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Category Archives: Benefits
Submit a Tuition Benefit Request for Academic Year 2024
A Tuition Benefit Request will need to be submitted before the start of the Fall 2024 term if you, your spouse, and/or dependent(s) are a continuing student or new student for the 2024 Academic Year (Fall 2023 – Summer 2024) . How … Continue reading
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Coming soon – Special Enrollment – Voluntary Long Term Care
Enrollment dates – September 6 – September 27, 2022 Long Term Care Insurance Can Help You Protect What Matters Most: Protect your family, future and finances Help relieve the burden of care from family and friends Attend a Special … Continue reading
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Tagged benefit, Benefits, long term care, LTC, special enrollment
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Information Regarding the Floating Holiday Benefit
As President Turner outlined in his message to faculty and staff on April 29, SMU is providing benefit-eligible staff a floating holiday each fiscal year. Staff members on the payroll before the start of the current fiscal year (June 1, … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits, floating holiday, time off
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IT IS NEVER TOO SOON TO PLAN FOR RETIREMENT!
Do you have questions about Social Security, Medicare, SMU’s Emeriti Retiree Health Program? Please plan to join Tom Clark, an experienced Social Security and Medicare consultant, and a representative from the SMU Department of Human Resources for an overview of … Continue reading
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Don’t Lose Out on Reimbursement for Qualified Expenses Under Your 2021 FSA Accounts!
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account  Qualified healthcare expenses incurred between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021 must be submitted to SMU’s vendor, Discovery Benefits/Wex, no later than March 31, 2021 to be considered for reimbursement. This year, up to $570.00 … Continue reading
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New Feature: Leave Balances Page in my.SMU
The Department of Human Resources and the Payroll Office are pleased to announce a new feature in my.SMU – the Leave Balances page. The Leave Balances page is accessed from the Time Reporting tile (Employee Self Service home page) and … Continue reading
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Update on COVID-19 testing locations for SMU employees
With the return to in-person classes on campus this fall, the Dr. Bob Smith Health Center is providing COVID-19 testing as needed for students and will be unable to accommodate testing for SMU employees beginning on September 7. As offered … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, Mustang Strong, screening, testing
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Midyear Reminders for Health FSA and Dependent Care FSA Participants
Health Care FSAÂ Expanded Health Care FSA Carryover Provision If you enrolled in the 2020 Health Care FSA, the plan will allow you to carry over any unused funds from the 2020 plan year into the 2021 plan year. The … Continue reading
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Tagged carry over, Dependent Care, Discovery Benefits, FSA, Heath Care, HSA, Wex
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Important Updates to SMU Pharmacy Benefits Effective August 2021
Beginning in August 2021 there will be a couple of changes in pharmacy benefits. These changes will ONLY impact the following individuals: Those who use AllianceRx mail order pharmacy for prescriptions, generally for ongoing or maintenance medications Those who use … Continue reading
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‘FLOATING HOLIDAY’ TO REPLACE TRADITIONAL FALL HOLIDAY DUE TO COVID-19
This message was originally sent to SMU employees on June 25, 2020 at 10:23 AM. As SMU students will be in class on Labor Day 2020 to accommodate revisions to the fall semester, SMU offices will remain open and staffed … Continue reading
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Tagged floating holiday, Labor Day 2020, timekeeping
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