Benefits

You can retire and receive UC benefits anytime after you become eligible - that is, when you have at least five years of UC Retirement Plan service credit and reach age 50 or 55, depending on which tier of the pension plan you're in.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE: Preparing for Retirement Retirement Handbook (1976 Tier...

The University of California offers a wide array of high-quality benefit plans from which to choose. These include comprehensive health and welfare insurance plans, a generous pension plan, and optional retirement savings opportunities.

Benefits packages for faculty and staff are based on job classification, the nature of employment and the number of hours worked.

UC offers a valuable Total Rewards package. To see the approximate value of your total compensation, use the...

COBRA Information The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) provides for continued coverage for a certain period of time at applicable monthly COBRA rates if you, your spouse or domestic partner, or your dependents lose group medical, dental, vision or Health FSA coverage because you: Terminate employment (for reasons other than gross misconduct); Your work hours are reduced below the eligible status for these benefits; You die, divorce, or are legally separated; or A child ceases to be an eligible dependent. UC's third-party administrator, WEX, administers all aspects of the COBRA program.

Certain employment events create a PIE – a period of initial eligibility – when eligible employees and eligible family members can enroll in or change plan(s) without meeting special requirements.

For the medical, dental, vision, legal, and TIP plans, once you have selected a plan, you may not change it until there is either 1) a new PIE or 2) an Open Enrollment period where the plan is offered. However, you may opt out or cancel your coverage at anytime.

For the Supplemental Disability, Supplemental Life or Dependent Life plans, once you have selected a plan...