Benefits Orientation: Full-Time Postdoctoral Associates

Benefits Eligibility

The benefits offerings detailed on this page are for eligible full-time postdoctoral associates.

For additional information, please visit the Benefits Eligibility page.

Review of Available Benefits

There are a variety of benefits available to University faculty and staff, including comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, education benefits, retirement savings, and more. Review the orientation slide deck or video to learn more about the benefits available to you at Pitt, as well as key details and enrollment information.

Enrolling In Your Benefits

As a new hire, you must enroll in benefits coverage within 31 days of your start date. Enrollment takes place in Pitt Worx, the University's human resources and payroll system. The steps that follow can also be found on the Benefits Enrollment Process page.

As a reminder, you can make changes to your elections as often as needed throughout the first 30 days from your start date. Outside of this period, you can only make changes to your benefits elections during the annual Open Enrollment period, held in the spring of each year, or if you experience a life event (qualified status change). The University's plan year runs from July 1 through June 30.

✔ 1. Log In to Pitt Worx via Pitt Passport and Access the Benefits Section

✔ 2. Add Information for Your Dependents/Beneficiaries

If you are adding dependents, you must add them in People to Cover and upload the appropriate documentation in Document Records prior to making your benefits elections. You will not be able to submit changes to your benefits elections (if you wish to enroll them in coverage) if dependents are not added and documentation has not been uploaded.

If you do not need to add new dependents, please follow the steps on this page in section "3. Enroll in Your Benefits Elections."

Adding a New Dependent and Required Documentation

After selecting People to Cover in the Benefits section of Pitt Worx:

Select the + Add button.
Enter your dependent's information.
After entering and reviewing the information, select the Submit button.
- The dependent will now be listed in the People section.
Repeat steps 1-3, as necessary, for additional dependents.

After adding your new dependent(s), the appropriate documentation must be uploaded prior to enrolling them in benefits. To add documentation:

From the Benefits section of Pitt Worx, select Document Records (alternatively: navigate to the Pitt Worx homepage, select Benefits from the Me page, and then select Document Records).
On the Document Records page, select the + Add button.
Select the appropriate document type from the Document Type dropdown menu.
- Find a list of required documentation for dependents.
Enter the name of the dependent in the Name field and upload the documentation in the Attachments section. Leave the Context Value field blank.
Select the Submit button.
Repeat steps 1-5, as necessary, for each added dependent.

Please note: Certain required documentation must be submitted when adding a dependent. Find a list of required documentation for dependents.

Updating or Removing a Dependent

In People to Cover in the Benefits section of Pitt Worx:

If a person needs to be updated, select the dependent's name in the People section, then select the pencil icon to edit the dependent's information.
If a person needs to be removed, contact the Benefits Department for assistance by submitting an online request.

✔ 3. Enroll in Your Benefits Elections

Benefits Provisions

Health and welfare plans for faculty and staff, which include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, dependent life insurances, and flexible spending accounts, operate on a plan year, which runs from July 1 through June 30.

The effective date of coverage is dependent on your date of hire. Coverage becomes effective the first day of the month following your hire. If you are hired on the first business day of the month, coverage will begin that day.

For additional benefits provisions and information, please visit this page.