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Benefit Plans

Plans

Aflac Accident and Critical Illness

Aflac Critical Illness Plan

Aflac Accident Plans - High and Low

 

How to Enroll

You are eligible to enroll in benefits on the first of the month following your date of hire and during Open Enrollment. If you are hired on the first o the month your are immediately eligible to enroll. 

You need to complete all necessary enrollment material on the Benefitfocus enrollment platform. To access the enrollment platform, please log into your Insidetrack portal and click on the Benefitfocus link located under the Employee tab. Commuter Transit, Parking Plans, Pet Assure, Discount Auto & Homeowners, and Retirement Plan are not part of the Benefitfocus online enrollment. If you are interested in these plans please reach out to the corresponding Contacts listed in the Benefits Guide. You need to have your enrollment completed within 30 days of your date of hire.

New Hire Enrollment: If you are a new hire enrolling in benefits for the first time, locate the Welcome New Hires section that is on the right side of the page, directly beneath the blue toolbar. You will see a link that says Click Here to Enroll In Benefits. Once you click that link, you can begin your benefits enrollment.

Note: When you log into the Benefitfocus platform, you will see your health plan options with wellness and without wellness. We do encourage you to click on the option with wellness and to comply with the wellness requirements to benefit from the YU Healthy Incentive HRA contribution.

 

  • Academic Federal Credit Union - Information about membership in the AFCU and applications to open accounts or obtain credit cards or loans are available at academicfuc.org/membership
  • Aflac Accident and Critical Illness Plans - You can enroll online through the Benefitfocus Benefits Portal or by contacting the Benefits Service Center at 855-719-2179.
  • Discount Auto & Homeowners - Yeshiva University offers a special group discount program through Liberty Mutual where employees can get up to a 10% discount off auto insurance and 5% off homeowner insurance. Liberty Mutual offers a wide range of insurance products including standard auto, homeowners, renters, condo owners insurance and power sports (boat, motorcycle, etc.) insurance. To learn more or get a quote go to libertymutual.com/yuemp.
  • Pet Insurance - This is a veterinary discount plan through Pet Assure. All pets are accepted, regardless of any pre-existing conditions they may have. For more information please call 888-789-7387 or petassure.com/hrbenefits. You may also call the YU Benefits Office at 646-592-4340.
  • 403(b) Retirement Plan - You can learn more about this program and your investments options by going to netbenefits.com/Yeshiva or by contacting your Fidelity Consultant Alexandra Sbordone at 347-650-4447 or by email at alexandra.sbordone@fmr.com. To enroll in the retirement plan, contact the Benefits office at 646-592-4340.

 

Time Off

To maintain appropriate staffing levels, your supervisor will coordinate, schedule and approve your requested vacation dates. You should make your vacation request well in advance to allow time for your supervisor to accommodate all requests and adequately staff the department. Since all vacation requests must be approved in advance, we strongly recommend that you receive final vacation approval before making financial commitments.

You should take all of your earned vacation time each year. Non-union employees who work full time will accrue 20 days/4 weeks per year. Employees who work less than 35 hours per week will accrue vacation hours on a pro-rated basis, based upon hours worked. All vacation time must be approved in advance by your Department Head and scheduled in accordance with operation needs. Vacation should be used on a current basis, but up to 10 days/2weeks may be carried over into the following year, as long as the total vacation carried over on December 31st of each year does not exceed your annual entitlement.  The maximum entitlement accrual for full time employees is 20 days/4 weeks (one year of vacation earnings). This maximum accrual is pro-rated for employees who work less than 35 hours but will never exceed one year's worth of vacation earnings. Unused, accrued vacation time beyond your maximum annual entitlement shall be forfeited. Effective June 30, 2022, up to 10 days/2 weeks of accrued vacation time will be paid on separation of employment with Yeshiva (pro-rated for employees who work less than 35 hours per week). However, any employee who does not provide adequate notice of at least two weeks upon resignation, forfeits any rights to unused accrued vacation pay.

Employees who move from a vacation-accruing position to a part time or casual staff position that is not eligible to accrue vacation time, will retain the vacation accrued at the time of the transfer, up to the maximum allowed, and may take the time while actively employed. They will be paid not more than the maximum allowable amount of accrued time upon separation of employment with Yeshiva.

Employees who move from a vacation-accruing position to an executive or faculty position that does not require accounting for vacation time earned or taken, will forfeit their accrued time upon moving into the new position. Please consult the Human Resources Office with questions about your employment category.

 For more on Time off and Leaves of Absence please consult the Employee Handbook.

Full-time employees accrue sick days at the rate of one day per month; part-time employees are eligible to accrue sick leave on a pro-rated basis. Full-time employees can accumulate up to a maximum of 130 days and employees can use up to 56 hours of sick leave for family members and other provisions in accordance with NYC regulations. Part-time employees accumulate and accrue sick leave on a pro-rated basis. If you use all of your available sick days, you can substitute and use your accrued vacation time. Unused sick days are not paid out when you leave Yeshiva. 

Sick days can be used only in cases of genuine illness or injury or other reasons as defined in the NYC regulations and if you are on active pay status immediately prior to the illness or injury. Accrual begins when you complete four months of active employment and is retroactive to your date of hire. For more detailed explanation of Leave policies please click here. 

Beginning January 1, 2018, eligible employees in New York State may be entitled to job-protected leave and a certain amount of compensation and benefits continuation through New York's Paid Family Leave (PFL) to care for family members under certain circumstances. This leave is not for an employee's own illness or serious health condition, but is to care for a family member. For details about the NY Paid Family Leave policy please click here.    

2024 HOLIDAYS

Retirees

Retiree employees and their spouses, who are eligible for Medicare, may enroll in a discounted Group Medicare Supplement Plan through the Hartford Life Insurance Company.  The plan mirrors the benefits provided in a Medicare Supplement Plan F but at a group discount.   

The Hartford has many years experience in the Medicare supplement market and works seamlessly with Medicare to help cover most of your out-of-pocket expenses. Highlights of this plan include:

  • Freedom to choose providers and hospitals and medical care anywhere within the U.S.
  • Foreign travel benefits
  • Guaranteed Issue - no medical questions
  • No paperwork or claim forms

For more information about the plan and how to enroll, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-717-7410 or contact Health Advocate at 866-799-2731.

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