Employee Benefits

Insurance

Detailed information regarding medical, dental, vision, life, personal accident, and long term disability insurance is located on the Employee Group Insurance website.

Retirement Benefits

Participation in a retirement program is mandatory for all benefits eligible employees. All benefits eligible employees will begin participation in the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) on their first day of employment. In TRS, the employees contributes 6.4 percent of their annual salary and UT Southwestern Medical Center supports the TRS program by contributing 6.4 percent of the employee's annual salary. Some employees, based on specific job titles, may be eligible to opt out of TRS and instead participate in the Optional Retirement Program (ORP). In addition to the TRS or ORP Retirement programs, all employees may participate in the UTSaver TSA 403(b) and/or the UTSaver DCP 457(b) retirement programs. More information about these voluntary retirement programs can be found here.

Employees should also consult the Social Security Administration for retirement information.

Workers' Compensation Insurance

All employees of UT Southwestern are covered by Workers' Compensation insurance. The insurance covers medical expenses for reasonable and necessary care as prescribed by law and, in some instances, provides income benefits for lost wages, in the event of a work injury or notification by an employee that an occupational disease has been contracted.

Holidays

There are paid holidays each fiscal year. Employees also accrue two hours of floating holiday each month.

Vacation

New employees accrue eight hours per month of vacation time which may be used after six months of employment.

Sick Leave

Sick Leave is accrued at a rate of eight hours per month. There is no waiting period for use of sick leave and no maximum allowed accrual.

Prior State Service

Employees of UT Southwestern are eligible to receive credit for prior State of Texas employment. Once an employee's length of prior state service has been confirmed, the employee may qualify for higher vacation accruals and longevity pay, if employed on a full time basis.