Benefits
Purdue Northwest is committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that meets your needs at each stage of your employment. Most benefits are effective with the first day of employment and are offered on a calendar-year basis.
Center for Healthy Living at PNW Open to the Full PNW Campus Community!
Starting April 17, the Center for Healthy Living at Purdue University Northwest will now be able to provide services to benefit-eligible employees that are not on Purdue’s health plan, non-benefit employees and students. Learn more about services available, scheduling appointments and more.
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Benefits By Type
PNW is happy to offer health insurance options to students through United Health Care. Coverage includes medical and prescription drug. There may also be limited vision and dental options. Registered undergraduate and graduate domestic students taking six or more credit hours and degree seeking are eligible to enroll.
All international undergraduate and graduate students who are registered, regardless of credit hours, or in an approved professional certificate program must enroll in the mandatory university health insurance plan unless you meet the criteria for a waiver.
Purdue gives you a couple different medical options from which to choose so you can select the plan that is best for you and your family. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield administers the health plans and you have access to the same network on all plans. The primary differences between the plans are what you will pay in premiums as well as your deductible and out of pocket maximums.
Purdue offers three dental insurance plans to choose from. Delta Dental is the insurance carrier and you may select dentists that participate in the Delta Dental PPO or Delta Dental Premier networks. There is a free preventive-only dental plan, or you can choose from two buy up plans to provide coverage when additional dental services are necessary.
Purdue offers vision coverage through Vision Service Plan as an option for all benefit eligible faculty and staff, spouses and dependents. The vision coverage is premium free. Simply elect during your enrollment period.
VSP benefits help you get the glasses or contacts you need to correct your vision. The program covers services from both VSP member and non-member doctors. In addition to glasses and contacts, the plan offers discounts on LASIK and PRK procedures.
You are protected during life’s critical situations. Purdue offers a variety of insurance plans to help you and your family through the difficulties of a death in the family or significant dismemberment injury as a result of an accident.
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The university offers disability insurance administered by Guardian that provides income replacement in the event of an illness or injury that results in your inability to work for an extended period of time. All benefit eligible employees are enrolled in Long Term Disability Insurance. The premium is shared by Purdue and the employee. Short Term Disability insurance is available for certain classifications of employees and enrollment is optional.
Purdue offers several additional voluntary benefit insurance options. You pay 100% of the premium; however, you also experience the benefit of a group rate. Options include:
Purdue offers a variety of retirement plans, depending upon the type of position you hold, to help you prepare for the financial aspects of retirement.
Purdue offers a few different types of spending and savings accounts administered by HSABank, each with its own set of guidelines: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (DCFSA), Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Accounts (LPFSA), Health Savings Accounts (HSA), and Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA).
Benefit-eligible employees have access to a variety of leaves, both paid and unpaid. Your employee classification determines the amount of leave available to you.
- Paid Leaves specific to Faculty, Executive, Management, Professional, Continuing Lecturers, Post Docs and Op Techs include Sick leave, Vacation accrual and Personal Business Days.
- Paid Leaves specific to Administrative and Operational Support, Police Fire and Skilled Trades include Sick leave and Vacation accrual.
- Paid Leaves available to all classifications include Bereavement, Paid Parental Leave, Jury and Witness Duty and Military Leave up to 15 calendar days.
- Unpaid leave available to all classifications include Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Military Leave beyond 15 calendar days, Personal Leave, and Workers Compensation.
Purdue offers a tuition remission benefit for employees, their spouses and children. Additional criteria may be required for eligibility, and certain programs may not qualify. Please contact your benefit administrator for guidance.
Benefit Resources
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Benefit Eligibility and Changes
Benefits Apps
Anthem: Sydney is designed to deliver a simple, intuitive and more personal way to get information about your plan, health and more.
The BenefitFocus App offers you instant access to benefits information. Confidently manage and navigate your benefits to be prepared for the moments that matter most.
CVS Caremark lets you refill mail service prescriptions, track order status, view prescription history, price prescriptions and more.
Easily manage your workplace benefits from Fidelity: access your account balances, investments, recent contributions, account performance and more!
Save time while making the most of your HSA, HRA, and FSA health savings and spending accounts by quickly checking your balances and details from the HSABank mobile app.
With LiveHealth Online, visit with board-certified doctors, licensed therapists, registered dieticians and more through live video on your smartphone.
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