{"id":11427,"date":"2019-01-29T17:09:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T22:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/?page_id=11427"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:52:38","slug":"want-to-reduce-your-schedule-from-full-time-to-part-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/life-career-events\/want-to-reduce-your-schedule-from-full-time-to-part-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Your Schedule from Full-Time to Part-Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A change in your employment status from full-time to part-time is considered\u00a0a Life or Career Event.\u00a0 Depending on how your percent time changes, certain benefits may be affected as summarized below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Benefit<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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How Coverage is Affected<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Health<\/a> and Dental<\/a> Plans<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Between 75% and 99%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Coverage and cost<\/a> continue unchanged.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Between 50% and 74%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
No change in coverage; your cost increases<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Less than 50%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Coverage ends at end of the month in which schedule is reduced; COBRA<\/a> offered<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Basic<\/a> & Supplemental<\/a> Life Insurance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Travel Accident Insurance<\/a>
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\nPersonal & Family Accident Insurance<\/a>
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\nDisability Insurance<\/a>
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\nSupplemental Death Benefit<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n

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Coverage ends on the date your schedule reduces to part-time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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BU Retirement Plan<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n

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University contributions will continue as a percentage of your reduced and eligible pay regardless of the percent time you are working.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Supplemental Retirement & Savings Plan<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n

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Contributions will continue as a percentage of your reduced and eligible pay regardless of the percent time you are working.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Flexible Spending Accounts<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n

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Participation continues unchanged for employees working at least 50% of a full-time schedule with an assignment duration of 9 or more months. Employees that do not meet this eligibility criteria will no longer be able to participate in the Health Care FSA.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Tuition Remission<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n

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Coverage ends at the end of the semester in which you reduce to part-time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Certain benefit plans may continue if you reduce to less than 100% of a full-time schedule, as described above. If you wish to discontinue or suspend your participation in any of these plans, you will need to request the change through Employee Self Service at\u00a0BUworks Central<\/a>\u00a0by selecting the option \u201cManage my Benefits \u2013 Life or Career Events\u201d. Re-enrollment in these plans is possible when you return to eligible status, as long as you contact Human Resources<\/a> and enroll within 30 days from the date you return to eligible status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A change in your employment status from full-time to part-time is considered\u00a0a Life or Career Event.\u00a0 Depending on how your percent time changes, certain benefits may be affected as summarized below. Benefit How Coverage is Affected Health and Dental Plans Between 75% and 99% Coverage and cost continue unchanged. Between 50% and 74% No change […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1379,"featured_media":0,"parent":614,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11427"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25360,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11427\/revisions\/25360"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}