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Additional Benefits
In addition to health insurance, life insurance and disability benefits, paid time off and leave policies, ½ñÈճԹϺÚÁÏ provides other benefits such as tuition assistance, flexible work arrangements, fitness facilities, employee assistance and counseling programs, travel insurance and so much more.
Employee Assistance Program
Call 877-622-4327 (365 days a year, 24/7)
Offers support, guidance and resources that can help you resolve personal issues and meet life’s challenges.
Other services offered: Phone-Based Consultations, Face-to-Face Counseling, Crisis Intervention, Work/Life Balance, National Network
Other Benefits
- Travel Assistance (1-888-226-4567)
- Offers support with emergencies when traveling more than 100 miles from home or internationally. Covers employee and family.
State of the art at ½ñÈճԹϺÚÁÏ campuses.
- Deneka Fitness Center & IRC
- Yianoukos Fitness Center
- Fuller Pool
- Season/Discounted Hockey tickets for men's and women's hockey
- The University Bookstore & Frazer Fan Zone Discounts
- BJ's Wholesale Club Discounts
- AAA Discounts
- AT&T and Verizon discounts
The Howard Lechler ’48 Endowed Medical Assistance Fund was established in April 2000 through a gift from Mary Lou and Howard E. Lechler ’48 to make financial assistance to ½ñÈճԹϺÚÁÏ Faculty and Staff (and their immediate family) with extraordinary medical expenses not covered by insurance.
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Tuition Assistance
½ñÈճԹϺÚÁÏ encourages continued learning for employees. Provisions for Staff tuition, tuition for spouses and/or domestic partners and tuition for children are included in the employee benefit program to encourage and assist eligible employees with educational pursuits.
- Employee must be full-time
- 12 Credit hours at ½ñÈճԹϺÚÁÏ (fall, spring, summer) per fiscal year or 2 classes at St. Lawrence University, SUNY Canton or SUNY Potsdam under the cross-registration option
- Tuition free
- Employee must be hired prior to the start of a semester to receive the benefit for that semester
- Graduate level courses may be considered a taxable benefit if over $5250.00; it is recommended to consult with a tax advisor (Tuition cost – $5250.00 x .0765 = Fica Tax Owed)
- Employee must be full-time
- Spouse and/or Domestic Partner pays 1/3 of the normal tuition cost
- Graduate or Under-Graduate Courses
- Benefit is not retroactive
- Employee must be hired prior to the start of a semester to receive the benefit for that semester
- Graduate level courses may be considered a taxable benefit if over $5250.00; it is recommended to consult with a tax advisor
- Employee must be full-time
- Child(ren) can take 8 semesters tuition free at ½ñÈճԹϺÚÁÏ
- Associate or Baccalaureate Level Degrees
- Child(ren) of retired full-time employees who qualify are eligible
- Summer Courses can be taken at 1/3 of normal tuition cost to avoid using a full semester and does not count towards the 8 allowed semesters
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- Child(ren) can take 8 semesters tuition free up to the amount set annually by The Tuition Exchange.
- Associate or Baccalaureate Level Degrees
- Does not include room & board, food or other required supplies
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- Learn more about applying here.