Employee Benefits Eligibility Classifications

 

Full-time Employees

  • Full-time Faculty and Staff engaged to work 12 months per year; 35 hours or more per week

    • Eligible for all benefits; eligible for 403(b) Retirement Plan at age 21

  • Temporary full-time Faculty (those employed for one semester only) are not eligible for SMU Benefits.

 

Full-time Employees - Partial Year

  • Full-time Faculty & Staff engaged to work less than 12 but not less than 9 months per year; 35 hours or more per week

    • Eligible for all benefits; eligible for 403(b) Retirement Plan at age 21

  • Temporary full-time Faculty (those employed for one semester only) are not eligible for SMU Benefits.

     

Part-time Employees

  • Part-time Staff engaged to work at least 12 months per year; at least 20 but less than 35 hours per week

    • Eligible for all benefits except Tuition benefits; eligible for 403(b) Retirement Plan at age 21

  • Part-time Faculty are not eligible for SMU benefits.  The members of the University faculties who are part-time receive appointments with the titles of "Visiting" or "Adjunct" preceding the appropriate rank of Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor.  Part-time faculty may also be appointed as Lecturers and as Scholars-in-Residence.

 

Part-time Employees - Partial Year

  • Part-time Staff engaged to work less than 12 but not less than 9 months per year; at least 20 but less than 35 hours per week

    • Eligible for all benefits except Tuition benefits; eligible for 403(b) Retirement Plan at age 21

  • Part-time Faculty are not eligible for SMU benefits.  The members of the University faculties who are part-time receive appointments with the titles of "Visiting" or "Adjunct" preceding the appropriate rank of Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor.  Part-time faculty may also be appointed as Lecturer, Executive-in-Residence and as Scholar-in-Residence.

 

Post Doctoral Fellows

  • Full-time Post Doctoral Fellows employed for a limited period of time, typically less than one year; 35 hours per week

    • Eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life ($10,000), Supplemental Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, 403(b) Retirement Plan (no SMU matching contribution), paid Sick Leave, Social Security, federal withholding, Workers Compensation, Unemployment Compensation and holidays

    • Not eligible for Long-Term Disability, Vacation accrual and Tuition benefits

 

Temporary, Contractual or Student Employees

  • SMU benefits are not available for these classifications.