Explore the details of our benefits!
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We offer a benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, career growth, and work-life balance.
Click below for full benefit breakdowns, eligibility, and additional resources.
Newly-hired employees' medical, dental, and vision benefits will start on the first of the month after date of hire. All other benefits are available upon your start date.
Medical Insurance
All medical insurance benefits are provided through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. There are two options for health insurance:
HMO Value Plus—An HMO plan that requires you to use an in-network provider. You must choose a primary care physician (PCP) and obtain referrals for specialty care.
PPO Saver 3000—A PPO plan that offers in and out-of-network coverage. You must also pay a deductible before the plan pays for most services. If you choose to go out-of-network, you pay additional out of pocket costs.
Pharmacy Benefit Services (For both HMO Value Plus & PPO Saver 3000)
Dental Plan
Dental insurance benefits are provided through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. It is a preferred provider organization (PPO) dental plan with access to an extensive regional network with thousands of participating dentists.
Vision Plan
Vision Insurance is provided by Blue2020, giving you access to EyeMed’s Insight Network for a greater variety of choices and flexibility.
Basic Life Insurance
Basic life insurance provides a cash benefit to your beneficiary/beneficiaries in the event of your death while employed by 91ºÚÁÏÍø.
Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance provides an additional cash benefit to your beneficiary/beneficiaries in the event of your accidental death, and to you if you lose a limb or part of a limb, if either occurs while employed by 91ºÚÁÏÍø.
Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
You may purchase additional life insurance and AD&D insurance at preferred rates through the convenience of payroll deductions.
When life changes, make sure you adjust your benefits. You can change your benefits coverage during the plan year if you have a qualifying event. Eligible qualifying events are:
The 91ºÚÁÏÍø Employee Retirement Plan is governed by section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and is administered by TIAA. The Plan lets you save your own money for your retirement in a tax-advantaged way and allows the College to contribute as well. If you are in a faculty or staff role and participate in the Plan, the College will contribute up to 8% of your pay to your retirement account.
91ºÚÁÏÍø cares about your health and emotional wellbeing and offers opportunities to support this goal by giving you time away from work when you need it. A full list of observances, holidays, and closures are available upon request to employees.
Sick Time
This time off policy was established to help employees and their families maintain wellness, not just to take time when sick. Sick time is available for you to use for occasional personal illness not covered by Paid Medical Leave or Short-Term Disability, or to attend routine medical or dental appointments. You may use up to 40 hours per year of sick time to care for a family member or to accompany a family member to routine medical or dental appointments.
Protecting Your Income During Parental & Medical Leaves
If you have a serious medical condition, have a baby, or welcome a foster or adopted child into your family, 91ºÚÁÏÍø has programs to protect your income while on leave. The College is pleased to offer Paid Medical Leave (PML) for those who are eligible. This benefit is only available to employees who work in Massachusetts.
Paid Medical Leave (PML) is an insurance 91ºÚÁÏÍø has purchased to ensure compliance with the Massachusetts Paid Family & Medical Leave law. Please see the HR page on the Intranet for full details of these policies. Here are the highlights:
91ºÚÁÏÍø continues to provide federal Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) coverage. FMLA protects your job for up to 12 weeks for your or a family member’s serious medical condition. It does not provide any type of salary continuance. In almost all circumstances, the policies described above provide the same or more job protection and also provide some level of income.
Long-Term Disability Insurance (LTD)
91ºÚÁÏÍø’s integrated disability program provides you with income in the event you become disabled and are unable to work. You are eligible for LTD after a 180-day elimination period. For the first 180 days of your disability, you will receive compensation from a combination of workers’ compensation (if applicable), Massachusetts Paid Family & Medical Leave, Short-Term Disability, and PTO. The benefit maximum is up to $10,000 per month.
Full-time employees and their qualified dependents are eligible on their one year anniversary for tuition remission. Tuition remission is available at the beginning of the semester or session following your eligibility date. Please visit to view the tuition remission policy and application, and the tuition exchange policy.