{"id":21408,"date":"2020-03-27T17:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T21:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/?p=21408"},"modified":"2024-07-28T15:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T19:42:26","slug":"benefits-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/2020\/benefits-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Benefits Update\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University is proud to provide a comprehensive benefits program for its employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An important part of managing this program is the annual renewal of contracts with our insurers. Each year at this time we review how the plans have been used and negotiate the best rates possible for the coming year. We have completed our analysis and discussions with Canada Life for the 2020\/21 benefit year, which runs from<strong>&nbsp;May 1, 2020<\/strong> to April 31, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premium rates for benefits will be adjusted as follows effective May 1, 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Coverage<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Rate Adjustment<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Optional Life<\/td><td>No change<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Long Term Disability (LTD) \u2013 Staff<\/td><td>No Change<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Long Term Disability (LTD) \u2013 CUASA<\/td><td>No Change<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Health Care<\/td><td>Increase of 10%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dental Care<\/td><td>No Change<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Life Insurance<\/td><td>Increase of 10%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The actual amount that you and the University pay for your benefits coverage is available on your Direct Deposit Advice which is accessible through Carleton Central at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/central.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/central.carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Benefits Anytime<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information about your group benefits as well as benefit claims forms can be found on the Human Resources website at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.carleton.ca\/hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www2.carleton.ca\/hr\/<\/a>. Plus, visit the GroupNet portal on the Canada Life website at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadalife.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.canadalife.com<\/a>&nbsp;to check out the latest health and wellness topics, make arrangements to have your claim reimbursements deposited directly to your bank account, and access your health and dental claims experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>For More Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions on any of this information or your benefits, please contact <a href=\"mailto:humanresources@carleton.ca\">humanresources@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University is proud to provide a comprehensive benefits program for its employees. An important part of managing this program is the annual renewal of contracts with our insurers. Each year at this time we review how the plans have been used and negotiate the best rates possible for the coming year. We have completed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benefits-for-employees","category-for-employees"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"news-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21409,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408\/revisions\/21409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}