Benefits
New benefit plan updates
Reminder: New benefit premiums and plans go into effect on October 1. Your new elections will be reflected on your first October paycheck.
PCC offers a comprehensive benefit package designed to provide employees and their families, including domestic partners, with a broad range of employer and employee paid benefit options.
Eligibility
- Full and Part-time Classified, Managerial, Academic Professional, and Confidential employees: eligible for the benefits listed below, unless otherwise indicated.
- Full-time faculty: eligible for the benefits listed below unless otherwise indicated.
- Part-time faculty: eligible for Health Insurance Trust Fund, Group Medical Benefits (those who meet established eligibility criteria), and other benefits marked with single asterisk (*).
- Casual employees: eligible for retirement, Oregon Savings Growth Plan (457 Plan), Tax Deferred Annuity Plan (403b Plan) and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Benefits Effective Date: Your benefits start on the first day of the month after you’ve worked in a benefits-eligible position for 30 days. Benefit eligibility applies differently to Part-time faculty. (Example: A full-time employee hired August 21st will be eligible for benefits effective October 1.)
- Benefits End Date: Employee benefits will end on the last day of the month that you separate from the College. For example, if your last day worked is on June 2nd, then your benefits will end at 11:59 PM on June 30th. *You may also lose eligibility if you are switching to a non-eligible position or if you are on an unpaid, unprotected leave of absence. ** If you become ineligible, you may maintain healthcare benefits by paying for it yourself through COBRA. PERS will state that your retirement date is the first of the month. Your last day must be during the month prior to your PERS retirement date. For example, if PERS considers your retirement date July 1, then your last day of employment must be in the month of June.
- Maintaining Benefits: To maintain benefit coverage, and leave accruals you must be paid for a minimum number of hours each pay period:
- Part-time employees: at least 32 hours per pay period
- Full-time employees: at least 80 hours (or 10 days) per pay period
- Full-time Faculty: at least 70 hours (or 10 days) per pay period
- Part-time Faculty: at least 1.5 FTE per academic year, and no more than one term off (bridge term) per academic year. For sick leave accruals, part-time faculty will accrue 2 hours per pay period worked, up to a maximum of 80 hours.
- Leave Accruals: Leave accrues only when PCC is paying your salary. Leave does not accrue during unpaid leave or when compensation is provided by a third party, such as payments from The Standard Insurance.
Enrollment
Eligible employees will be enrolled in the EAP automatically.
You may add other benefits in Workday, with exception of the items listed below.
For medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and long-term care insurance, you must enroll or opt out online in MyOEBB in the specified enrollment time frame.
- New employees: you will be assigned the Benefits Orientation Course in Workday. You must enroll or opt out in the MyOEBB site within 31 days of becoming eligible.
- Open enrollment: enroll or make changes to your current benefit plans (except FSA) during the open enrollment period annually, August 15 to September 15, with changes effective October 1.
- Mid-year changes: certain qualified status changes, such as the birth of a child, adoption, marriage, newly formed domestic partnership or loss of other coverage may permit insurance enrollment. You must notify Benefits and enroll within 31 days of the event.
- Domestic partner benefits
- FSA annual open enrollment: enroll or re-enroll in FSA (health and dependent care) during the FSA open enrollment period annually, November 1 through November 15, with changes effective January 1. *If you are enrolled in the HSA you are not eligible to enroll in the FSA health expense option.
Forms
Need a specific form? Find it on the benefits forms page.
Paying for benefits
PCC makes a monthly contribution (“the cap”) toward health insurance premiums. The cap amount is determined by the tier of coverage you choose for your medical plan and is pro-rated by FTE for part-time employees. Cost sheets contain detailed information for all benefits-eligible employees.
Summary of benefits
Health and dental
- Medical, prescription
- Dental
- Vision
- Cost sheets
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)*
- Opt out incentive
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)*
- Long term care*
- COBRA
Refer to the HIPAA privacy notice for information on how medical information about you may be used and disclosed, and under what circumstances it is classified as protected information.
Retirement and financial matters
Group life and disability
Leave and time off
- Vacation and sick leave* (refer to contracts)
- Holidays, personal time & emergency leave
- Leave of absence*
- Employee Leave Bank Program**
Tuition assistance
- Tuition reimbursement*** (for classes at other institutions)
- Tuition waiver* (for classes at PCC)
- Public service loan forgiveness (PSLF)
College facilities
- * Part-time faculty inclusive
- ** Part-time and full-time Classified and Academic Professional only
- *** Not available to any part-time employee
Frequently asked questions
Whom can I cover on my medical, dental, and vision insurance?
You may cover your spouse or domestic partner (Certificate of Domestic Partnership required); your dependent children, stepchildren, domestic partner’s children, adopted children and other dependent children related to you (e.g., grandchildren). If you or your spouse/partner are not the biological parent, you must provide custody or legal documents showing proof of adoption, legal guardianship or other court order. Eligible dependent children may be covered until the end of the month in which they turn 26 years of age.
When can I change health insurance plans?
You may change health insurance plans during open enrollment only. Open enrollment is August 15 to September 15 each year, with changes effective October 1.
When can I add or drop dependents to my medical, dental or vision insurance?
You may drop dependents at open enrollment or with a qualified status change (such as divorce or a child turning 26). The change will become effective the first of the month following the qualified status change. You may add dependents when first enrolling in benefits as a new employee, during open enrollment, or within 31 days of a qualified status change (such as marriage, birth, adoption or loss of other coverage). You will need to complete a Mid-Year Change Form to add or drop dependents. Contact a benefits specialist if you have a qualified status change.
When can I add other benefits?
You may enroll when first eligible as a newly benefited employee and during open enrollment each year. You may enroll in the flexible spending account program for the upcoming year during the program’s open enrollment period in November or with a qualified status change. You may enroll at any time in pre-paid legal, OnPoint Community Credit Union, MetPay (group auto, homeowners, renters insurance), savings bonds, tax deferred annuity plan (403b) and Oregon Savings Growth Plan (457).
When will my benefits become effective?
Except for Part-Time Faculty*, your benefits become effective the 1st of the month after you have been in a benefits eligible position for 30 days. Example: A full-time employee hired August 21st will be eligible for benefits effective October 1. Part-time benefited employees must be paid for 32 hours in a pay period to maintain eligibility, and full-time benefited employees must be paid for 80 hours or 10 days each pay period. If you work fewer hours than needed to maintain eligibility, you may continue your insurance on a self-pay basis through COBRA.
How do I enroll?
To enroll or opt out of medical, dental, vision, optional life, optional AD&D insurance and optional long term care insurance, register in MyOEBB and follow the online enrollment process. You can also find the OEBB link under the My Health Insurance section on the Employee tab of MyPCC.