New Hires

Welcome to Washington University! New hires are eligible for health and insurance coverage on their date of hire if they are:

• A faculty member with an appointment of 50% or more of the required full-time faculty workload or a regular semester-based teaching faculty member on the Danforth campus with a semester appointment of at least 6.5 credit hours; or
• A regular staff employee with regular scheduled hours on their job record of 20 or more (including facilities maintenance and power plant bargaining unit employees); or
• A postdoctoral associate; or
• A postdoctoral research scholar who is supported by a grant and receives stipend payments from WashU sufficient to cover the cost of benefits; or
• A clinical fellow who receives W-2 wages from WashU; or
• A clinical fellow who receives stipend payments from WashU sufficient to cover the cost of benefits.

Eligible employees will receive an automated email/task in their Workday inbox notifying them that they are eligible to enroll in their health and insurance benefits and that they have 31 days from their hire date to make their enrollment elections.

Wage-paid employees eligible to participate in the Retirement Savings Plan will receive a separate notification from TIAA with information on logging onto the TIAA website and enrolling in the plan.

To learn more about the benefits available to you, click on the appropriate link below.