Benefits
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Benefits Packages for Employee Groups
If you are eligible for benefits, see your relevant package below. You can also visit on our HR myDal site for more details [login required]. Visit听听for eligibilty for new employees.
- Regular, full-time and part-time (50% or greater) faculty and staff
- Associated employees
- Grant-Paid employees
- Post-Doctoral Fellows
Benefits Information for Retirees
Additional Benefits Resources
- (formerly Johnson Insurance)
Employee Wellness Programs
- Health Spending Accounts:听听Health Spending Accounts (HSA) allow employees a way to balance out areas where the plan isn鈥檛 as strong and provide more support to individuals where they need it the most. The HSA provides $1000 (except Postdoctoral Fellows that have $400) annually for health and dental expenses not reimbursed by the plan, with unused allotments carried over for one year.听
- Health and wellness:听听By six months all employees have access to 125 sick days.鈥�
- There is also the benefit of having discounted membership at Dalplex in Halifax: a 50% cost savings versus a regular community member.鈥�
- Dalhousie has a corporate membership with鈥疓oodLife Fitness that gives a 30% discount. For a wide range of wellness content, visit the鈥�.鈥�
- Health and safety are important for the well-being of all employees, students, and visitors to campus, and are everyone鈥檚 responsibility. For more information, visit鈥�.
- Enhanced mental health benefit:听听In April听2020, Dalhousie introduced an enhanced mental health benefit to eligible faculty and staff (regular, associated and grant-paid employees). This benefit, up to a maximum of $1500, is specific to mental health services, and covers an expanded list of mental health practitioners including psychologists, social workers, counselling therapists, psychotherapists, psychoeducators and Internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT).听
- Visit on our HR myDal site [login required] for wellness resources and supports available to faculty and staff.
Professional Development
The university encourages learning opportunities and professional development for faculty and staff through a tuition assistance program.听
- Tuition & tuition assistance:听Dalhousie prioritizes educational opportunities for its employees. Regular, full-time and part-time faculty and staff (great than 50%) can take two full credits in one academic year free of tuition charges and dependents of that eligible employee group can receive 50% off tuition.
- Tuition assistance comes in two forms, waivers for Dalhousie courses (up to 2 full credits per academic year) and reimbursement for non-Dalhousie courses.听
- For information regarding tuition assistance, please refer to your collective agreement or handbook for details specific to your employee group.
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