Benefits for SUNY Plattsburgh Employees

SUNY Plattsburgh Employee Benefits

Benefit Summaries

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• CSEA – Civil Service Employees’ Association (Clerical/Maintenance/Service Positions) (PDF file size 38Kb)
• GSEU – Graduate Student Employees’ Union (PDF file size 44Kb)
• M/C – Management/Confidential Employees (PDF file size 69Kb)
• PEF – Professional Employees’ Federation (PDF file size 59Kb)
• UUP – United University Professions (Academic and Professional faculty) (PDF file size 71Kb)

Health Insurance

Empire Plan Phone: (877) 769-7447 Benefit descriptions:www.cs.ny.gov/ebd List of Participating Providers

CDPHP – (800) 993-7299 Empire HMO – (800) 662-5193 HMO Blue – (800) 722-7884

Dental and Vision Benefits (by Negotiating Unit)

Council 82, PEF, & Management/Confidential
Dental Benefits provided by GHI www.cs.ny.gov/ebd - Choose your negotiating unit and click on “Other Benefits” Phone: (800) 947-0101	Vision Benefits provided by Davis Vision  Davis Vision Website - eligibility, benefit and provider information. Phone: (888) 588-4823

Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)

Dental and Vision Benefits provided by the CSEA Employee Benefit Fund www.cseaebf.com -  List of providers, forms, and benefit descriptions. Phone: (800) 323-2732

United University Professions (UUP)
Dental and Vision Benefits provided by the UUP Benefit Trust Fund Description of Benefits (PDF file size 280KB) Forms
Delta Dental PPO Group # 00165 Phone: (800) 471-7093	Davis Vision Phone: (800) 283-9374

Retirement

• NYS & Local Retirement System (ERS)
  • ERS Pension Calculator
• NYS Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS)
  • TRS Pension Calculator
• TIAA-CREF
• ING
• MetLife
• VALIC

Supplemental Retirement Annuities/Tax Deferred Annuities

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To start, change, or stop the amount that is currently being deducted from your paycheck, complete a Salary Reduction Agreement Form (PDF file size) and return it to the Health Benefits Administrator in Human Resource Services.

NYS Deferred Compensation Plan (457) - The 457(b) deferred compensation plan was created for public employees only. As an employee of New York State, you can contribute money in a retirement account from your paycheck before taxes. Both your contributions and any earnings you make from investing your money have the opportunity to grow tax-deferred until you make withdrawals, which are taxed as ordinary income, generally in retirement.

Tuition Assistance Programs

NYS/CSEA Partnership – Education and training opportunities for NYS CSEA-represented employees through labor-management cooperation.

SUNY Tuition Waiver – All state and research foundation employees are eligible for one course per fiscal year at a SUNY school (benefit prorated for part-time employees).

UUP Tuition Waiver – All UUP-represented employees are allowed to take one course per semester or session on a space-available basis.  Form is available in Human Resource Services, Kehoe 912.  You must have the course name and number at the time of the request.

Other Benefits

NYS College Savings Plan – A way to have money taken out of your paycheck and placed in a savings plan for your dependents to go to college.

NYPERL Long-term Care Insurance - Learn more about your risk of needing long term care and the expense of long term care services. You can also find information on the impact care giving has on families.

The Governor's Office of Employee Relations Online Learning Center  contains useful information for New York State employees including self-study courses and other resources employees may find helpful in performing their jobs.

Contact Information

Human Resource Services

Address: 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901-2681
Campus Location: Kehoe 912
Phone: (518) 564-5062
Fax: (518) 564-5060
Email: hr.apply@plattsburgh.edu

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm