Benefits and Perks of Working @ Ole Miss

Development Opportunities
Access to Programs
Holidays and Leave Time
Insurance Benefits
Retirement

Development Opportunities

  • Development classes related to enhancing computer, administrative, and personal skills are free to staff, faculty, students, and the outside community. See the Development page for more information.
  • Tuition waiver for two classes a semester for full-time employees and one class a semester for part-time employees. Children of full-time employees receive 1/2 tuition waiver. If both parents are employed, children receive a full tuition waiver. Click here for instructions on how to enroll in classes as a staff/faculty member.
  • Staff employees are eligible for the following professional development increases once further education is obtained:
Degrees not required to be job related
GED $500
Associate's Degree $500
Bachelor's Degree $800

 

Degrees that must be job related
Eligible Certification/Licenses $350

Bachelor's Degree

 $1,000
Master's Degree $1,500
Certified Public Accountant $1,250
Registered Professional Engineer $1,250
Registered Professional Architect $1,250
Doctoral Degree $2,000
Professional Geologist Registration $1,250

 

Access to Programs

  • Borrow books from the campus library to be kept up to one year.
  • Up to 8 free sessions with the Employee Assistance Program located in the University Counseling Center
  • Campus Recreation discounted membership ($65/employee only; $135/family)
  • Eligibility to join the Credit Union (located on campus)
  • Availability of savings bonds that can be payroll deducted
  • Discounted season tickets for football, baseball, and men's basketball
  • Discounts at the University Golf Course
  • 10% discount at Ole Miss Bookstore and Rebel Shop
Holidays and Leave Time
  • Holidays- Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas-New Years, MLK, Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, and Independence Day
  • Leave Accrual for full-time 12 month employees (part-time employees who work one-half time or more will earn on a pro-rata basis):
Major Medical
Continuous Service Accrual Rate (Monthly)
1 month to 3 years 8 hours (1.00 day/month)
37 months to 8 years 7 hours (0.875 day/month)
97 months to 15 years 6 hours (0.75 day/month)
Over 15 years 5 hours (0.625 day/month)

 

Personal
Continuous Service Accrual Rate (Monthly)
1 month to 3 years 12 hours (1.5 days/month)
37 months to 8 years 14 hours (1.75 days/month)
97 months to 15 years 16 hours (2.00 days/month)
Over 15 years 18 hours (2.25 days/month)
  • Faculty members who work on a 9 month basis do not accrue personal time but do accrue Major Medical Leave on the following schedule:
Major Medical
Continuous Service Accrual Rate (Monthly) Accrual Rate (Annually)
1 month to 3 years 13.33 hours/month 119.97 hours/year
37 months to 8 years 14.20 hours/month 127.80 hours/year
97 months to 15 years 15.40 hours/month 138.60 hours/year
Over 15 years 16.00 hours/month 144.00 hours/year

 

Insurance Benefits

  • Pre-tax Benefits
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Cancer/Dreaded Disease
    • Accidental Death and Dismemberment
    • Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical Reimbursement and Dependent Care)
    • Supplemental Retirement
    • Retirement
    • Deferred Compensation


  • After-tax Benefits
    • Group Life
    • Supplemental Life
    • Long-term Disability

 

Retirement

  • Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS)
    • Mandatory, defined benefit plan
    • 7.25% employee contribution, 11.85% employer contribution
    • Vesting after 4 years, if hired prior to July 1, 2007; 8 years, if hired on or after July 1, 2007
  • Optional Retirement Plan (ORP)- Available to teaching and administrative faculty members, coaches, librarians with academic rank, administrators with budgetary authority, postdoctoral research associates, and research scientists.
    • Defined contribution plan
    • Retirement Benefit based on investment performance
    • Contribution (% of Gross up to $230,000)
      • Employee- 7.25%
      • Employer- 11.85% (9.35% to individual fund)
      • Pre-taxed

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