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Benefits

Benefits Office

The Benefits Office website provides information on benefits plans offered by the University of Michigan, allowing you to create a program best suited to your needs and those of your eligible dependents. The Benefits website offers “Benefits Books” that explain the benefits packages available, and also lists news, updates, and resources of interest to U-M employees.

Sick Leave Income Plan

The University also offers a sick leave income plan, highlighted below. For more information, please refer to the applicable Standard Practice Guide (SPG) sections, listed in parentheses.

You may use your available sick leave income up to three weeks per calendar to care for a family member, depending on his or her circumstances. This includes time to care for a family member who loses time from work because of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, or childbirth. (SPG 201.11-1 PDF)

PLEASE NOTE: these PDF files will open with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Special One-Year Non-Resident Tuition Differential Grant for Newly Recruited Faculty

In many cases, the dependents of newly hired faculty and staff who enroll at the Unversity of Michigan and apply for resident classification are determined by the Residency Office to be Michigan residents. For these dependents, in-state tuition rates apply. However, if, as a U-M faculty member, one of your immediate family members enrolls at the University as a non-resident, a dean or executive officer may offer him or her a one-year tuition differential grant. To learn more, contact the dean’s office of your specific school or college. Please see the Academic Units page of the umich.edu website for school and college web addresses. (SPG 201.69 PDF)

Read the Office of the Registrar’s Residency Classification Guidelines.

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Flexible Spending Accounts are a great way to pay for dependent care and health care while saving you tax dollars. FSAs allow you to set aside pre-tax dollars for out-of-pocket expenses like day care, medical and prescription co-pays, and much more. And every dollar you defer to an FSA account decreases your taxable income. To learn more, please visit the Benefits website’s Benefits Books section and download a pdf on FSAs.

Benefit Resources for Dependents In “Other Qualified Adult” Category

The University of Michigan recognizes that health insurance is a benefit of vital importance to our faculty and staff. U-M benefits for same-sex domestic partners (SSDP) will conclude at the end of 2007 to comply with the current Michigan Court of Appeals ruling on same-sex partner benefits.

Effective Jan. 1, 2008, a new category of dependent called Other Qualified Adult (OQA) is being offered to all benefits-eligible U-M employees. A set of specific eligibility requirements (http://www.umich.edu/~benefits/eligibility/index.htm) defines the criteria required for OQA coverage.