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New RECESS Program
In direct response to this challenging budget environment, we are announcing a new program, Reduce Employment Costs through Employee Salary Savings (RECESS).
This program allows full-time, non-represented staff and faculty, with the approval of their unit, to temporarily reduce their work percentage to as low as 50 percent while maintaining their health and dental care subsidy at 100 percent. This program will simultaneously help the University address the budget challenge and provide added incentive and support for those employees who are interested in assuming a reduced work schedule.
For New Employees
Enroll in a Health Plan
Use the Benefits Enrollment self-service action to select your medical, dental, and optional benefit choices.
Attend New Employee Orientation
The Office of Human Resources hosts new employee orientation to help you learn more about the University community and its policies, benefits, resources, and opportunities.
Need to Change Your Benefits?
Quick answers to benefits-related questions about these common events:
- Birth or Adoption
- Unmarried Children Ages 19 through 24
- Divorce
- Domestic Partnership
- Domestic Partnership Termination
- Layoff or Non-Renewal
- Marriage
- Personal Leave of Absence
- Resignation
- Retirement
- Workplace Injury
Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
Medication Therapy Management is a new service in which you have face-to-face meetings with a specially trained pharmacist who can help you improve the quality and effectiveness of your medication therapy program. MTM is available for UPlan members who take four or more covered medications with $8 copay reductions on Generic Plus and Brand medications for six months for participating members.
Wellness Program
Take advantage of health improvement opportunities sponsored by the Wellness Program. Earn $65 rewards when you participate in:
- an online wellness assessment
- online programs to create a healthier you
- phone-based lifestyle and disease management programs
Health Care Savings Plan
A health care savings plan is a tax-exempt account that can be used to pay for approved medical expenses after an employee leaves the University. Employee groups are working with administrators to consider whether to support and implement a health care savings plan. Currently, civil service and Teamster employees and LELS police officers have health care savings plans in effect. The HCSP Presentation and Frequently Asked Questions offer more background on how a health care savings plan works.
Retirement Investments
How are the current financial markets affecting employee's retirement investment options? The University has an oversight structure in place that assures that its retirement plans function as they should to allow participants to pursue their individual objectives with respect to their long-term retirement savings.
Employee Benefits
- 100 Donhowe Building
- 319 15th Avenue S.E.
- Minneapolis, MN 55455
- 612-624-9090
- 800-756-2363
- 612-626-0808 (fax)
- benefits@umn.edu
