Benefits
Benefits Packages for Employee Groups
If you are eligible for benefits, see your relevant package below. Visit pension plan for eligibilty for new employees.
- Regular, full-time and part-time (50% or greater) faculty and staff
- Associated employees
- Grant-Paid employees
- Post-Doctoral Fellows
Benefits Information for Retirees
Additional Benefits Resources
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Dal Online
- Johnson Insurance - Home and Car
- Medavie Blue Cross
Employee Wellness Programs
In 2020, Dalhousie launched a new workplace wellness strategy, Work Well: Creating space for well-being. [log-in required]
- Health Spending Accounts: Health Spending Accounts (HSA) allow employees a way to balance out areas where the plan isn’t as strong and provide more support to individuals where they need it the most. The HSA provides $750-1000 (depending on employee group) annually for health and dental expenses not reimbursed by the plan, with unused allotments carried over for one year.
- Health and wellness: By six months all employees have access to 125 sick days.
- There is also the benefit of having discounted membership at Dalplex in Halifax: a 50% cost savings versus a regular community member. For information about Dalhousie’s corporate membership with GoodLife Fitness, visit the Healthy Dalhousie blog.
- Health and safety are important for the well-being of all employees, students, and visitors to campus, and are everyone’s responsibility. For more information, visit Environmental Health and Safety.
- Enhanced mental health benefit: In April 2020, Dalhousie introduced an enhanced mental health benefit to eligible faculty and staff (regular, associated and grant-paid employees). This benefit, up to a maximum of $1500, is specific to mental health services, and covers an expanded list of mental health practitioners including psychologists, social workers, counselling therapists, psychotherapists, psychoeducators and Internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT).
Professional Development
The university encourages learning opportunities and professional development for faculty and staff through a tuition assistance program.
- Tuition & tuition assistance: Dalhousie prioritizes educational opportunities for its employees. Regular, full-time and part-time faculty and staff (great than 50%) can take two full credits in one academic year free of tuition charges and dependents of that eligible employee group can receive 50% off tuition.
- Tuition assistance comes in two forms, waivers for Dalhousie courses (up to 2 full credits per academic year) and reimbursement for non-Dalhousie courses.
- For information regarding tuition assistance, please refer to your collective agreement or handbook for details specific to your employee group.