation time accrues to a maximum of 19 days.

Personal Leave

• Eligible employees may receive up to 40 hours Personal Leave during a 12-month period depending on their hours worked.
  

Parental Leave

• New parents are eligible for up to four weeks of paid leave upon the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a new child.