Part-time Employees
On this page: Retirement | Paid Holidays & Time Off | Voluntary Benefits
Benefits for Part-time (50 to 99 percent FTE) Appointed Staff, Academic, and Hourly* Employees
* Hourly positions designated as “Hourly with PERF”
This summary describes benefits in an abbreviated format and is not intended to be a full description of the benefits.
A complete description is available in the associated plan booklets and university policies.
| Retirement Plans | ||||
Plan |
Enrollment |
Funding |
Start Date |
Comments |
| Base Retirement Academic and Professional Staff positions: IU Retirement Plan Support and Service Staff and Hourly positions: Public Employee Retirement Fund (PERF) |
Investment designations must be made to allocate
contributions |
IU paid; new participants on or after September 1, 2010 are subject to a 3-year vesting requirement |
Date of hire; contributions are credited upon receipt
of enrollment form for designating investment funds |
Employee must designate account beneficiaries |
Employee elected |
Employee funded through pre-tax payroll contributions. |
First paycheck after processing enrollment form |
Employee must designate account beneficiaries |
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| Paid Holidays and Time Off | ||||
Plan |
Enrollment |
Funding |
Start Date |
Comments |
Automatic |
IU paid |
Date of Hire |
Vacation and holidays prorated by FYE (50-99%) Sick time prorated by FTE (75-99%) |
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Automatic |
IU paid |
Date of Hire |
PTO and holidays prorated by FTE (50-99%) |
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Hourly Staff |
no paid time off |
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| Voluntary Benefits | ||||
Plan |
Enrollment |
Funding |
Start Date |
Comments |
| IU Voluntary Benefits | Employee elected | 100 percent employee funded by a single, after-tax payroll deduction. | Date of hire; enrollment after 30 days requires proof of good health and approval for certain plans. | Group rates are more affordable than what one would pay as an individual. |

