New Employee Orientation: Benefits

UC San Diego staff members enjoy a compensation package that far exceeds the value of their base salaries alone.

With features including outstanding health and welfare benefits and programs for a secure retirement, UCSD benefits are considered among the finest in higher education. To learn more, attend the weekly benefits orientation.

• Benefits orientation: Informs you about the university's health and welfare and retirement plans
• Dental insurance: Covers a wide range of dental services in two plans
• Disability insurance: Protects you from loss of income due to a disability
• Health Care Facilitator Program: Assists employees in accessing their health care benefits
• Life insurance: Provides university-paid life insurance and the option to supplement
• Health insurance: Allows employees to choose coverage that best meets their needs
• Retirement information: Available in the Retirement and Investment Education section of this guide
• UCnet: The University of California’s Human Resources and Benefits Web site
• Vision plan: Offers annual checkups, corrective lenses, and frames