The benefits you are eligible for as a member of the CUPE 116 employee group depend on:

• if you work full time, part time or hourly,
• the length of your appointment,
• the number of hours you work per week, and
• your age at your date of hire.

Before you enrol in your benefits package, please review the table below to familiarize yourself with:

• the benefits you are eligible for,
• whether these benefits are mandatory or optional,
• the date that each benefit will become effective, and
• the monthly cost of each benefit.

You will receive a benefits task in your Workday inbox to enrol. Once you receive this task, please ensure that that you enrol in the benefit plans in Workday. For Workday resources and help visit the Integrated Service Centre.

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You may also be eligible for the following benefits and entitlements:

• Tuition Waiver, after serving a waiting period (not available to Sessional employees),
• professional development reimbursement fund,
• leaves, and
• vacation.

You do not need to enrol in the above benefits. You apply for them when you want to use them.

Information about starting salaries, additional payments, and/or increases.

Starting salaries 

Faculty Association Members

There are no salary scales for UBC Faculty or for Program Directors in Extended Learning, with starting pay based on an initial negotiation.

Librarians are paid in accordance with the minimum salary scale found in Article 3 of Part 2 of the Collective Agreement.

Sessional Lecturers are paid in accordance with the Sessional Salary Scale (Refer to Article 4 of Part 2 of the Collective Agreement). Information on Sessional Salary rates is found on the Sessional Lecturer page.  A minimum salary is in effect for Lecturers (Refer to Article 5 of Part 2 of the Collective Agreement). 

Individuals outside of the Faculty Association

• For Research Associates refer to the Salary section on the Research Associate page
• For Postdoctoral Fellows refer to the Earnings section the Postdoctoral Fellow page

Benefits eligibility

A minimum salary is required for benefits eligibility.

Salaries, changes and additional payments

A variety of processes are used to determine salary, increases and additional payments:

How you're paid

Your monthly salary is paid in two instalments: on the 15th and the last day of every month. You must arrange for your paycheque to be deposited directly into your bank account.

Once a year, the Travelling Health Fair provides you with information, awareness, self-assessment, and personalized consultation on health topics of importance to you.  

Brought to you by the Health, Wellbeing, and Benefits team in partnership with the UBC Pharmacists Clinic. The event takes place May 26-28, 2026, and is available at no cost to UBC faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and student staff. 

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TRAVELLING HEALTH FAIR 2026: SUMMER HEALTH 

The benefits you are eligible for as a member of the BCGEU Okanagan employee group depend on:

• if you work full time, part time or hourly,
• the length of your appointment,
• the number of hours you work per week, and
• your age at your date of hire,

Before you enrol in your benefit package, please review the table below to familiarize yourself with:

• the benefits you are eligible for,
• whether these benefits are mandatory or optional,
• the date that each benefit will become effective, and
• the monthly cost of each benefit.

You will receive a benefits task in your Workday inbox to enrol. Once you receive this task, please ensure that that you enrol in the benefit plans in Workday. For Workday resources and help visit the Integrated Service Centre.

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You may also be eligible for the following benefits and entitlements:

• Tuition Waiver, after serving a waiting period,
• professional development reimbursement fund,
• leaves and
• vacation.

You do not need to enrol in the above benefits. You apply for them when you want to use them.

Specialized UBC consulting services for your organizational development needs. 

Examples of ODC services

ODC Request Form

The benefits you are eligible for as a member of the BCGEU Vancouver (Child Care) employee group depend on:

• if you work full time, part time or hourly,
• the length of your appointment,
• the number of hours you work per week, and
• your age at your date of hire

Before you enrol in your benefit package, please review the table below to familiarize yourself with:

• the benefits you are eligible for,
• whether these benefits are mandatory or optional,
• the date that each benefit will become effective, and
• the monthly cost of each benefit.

You will receive a benefits task in your Workday inbox to enrol. Once you receive this task, please ensure that that you enrol in the benefit plans in Workday. For Workday resources and help visit the Integrated Service Centre.

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You may also be eligible for the following benefits and entitlements:

• professional development reimbursement fund,
• leaves, and
• vacation.

You do not need to enrol in the above benefits. You apply for them when you want to use them.

Administrative Executives hold senior administrative roles – such as vice president or associate vice president of non-academic units – at UBC.

The benefits you are eligible for as an Administrative Executive depend on:

• your age at your date of hire, and
• your salary, which determines whether you are eligible to enrol in the Staff Pension Plan or Faculty Pension Plan.

You are eligible for the first Administrative Executive benefits program if your annual salary for 2026 is less than $218,456.79.

You are eligible for the second Administrative Executive benefits program if your annual salary for 2026 is $218,456.79 or greater, which represents the maximum earnings for the Staff Pension Plan.

