Benefits

Benefits Packages for Employee Groups

If you are eligible for benefits, see your relevant package below. You can also visit Employee Benefits on our HR myDal site for more details [login required]. 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

• Retirees

Additional Benefits Resources

• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) [login required]
  
• Dal Online
  
• belairdirect (formerly Johnson Insurance)
• Medavie Blue Cross

Employee Wellness Programs

• 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 $1000 (except Postdoctoral Fellows that have $400) 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. 
  • Dalhousie has a corporate membership with GoodLife Fitness that gives a 30% discount. For a wide range of wellness content, 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:  Dalhousie offers an enhanced mental health benefit to all benefits-eligible faculty and staff. 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). 
• Visit Wellness on our HR myDal site [login required] for wellness resources and supports available to faculty and staff.

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.