Benefits FYI is our quarterly benefits newsletter for UBC staff and faculty who are enrolled in one of our benefits plans.
Benefits FYI Newsletter
Required mental health training for managers and supervisors now updated
Today we re-launched the required training, Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace for Managers & Supervisors with im
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Best practices for using your tuition waiver benefit
While Summer has only just begun, you and your dependents may already be thinking about using your Tuition Waiver benefit in the Fall and considering UBC courses you would like to register for.
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CUPE 2950 and Management & Professional employees can now claim Indigenous health services
With the introduction of the Personal Spending Account
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Have you used your 2024 Health Spending Account?
If you are eligible and enrolled in an Extended Health Plan with a Health Spending Account (HSA) benefit, before we know it, the end of 2024 will be upon us—any remaining credits from 2023 need to be claimed by December 31, 2024.
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Travelling soon? Don’t forget to pack your UBC Benefits!
Tickets to a wonderful destination? Check. Passport? Check. Luggage? Check. It is that time of the year when many people travel — but have you packed your emergency medical coverage?
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Submit your tuition waiver for 2024 summer session credit courses by July 31
Due to ongoing work to transition UBC’s student information system to Workday Student, faculty and staff will be unable to submit a
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Curious about your UBC benefits? Explore the Benefits Tree
We have been on a journey to update our benefits brochure and create a new and interesting way for people to engage with our benefits. Introducing the Benefits Tree.
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A new way to see your benefits info in Workday
If you have had a peak at your benefits information in Workday recently, you may have noticed some of the screens look a little different.
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Simplifying and streamlining our family-building benefits
At the start of 2023, UBC introduced a range of
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New family building, accessibility, and gender-affirmation benefits added to improve equitable access to coverage for extended health plan members
UBC is pleased to announce new family building, accessibility, and gender affirmation benefits provisions that improve equitable access to coverage for faculty and staff extended health plan members and their covered dependents.
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