{"id":774,"date":"2014-10-07T17:04:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T21:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/?page_id=774"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:04:01","slug":"benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/employee-resources\/benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eligible Boston University employees\u2014and their families\u2014have access to a variety of outstanding benefit programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/health-wellness\/health\/\">Health<\/a>:\u00a0<b> <\/b>You can select from two comprehensive health plans (Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO and the BU Health Savings Plan). Choose the plan that best fits your needs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/health-wellness\/dental\/\">Dental<\/a>: <b> <\/b>You may select from two dental plans (the BU Dental Health Center Plan or Dental Blue Freedom).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/health-wellness\/disability\/\">Disability<\/a>: <b> <\/b>You are eligible for a long-term disability plan, fully paid by the University.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/health-wellness\/flexible-spending-accounts\/\">Flexible Spending Accounts<\/a>: Boston University offers two options, Flexible Spending Account (Health Care) and Flexible Spending Account (Dependent Care). Use pre-tax dollars and save on your expenses.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/finances\/the-bu-retirement-savings-program\/\">Retirement<\/a>: Even new employees save for the future through BU\u2019s retirement plans.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/finances\/survivor-insurance\/\">Life Insurance<\/a>: Protect your family in the event of your death.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/finances\/survivor-insurance\/\">Accident Insurance<\/a>: Accident insurance covers you in case of death or injury while traveling on University business.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/learningbu\/tuition-remission\/\">Tuition Remission<\/a>:\u00a0<b><\/b>Take advantage of a world-class Boston University education with valuable tuition benefits.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/lifebu\/time-off-leaves-of-absence\/\">Paid Time Off<\/a>: BU offers a generous paid time off plan, which includes vacation time, sick days, holidays, and Intersession.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/arts\/experience\/art-memberships-discounts\/\">Arts Discounts<\/a>:\u00a0 In addition to these outstanding benefit programs, Boston University employees have access to free or discounted tickets to arts activities at Boston University and throughout greater Boston. A list of current arts-related benefits is available at the BU Office for the Arts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you attend orientation, you will receive details about eligibility for specific benefits. To learn more about any University benefit, visit the links above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligible Boston University employees\u2014and their families\u2014have access to a variety of outstanding benefit programs: Health:\u00a0 You can select from two comprehensive health plans (Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO and the BU Health Savings Plan). Choose the plan that best fits your needs. Dental: You may select from two dental plans (the BU Dental Health Center [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1756,"featured_media":0,"parent":11912,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774"}],"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\/1756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25280,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774\/revisions\/25280"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}