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Benefits Eligibility

Staff

Full time

Regular full-time staff are eligible to participate in the benefits program unless otherwise stated. Full-time staff are defined as:

• Nonunion staff members who are scheduled to work 35 hours per week for 52 weeks a year.
• Union staff members who work in the library and who are scheduled to work 35 hours per week for 52 weeks a year.
• All other union employees who are scheduled to work 40 hours per week for 52 weeks a year.

Part time

Regular part-time staff who work the following schedules are eligible to participate in the benefits program unless otherwise stated:

• Nonunion staff who are scheduled to work 17.5 hours or more per week for at least 39 weeks a year.
• Union staff members who work in the library and who are scheduled to work 17.5 hours or more per week for at least 39 weeks a year.
• All other union employees who are scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week for at least 39 weeks a year.

Faculty

Faculty members who have appointments of at least half-time status for one semester or more are eligible to participate in the benefits program unless otherwise stated.

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Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates and Visiting Scholars except those who have an affiliation only with a Center or Institute

Appointments of at least half-time status for a period of six months or more and who receive salary payments through the university payroll office may enroll in a medical and/or dental insurance plan. The university will contribute toward the cost of the monthly premiums.

Appointments of at least half-time status for a period of six months or more and who are not paid directly by the university may enroll in a medical and/or dental insurance plan but must assume 100 percent of the monthly premiums.

Appointments at Brandeis University for a period less than six months are not eligible to participate in the university benefits plan.

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