Employee Benefits Administration is responsible for the following:
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Administer University benefit programs. These include group medical and dental insurance, life and accidental death insurance, long-term disability, short-term disability, flexible spending accounts for health and/or dependent care, retirement accounts, leaves-of-absence, pre-paid legal services, and tuition remission benefits
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Assist and cooperate with other university functions in the extension to employees of discount banking services, credit union membership, unemployment compensation, workers compensation, and commuter benefits.
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Conduct employee benefit orientation, education, and enrollment of all programs for new hires.
- Assess current benefit offerings and evaluate opportunities to introduce new programs which support the compensation philosophy, strategy, and goals of the University in attracting and retaining a faculty and professional staff dedicated to serving higher education.
- Inform and disclose benefit plan provisions and procedures through an extensive and on-going employee communications program. Some focal points include comprehensive Fall Open Enrollment Benefit Fairs, production and distribution of summary plan descriptions and related summary materials, and legally-mandated maintenance of Plan Documents, Form 5500, annual reports, and many other disclosure vehicles
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The main office for the Benefits Administration Department is located at 2033 K Street, NW Suite 220 Washington, D.C. 20059 For your convenience, members of the Benefits Administration Department are located in the Academic Center, Room T101 to provide assistance to faculty and staff regarding benefit matters.
If you have any questions, suggestions, and/or comments for the Benefits Administration Department, please feel free to send an email to benefits@gwu.edu.
