Benefits
The university's benefits plan is designed to provide comprehensive coverage and a level of flexibility that recognizes staff members' unique needs. The benefits plan features medical, dental, disability and insurance coverage, along with a health spending account that gives staff the flexibility to pay for eligible health-care expenses effectively. For more information on the benefits plan, contact the Human Resources department.
Effective July 1, 2023, Sun Life’s emergency out-of-country and out-of-province travel assistance provider will change to Global Excel Management (GEM).
Highlights:
- GEM will replace Allianz Global Assistance (Allianz).
- Allianz will continue to manage claims incurred prior to July 1, 2023, for the remainder of 2023.
- Plan members can download their new travel card on my Sun Life mobile app on or after July 1, 2023.
- There will be no change to coverage and the emergency telephone numbers, 1-800-511-4610 (in Canada & US) and 1-519-514-0351 (from anywhere else) remain the same
- As of July 1, 2023, when you log in to my Sun Life mobile app, you’ll receive a prompt to download their new travel card.
- Information about the Emergency Travel Assistance benefit can be found within your employee group’s benefit booklet* below.
*Booklets will be updated to reflect the change to GEM as soon as possible.
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Benefit booklets
Benefit updates:
- My Sun Life
- Sun Life: new Click to Chat feature
- Virtual Presentation: “Your Sun Life Group Benefits”
Limited-Term:
Continuing Full-Time:
- Full-time non-union faculty and staff - benefits and pension at a glance
- Full-time Faculty Association members - benefits and pension at a glance
- Full-time OPSEU members - benefits and pension at a glance
- All active full-time non-union employees
- All active full-time OPSEU employees
- Active employees aged 71 and over
- Tenured and Tenured-Track and Teaching Faculty Association members
Post-retirement:
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Benefit forms
- Extended Health Care and Health Spending Account Claim Form
- Dental Claim Form
- Medical Expense and Disability Tax Credits and Attendant Care Expense Deduction
- Beneficiary Nomination Form
- Beneficiary Nomination with Optional Benefits Form
- Health Statement (Optional Life Only) Form
- Qualification of Partner Form
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Employee Tuition and Waiver Program for OPSEU Members
An employee with twenty-four (24) months or more of continuous service may apply to their Manager for approval to enroll in and attend undergraduate courses at Ontario Tech University. The decision for approving such a request is at the discretion of the Manager. Enrolment in an undergraduate course must be of clear benefit to the Employees job duties, either current or future and linked to existing job roles at Ontario Tech University as determined by the Manager.
Please see article 27.12: OPSEU - Collective Agreement, effective January 20, 2020, to June 30, 2023 for more details.
To apply for the Employee Tuition and Waiver Program for OPSEU members, please submit a completed Employee Tuition and Waiver Application Form for OPSEU Members to pensionandbenefits@ontariotechu.ca
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Staff Development Tuition Reimbursement Program
The purpose of this program is to provide our full-time continuing employees opportunities for career and personal development by providing financial assistance to employees who are enrolled in a post-secondary program of study leading to a college diploma or university degree up to and including the master's level.
For more information, please review the Staff Development Tuition Reimbursement Policy (section 3.5) in the Non-Academic Staff Employment Policies.
To apply for tuition reimbursement(s), please submit a completed Staff Development Tuition Reimbursement Application Form along with applicable documents to pensionandbenefits@ontariotechu.ca.
- Supplementary Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Toolkit
- UHIP for non-Canadian/non-permanent employees
