Benefits and Eligibility - Faculty
For general information about UT-provided employee benefits, see HR: Benefits Overview.
Faculty, staff, and graduate student academic employees are eligible for UT benefits if they are expected to work, and are appointed for, at least 20 hours per week (50% FTE) and at least 135 continuous days (one full long semester). The minimum 50% FTE is based on the sum of all active benefits-eligible positions held on campus. For example, a Lecturer with a 25% FTE in the College of Education and a concurrent 25% FTE in a different CSU would be eligible for benefits based on their total 50% FTE across both jobs.
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Workday Employee Types for faculty positions
Employee Type is a Workday attribute assigned to each job which drives benefits eligibility and leave eligibility status for an employee. Faculty Employee Types are:
Fixed Term: Retired (active), Faculty Associate, and summer Additional Jobs only
Expected to Continue: All others (both professional-track and tenured/tenure-track
Employee Type | Criteria | To which Job Profiles does it apply? | End date in Workday? |
|---|---|---|---|
Regular Benefits Eligible (Expected to Continue) | Appointed for: | All faculty Job Profiles except the following:
| Professional-track: No. However, all professional-track faculty must have an active contract in Workday, and a "Contract End Date" will display in their Worker Profile at Summary > Job Details |
Tenured/tenure-track: No | |||
Regular Benefits Eligible (Fixed Term) | Appointed for: | Only the following faculty Job Profiles:
| Professional-track: Yes. All relevant Job Profiles for this Employee Type are professional-track positions in Workday. |
Tenured/tenure-track: Yes - any Fixed Term job for a tenured/tenure-track faculty member will be an Additional Job (either Faculty Associate or Summer Additional Job) and will have an end date. | |||
Regular Non-Benefits Eligible (Expected to Continue) | Appointed for fewer than 135 continuous days and/or for fewer than 20 SWH |
| Professional-track: No. However, all professional-track faculty must have an active contract in Workday, and a "Contract End Date" will display in their Worker Profile at Summary > Job Details |
Tenured/tenure-track: No (although tenured-tenure-track faculty are non-benefits eligible only in very unusual and temporary circumstances) | |||
Regular Non-Benefits Eligible (Fixed Term) | Appointed for fewer than 135 continuous days and/or for fewer than 20 SWH |
| Professional-track: No. However, all professional-track faculty must have an active contract in Workday, and a "Contract End Date" will display in their Worker Profile at Summary > Job Details |
Tenured/tenure-track: No |
Employees with multiple jobs
If an employee with multiple jobs has one job with benefits-eligible status, all other jobs (excluding Variable and Nonemployee jobs) should also have a benefits-eligible status. In general, paycheck deductions related to benefits are tied to the Primary Job and its Pay Group.
See also:
Summer insurance coverage for faculty
See HR: Summer Coverage for Faculty, including cost, payment, Annual Enrollment, change of status, termination, and COBRA.
Eligibility
Benefits-eligible faculty members that are assigned to work during the spring semester (January 1 - May 15) are eligible for insurance coverage during the summer (May 16-August 15), as long as they maintain benefits-eligible employment and regardless of whether they receive pay during the summer months. Eligibility for benefits requires appointment in an eligible position for both 20 hours or more per week and at least 4.5 months' continuous duration.
For 9-month faculty with summer Additional Jobs, their summer benefits eligibility status is the same as their eligibility status the immediately previous spring semester.
Faculty with multiple jobs
Eligibility for and calculation of the Summer Insurance Deduction is based on the Pay Group of the Primary Job in Workday. In general, deductions are tied to the Primary Job.
Pre-payment
If a faculty job is the primary position and the faculty member is not enrolled in salary spread, any out-of-pocket premiums due for summer insurance are automatically deducted from their June 1 paycheck. This means they will pay for four months of insurance on their June 1 paycheck, which includes payment for May and pre-payment for June - August. See more at HR: Summer Coverage for Faculty.
Termination
If a faculty member separates from employment or become otherwise ineligible for benefits, their insurance will terminate at the end of the month in which the change in employment occurs. If they prepaid for summer insurance, a refund of excess funds will automatically be issued.
Note that a faculty member with a benefits-eligible spring appointment is eligible for active employee insurance through 8/31, if their termination date is 8/15. A termination date of 5/15 will end insurance on 5/31.
COBRA Continuation Coverage
COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) is a Federal law under which employees and their covered dependents have the opportunity for a temporary extension of medical, dental and/or vision coverage at group rates in instances where coverage under the plan would otherwise end. For more information including eligibility and enrollment, see HR: COBRA Continuation Coverage.
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