Other Benefits
LSU Health Sciences Center's
employees can also enjoy other benefits as offered by
the services located within the Health Sciences
Center. These benefits include the Credit Union,
direct deposit, savings bonds and pre-tax parking offered through
payroll, the Eye Center, Faculty Dental Practice,
START, employee educational privileges, student
travel accident insurance, and many other discounts. For more information on
any of these benefits, please click on the appropriate
links.
Employees are eligible to participate in the
Campus Federal Credit Union. Campus Federal is a full service
credit union offering a wide range of services. Interested
employees must set up their account through the credit union.
- Baton Rouge - (225) 388-8841
- New Orleans - (504) 568-8425
- Shreveport - (318) 675-5395
Participation in the Direct Deposit program
is MANDATORY. All employees must complete the Direct
Deposit Authorization form immediately upon hire. A voided
check must accompany the Authorization form - deposit slips are
not acceptable when setting up a checking account.
LSUHSC will direct deposit to any bank or
credit union that participates in the ACH program. Employees
may set up a maximum of one checking and one savings account.
It takes about 10 days to set up and pre-note
the account, so your first payment may be a check. The date
your deposit is credited to your account is determined by your
financial institution.
Pay Dates
Unclassified Faculty and Staff are
paid monthly, on the last working day of the month except the
month of December. December paychecks are released on the first
working day of the new year and those wages are taxable in the
year in which they are received.
Classified Staff (Civil Service) are
paid bi-weekly, every other Friday. Pay stubs are distributed
by your department. The Payroll Department does not mail
paycheck/stubs; any requests to mail paychecks/stubs are handled
by your Department/Business Unit.
House Officers are paid bi-monthly; 15th
of the month and the last day of the month.
Full-time (100%) non-academic and other
academic (excluding faculty) employees, who have been employed
at least one year in a full-time, permanent position and with
approval from their department head or supervisor, may register
for job-related undergraduate or graduate courses at any LSU
System campus for up to 6 hours per semester ( with only 3
preferred hours for Summer sessions) and receive full tuition
exemption. Only three clock hours per week of the approved
job-related courses may be taken during work time without charge
to annual leave. Continued participation in this tuition
exemption program will be based on making satisfactory progress
as determined by the employee's supervisor. Satisfactory
progress shall generally be interpreted to include completion of
the course with a passing grade.
Full-time (100%) nonacademic and other academic (excluding
faculty) employees, during their first year of employment and
with approval from their supervisors, may register, at their own
expense, for a job-related course and be allowed to take the
course during work time for no more than three clock hours per
week.
(Please
note that the provisions of this policy do not apply to
specialized, self-supported educational programs such as the
Executive MBA Program. Employees should consult with the Chief
Academic Officer on their campus to determine if they are
eligible for educational privileges.)
Part-time employees are
not eligible for the above educational benefits.
Professional
staff/administrators who do not hold positions where there is a
potential for conflict of interest will be permitted to pursue a
doctorate; those in positions where a conflict of interest could
exist will continue to be ineligible.
Members of
the instructional, research, and extension staff on full-time
regular academic appointment at the rank of Instructor (or
equivalent) or above, and full-time unclassified administrative
and professional employees, who have completed three (3)
consecutive years of service, may petition for a leave of
absence with part pay for not more than one (1) year of study
which will culminate in the receipt of an advanced degree within
5 years.
Full-time
academic employees at the rank of Instructor (or equivalent) or
above, who have completed six (6) continuous years of service on
the campus without having received leave with pay, may petition
for sabbatical leave for study and research, the object of which
is to enable them to increase their professional efficiency and
usefulness to the University.
For more
information, please see the LSU System's Permanent Memorandum #
12, or click here -
PM 12.
Dental School faculty extend a 10% discount to all employees
of the LSUHSC- New Orleans Campus.
The LSU Eye Center provides discounts to
employees, their spouses and children for designated services.
For information on discounts, contact the Clinic Manager at
(504) 412-1200 ext. 1346.
The START Program offers individuals the
opportunity to establish Education Assistance Accounts (EAA) to
which the state will apply an annual grant/contribution
referred to as a Tuition Assistance Grant (TAG). Employees may
participate through payroll deduction or via direct payment.
Individuals interested in this program must contact the START
Program office by calling (225) 922-1012 or 1-800-259-5626.
For more information, please click
here.
New Orleans - Downtown Campus
The LSU Health Sciences Center has
implemented a qualified parking plan whereby parking fees are
deducted on a pre-tax basis.
All employees who sign-up with the parking
office will automatically be enrolled in the pre-tax parking
program.
Participation in the program results in less
taxable income to employees which may increase your take-home
pay.
There are no negative consequences to
participating in the program. However, employees wishing to do
so may opt out of the tax sheltered parking program by sending
written notice to the Benefits or Payroll Office.
Any questions concerning the pre-tax parking
plan should be directed to the Benefits office at 504-568-7378.
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