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BENEFITS INFORMATION
FULL TIME STAFF AND FULL TIME FACULTY
(TITLES COVERED BY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT)

Health Insurance
UCE Welfare Fund
Life Insurance
Long Term Disability
Flexible Benefit Plan
Retirement Plans
Supplemental Retirement Annuity
TransitChek
Tuition Exemption
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Plan
Wellness
Workers' Compensation

AETNA HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS (no cost to employee*)
Enrollment
You may elect to enroll in either the Aetna HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) or the Aetna Choice POS II plans described below. If you elect coverage, you must complete an Aetna enrollment application form during your first 30 days of employment. YOUR COVERAGE ON THE AETNA HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN YOU SELECT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON YOUR 31ST DAY OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT.

Waiver of Coverage
Full-time employees who are covered by a health insurance plan from another source (i.e. a spouse's or partner's plan, or who have retiree health coverage from a prior employer, etc.), may waive enrollment on FIT's Aetna Health Insurance plan and receive a waiver payment of $50.00 per pay period ($1,200 for a full year) added to their regular paychecks beginning with their second month of full-time employment. To elect the waiver option, you must complete a waiver election form within your first 30 days of employment and provide satisfactory proof that you have active health insurance on another plan. You must agree to notify our office immediately should you lose your other health insurance coverage and to immediately enroll on one of FIT's Aetna plans so that you are not uninsured. (Waiver payments will cease upon enrollment in one of FIT's Aetna plans.)

Annual Open Enrollment Period
Each November, an open enrollment period will be held for full-time employees. During the open enrollment period, full-time employees may elect to change from the Aetna HMO plan to the Aetna Choice POS II plan, from the Aetna Choice POS II to the Aetna HMO plan, or to elect waiver of coverage by providing satisfactory proof of other health insurance coverage. The change elected during the open enrollment period will become effective on the following January 1st.

AETNA PLAN DESCRIPTIONS:
You may enroll within an individual plan or elect Family coverage. With Family coverage, your spouse or domestic partner, and dependent children may be covered.

See Human Resources for the information sheet on domestic partner enrollment and the tax consequences you may incur.
A dependent unmarried child over age 19 must be a full-time student in order to covered. Coverage will end at the end of the calendar year in which s/he graduates or the end of the calendar year s/he turns age 23, whichever occurs sooner. (Note: special coverage extension provisions may apply to dependent children who are unable to support themselves because of mental or physical incapacities. Please ask a Human Resources representative for more information and the documents necessary to submit to Aetna.)

Aetna HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)
This plan provides comprehensive medical and hospital coverage when you access care using a participating provider network of doctors and hospitals. You select a primary-care physician who coordinates your medical care and referrals to specialists. Office visits are covered for a $5 co-pay. No coverage is provided for out-of-network providers or hospitals except in cases of emergency care.

Aetna Choice POS II Plan
This plan provides comprehensive medical and hospital coverage and offers you the choice to access care from both in-network providers and out-of-network providers. Each time you need a medical service, you may decide to use either a participating or non-participating provider. You do not need to select a primary care physician and no referrals are needed for care by specialists. When you use in-network providers, office visits are covered for a $15 co-pay. When you use out-of-network providers, claims are paid at an 80% reimbursement rate of reasonable and customary charges after an annual deductible of $175.00 per individual (maximum of $525 for family deductible) is met. Hospital coverage is provided at 100% for both in and out-of-network hospitals.
To view Aetna’s provider directory, go to http://www.aetna.com/index.html and click on DocFind.
Important Notice: If you do not select an insurance plan within the initial thirty day period following your hire date, you will not be able to enroll in this plan until the next annual open enrollment period which is held in November of each year for a January 1st effective date.

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UCE WELFARE FUND (Employee contribution of $20.00 deducted from each paycheck.*)
The UCE Welfare Fund Plans include the benefits listed below. THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ALL OF THE COVERAGES LISTED BELOW IS THE 91ST CALENDAR DAY OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT

           Payment for Hospital Days 21-120 on the Aetna plan
           Prescription drugs
           Dental
           Optical benefit
           Hearing aid benefit
           Health Advocate
           Legal Services
           Short Term Accident and Sickness Disability

The UCE Welfare Fund plans cover your spouse or domestic partner and unmarried dependent children under 19 years of age. Unmarried dependent children enrolled on a full-time basis in an accredited institution of higher education are covered until the end of the calendar year in which they reach age 23. Full-time students between ages 19 and 23 who graduate or stop attending school full-time will cease to be covered the day after they graduate or stop attending school full-time. If you wish to enroll your domestic partner, please contact the UCE Welfare Fund at x77939 to obtain information on the required verification documents and the tax consequences of such enrollment.
The UCE Welfare Fund Benefits Summary booklet is available upon request from the Union Office. For additional information, please contact the UCE Welfare Fund at extension 73370, Room B-902.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: EACH EMPLOYEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTIFYING THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY HAVE A CHANGE IN FAMILY STATUS.

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LIFE INSURANCE - THE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
BASIC TERM LIFE INSURANCE AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE (AD &D) (No cost to employee for Basic Term and AD & D coverage)
Effective the first day of employment, FIT provides term life insurance coverage equal to an employee's basic annual salary. This amount is rounded out to the next higher multiple of $1,000 if not already a multiple thereof. For example, if your annual earnings are $44,331, your life insurance amount would be $45,000.
The amount of life insurance for employees age 70 and over is computed differently. The amount of life insurance for employees age 70 or over will be 65% of the amount determined above. The amount of life insurance for employees age 75 and over will be 50% of the amount determined above.
Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance (AD & D) covered is provided in an amount equal to term life insurance.

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL TERM LIFE INSURANCE (If Optional insurance is elected by employee, the full premium costs are paid by the employee through payroll deduction)
During your first 30 days as a new employee, you will have the opportunity to purchase Optional (additional) term life insurance with the Standard over and above the amount of Basic coverage provided by the College. If you elect the Optional term life insurance coverage, you will pay the full premium cost of the Optional coverage through payroll deductions. You may elect Optional term life coverage in multiples of your annual salary: 1x, 2x, 3x, or 4x salary to a maximum of $500,000. The first $250,000 of Optional insurance you elect is guarantee issued and will not require any medical evidence of insurability. For any amount you elect over $250,000, you will be required to submit medical evidence of insurability and approval will be determined by the Standard after review. Employee-paid premiums for the Optional insurance are age-banded; and are available from HR/Benefits upon request.
Each year, an annual enrollment period for the Optional additional insurance will be held in the month of November for a January 1st effective date. If you do not elect to purchase any Optional insurance during your first 30 days as a new employee and if you later wish to elect Optional insurance or increase your level of Optional insurance during an annual enrollment period, you will be required to submit medical evidence of insurability for any Optional coverage you elect. Approval for the Optional insurance will then be determined by the Standard. If an employee has a change in family status, the employee will be permitted to increase/decrease insurance within 30 days of the family status change event.
LIVING LIFE OPTION
This option under the term life insurance plan is provided to assist terminally ill employees. Under this provision, upon certification from a physician indicating 12 month or less to live, an employee may elect to receive up to 75% of the amount of his/her term life insurance to use for any purpose.
MEDEX TRAVEL ASSIST
This benefit is provided by The Standard Life Insurance Company to assist FIT employees and their families who are more than 100 miles from home with worldwide emergency assistance services. MEDEX Travel Assistance offers a full range of professional 24-hour medical, legal and travel assistance services.
Reminder: Please be sure to keep your life insurance Beneficiary designation up-to-date. You may change your Beneficiary designation at any time by filling out a change form in Human Resources.



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LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN (LTD) - FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(No cost to employee for basic plan; employee buy-up options available though payroll deduction.)

Effective date of coverage is the first of the month coinciding with or next following your full-time starting date.
Coverage is for employee only.
For an eligible disability, the basic plan covers 60% of salary after a 180 day elimination period.
Employees may purchase from a choice of three buy-up options to increase benefits (funded through employee payroll deductions). The buy-up options must be elected within 30 days of your effective date in the plan or during the annual open enrollment period.
Pre-existing conditions are subject to a 12 month waiting period.

Each year, an annual enrollment period for the buy-up options will be held in the month of September for an October 1st effective date.

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FLEXIBLE BENEFIT PLAN

This plan allows employees to redirect a portion of their income to pay for plan premiums,
un-reimbursed medical expenses, and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars.  The annual amount elected for this plan must be carefully estimated since any excess funds remaining in the account at the end of the year are forfeited. It is recommended that employees considering enrollment speak to a representative from Preferred at 800-573-7474 for guidance before completing an application form. New employees who are interested in immediate enrollment must complete an application form within 30 days of hire. Otherwise, all employees may enroll during our annual open enrollment which is held each November for the following plan (calendar) year.

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RETIREMENT PLANS (Enrollment mandatory)

Enrollment in one of the following two retirement plans is required within the first thirty (30) days of employment.

          NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS - RETIREMENT PLAN (Defined Benefit Plan)

                                                               OR

          SUNY OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM (Defined Contribution Plan):

•ING**
•Met Life**
•Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF)
•Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC**)

**To join ING, Met Life, or VALIC, a contract must first be established with TIAA-CREF.

Monthly retirement contributions to one of the above plans are made by both the employee and F.I.T. The employee contribution is obtained by a 3% reduction of salary each pay period. Pamphlets for each of the retirement plans are enclosed for your review.

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SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT ANNUITY PLAN (Enrollment Optional)
A Supplemental Retirement Annuity (SRA) is a tax-deferred annuity for employees who want to set aside a portion of their salary for long-term tax-deferred retirement accumulations. (The College does not make any contribution to this plan.) An employee may elect to reduce his/her salary by any dollar amount, as long as this amount does not exceed the dollar amount permitted by the Internal Revenue Code’s maximum exclusion allowance. The IRS maximum exclusion allowance limits for calendar year 2010 are $16,500 for employees under age fifty and $22,000 for employees age 50 and over. Employees may make up to four  changes per in their salary plan per calendar year.

Participants in the SRA plan may direct salary reduction monies to any of the following five carriers or divide SRA monies among any number of the four carriers.

                          403 (b) Carriers: ING, MetLife,  TIAA-CREF, VALIC

Each carrier offers a variety of investment options. Booklets for each of the carriers are available in the Human Resources Department and may be obtained by calling the Benefits area at extension 73670. Representatives from each carrier are available on campus throughout the spring and fall semesters to meet individually with employees to answer questions on investment options and to assist in retirement planning. A schedule which lists the days each representative will be on campus is circulated each semester by the Benefits area.

If you are interested in enrolling in the SRA plan, call the Benefits area extension 73670, to request additional information and enrollment forms.

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TRANSITCHEK PROGRAM
All employees are eligible to participate in the Transitchek program. The program allows employees to elect to have up to a maximum of $230 per month ($2,760 annually) deducted from payroll checks on a pre-tax basis to use for mass-transit transportation expenses. This results in a tax-savings to the employee. Transitchek enrollees may choose to receive benefits in the form of the Premium TransitChek MetroCard, railroad Mail-and-Ride credits, or Voucher checks for use with other participating bus/train/van/ferry providers. You may enroll by calling TransitCenter directly at 1-800-557-0553 or by enrolling over their secure web site at www.transitchekdirect.com To complete your enrollment, you will need to provide FIT's company code which is FTN28, and also the FIT employee ID number you were issued. Please note that there is a minimum waiting period of six weeks between the time of enrollment and when the first benefit is received.

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TUITION EXEMPTION FOR COURSES TAKEN AT FIT
All full-time employees, their spouses or domestic partners, and dependent children shall be exempt from paying tuition and registration fees for all courses offered at FIT, subject to IRS guidelines. Tuition Exemption forms are available in the Human Resources Department and should be completed and approved prior to registering for classes.

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TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR COURSES TAKEN AT OTHER SUNY COLLEGES
(For FIT employees only; not available to family members.)
Each year, FIT receives a fixed dollar amount from SUNY to provide tuition assistance for employees taking courses at other SUNY colleges. Employees must pay full tuition costs upon registration and then submit proof of registration and payment to the Human Resources Department by April 1st of each year. The amount of assistance each employee receives will be pro-rated depending on the total number of employees who apply. For further information and to obtain tuition assistance forms, please contact the Human Resources Department at extension 73670.

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EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The FIT/UCE Employee Assistance Program is a jointly sponsored labor/management program. It is a free service designed to assist employees who may be experiencing personal problems which can affect their ability to function on the job. The program is also available to the family members or significant others of FIT employees. The FIT/UCE EAP upholds the strictest professional and legal standards of confidentiality. The EAP phone number is (212) 217-7167.

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WELLNESS PROGRAM
The Employee Wellness Program offers a variety of programs each semester including free on-campus lunchtime exercise classes, special lunchtime seminars, and health screenings. Fliers announcing the events are circulated on campus.

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WORKERS COMPENSATION
FIT employees are covered under the New York State Workers' Compensation law. This program provides payment for all necessary and reasonable medical care expenses related to your on-the-job injury or occupational disease. This program also provides reimbursement for lost wages at rates set by the New York State Department of Labor. Immediately report any accident or injury to FIT Security (X77777) and/or the FIT Health Services (X77625) and seek first aid or other necessary medical attention. The Benefits area of Human Resources (X73670) administers the Workers' Compensation program for FIT employees. Our Workers' Compensation carrier is PMA Management Corp., 5789 Widewaters Parkway, Dewitt, NY 13214. They can be reached at 1-800-222-1780.


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