Are you considering employment at the University of Georgia? The benefits listed below are a valuable part of your total compensation package! Most benefits are available through payroll deduction.

Health insurance
Our faculty and staff may choose from three plans: Indemnity, PPO, & HMO. All plans include no pre-existing condition restrictions. Each plan has four coverage levels: Employee only, employee + child, employee + spouse, or family. UGA pays 75% of the premium for all coverage levels.

Retirement
 All employees must participate in a retirement plan. UGA offers three retirement plans:

  • Teachers Retirement System of Georgia (TRS)
    All regular, benefit eligible employees participate in this formula-based defined benefit plan. You contribute 5% of your pay towards TRS and are vested after 10 years. Once you are vested, you are entitled to a monthly retirement benefit at age 60. If you retire with 30 years of service, you will receive up to 60% of your salary. The TRS plan is widely acknowledged as fiscally sound and one of the better managed state retirement plans in the country.
  • Optional Retirement Plan (ORP)
    In lieu of participating in the TRS plan, contract faculty and administrators, post doctoral associates, and coaches may choose the ORP, a portable defined contribution plan. ORP participants are vested immediately. UGA contributes 8.13% and you contribute 5% of your pay. You choose how to invest your retirement funds from choices provided by four companies. Your retirement income is based on the performance of the investment choices you made and is limited to the value of your account. The ORP option is an irrevocable choice you must make within the first 60 days of your employment (or contract) date.
  • Georgia Defined Contribution Plan (GDCP)
    Temporary, seasonal, and part-time employees (less than 50% time) participate in the GDCP. You contribute 7.5% of your pay.
Life insurance
All UGA faculty and staff members receive $25,000 in personal life insurance at no cost. You may purchase additional coverage for yourself, your spouse, and children.
Dental insurance
Dental coverage is available for individuals and their families. The dental plan has a $50 annual deductible and a $1,000 annual maximum benefit per person.
Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
AD&D is inexpensive coverage for accidents which cause injury or death. AD&D coverage is available in multiples of $25,000; from $25,000 to $500,000.
Long term disability insurance
 Long Term Disability (LTD) insurance provides you continuing income (under most circumstances, up to 60% of lost monthly income not to exceed $7,500) if you are unable to work for at least 90 days as a result of serious illness or injury.
Long term care insurance
 Long term care insurance provides assistance if you have a chronic condition leaving you unable to care for yourself for an extended period of time.
Tax deferred annuities: 403b and 457b
Pre-tax contributions help you save for retirement. You may start saving with TDAs at any time.

Flexible spending accounts

  • The medical spending account (Med-Flex) allows you to contribute pre-tax, then request reimbursement for approved medical expenses. With the Med-Flex plan, your entire yearly contribution amount is available to you immediately for eligible expenses.
  • The dependent care spending account allows you to contribute pre-tax, then request reimbursement for approved dependent care expenses.

Sick and annual leave accrual and paid holidays

  • Faculty and staff earn sick and annual leave based on length of service.
  • UGA also has a shared leave program in which employees may donate leave to other staff members who are experiencing serious personal illness.
  • The University observes 12 official paid holidays each year.
Georgia Section 529 Higher Education Savings Plan
You may make contributions to this plan for a beneficiary to use in the future for educational expenses. Qualified withdrawals will be exempt from both federal and Georgia income tax.
UGA Extras
UGA offers discounts on local and national services & products.
 

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The University of Georgia
Employee Benefits
benefits@uga.edu
706-542-2222

Human Resources | The University of Georgia

Last revised 5/17/07