Before you enrol in your benefit package, please review the table below to familiarize yourself with:

• the benefits you are eligible for,
• whether these benefits are mandatory or optional,
• the date that each benefit will become effective and
• the monthly cost of each benefit.

You will receive a benefits task in your Workday inbox to enrol. Once you receive this task, please ensure that that you enrol in the benefit plans in Workday. For Workday resources and help visit the Integrated Service Centre.

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You may also be eligible for the following benefits and entitlements:

• Tuition Waiver, after serving a waiting period,
• leaves, and
• vacation.

You do not need to enrol in the above benefits. You apply for them when you want to use them.

UBC offers workshops on a range of topics including ergonomics training, health and wellbeing, human resources management, and professional development.

UBC onboarding, professional development courses, wellbeing workshops, and required training are housed together in one central location.

Today’s learning opportunities come in a variety of forms and styles, with something to suit every learner. UBC encourages all faculty and staff to further their professional and personal development by taking part in any of our learning and leadership opportunities.

Access the Workplace Learning Ecosystem

UBC's menu of workshops includes the following areas of interest.

Looking for something else?

UBC's human resources team can help with consulting services around organizational development. Visit Organizational development consulting for more information. 

Email the professional development workshops team or call 604 822 9644 and let us connect you to the right learning opportunity suitable to your needs.

Academic Executives hold senior academic roles – such as president, provost, vice president and associate vice president – at UBC.

The benefits you are eligible for as an Academic Executive depend on your age at your date of hire.

Before you enrol in your benefits package, please review the table below to familiarize yourself with:

• the benefits you are eligible for,
• whether these benefits are mandatory or optional,
• the date that each benefit will become effective, and
• the monthly cost of each benefit.

You will receive a benefits task in your Workday inbox to enrol. Once you receive this task, please ensure that that you enrol in the benefit plans in Workday. For Workday resources and help visit the Integrated Service Centre.

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You may also be eligible for the following benefits and entitlements:

• Tuition Waiver,
• Tuition Waiver for Dependent Children,
• leaves and
• vacation.

You do not need to enrol in the above benefits. You apply for these benefits when you want to use them.

Your dependents may be eligible for some benefits through your UBC Benefit Plans. As described below, dependents can include spouses, parents and children.

Spouses

Your spouse is considered your dependent and is eligible for coverage for some UBC benefit programs if:

• they are your spouse by marriage or under any other formal union recognized by law, or
• they are your partner of the opposite sex or the same sex who is publicly represented as your spouse.

You can only cover one spouse at a time. There is no required cohabitation period for adding your common-law spouse or partner to your benefits.

If you are separated and not yet divorced, your spouse can remain covered under the benefit plans as long as you remain legally married. However, if you are separated and enter a new common-law relationship, you can enrol your new partner only if you remove your former spouse from the plan.

Your spouse is eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical Services Plan
• Extended Health benefits
• Dental benefits
• Employee and Family Assistance Program

Parents

Your parents are considered your dependents only if they live with you and are financially dependent on you.

Dependent parents are eligible for the Employee and Family Assistance Program only.

Dependent children

A dependent child is defined as:

• your child
• your spouse’s child
• a child for whom you or your spouse is the primary caregiver (other than a foster child) and granted custody and control. If this applies to your situation, you will need to submit a legal document outlining the arrangement when you are enrolling in UBC benefits or applying to change your benefits to add the child to your coverage.

A dependent child must be under the age of 19 and cannot be married or in any other formal union recognized by law. There are two situations where your child over the age of 19 is also considered a dependent child. Your child must meet one of the three definitions above and be either:

• Under 25, not married and a full-time student attending an educational institution recognized under the Income Tax Act (Canada), and is entirely dependent on you for financial support (see Student Status below). Your child’s status as a full-time student must be confirmed annually in Workday. Or
• Incapable of financial self-support because of a physical or mental disability and Disabled Child Coverage approved by Sun Life (see Disability Status below). There is no age limit for continued coverage as long as your child is:
  • diagnosed with a disability prior to age 19 if not a full-time student attending an educational institution recognized under the Income Tax Act or prior to age 25 if diagnosed while attending an educational institution full-time,
  • entirely dependent on you for financial support, and
  • not married or in any other formal union recognized by law.

Once your child is over the age of 25, they are no longer eligible for dependent coverage under your UBC benefits and coverage will end at the end of the month they turn 25.

Your dependent child is eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical Services Plan
• Extended Health benefits
• Dental benefits
• Employee and Family Assistance Program

To add a new family member as a dependent on your Benefits package, take a look at this Workday Knowledge Base Article: KB0017011 - Enroll in, Waive or Add/Remove Dependent from Health Benefits.

Your dependent child may also be eligible for a Tuition Waiver to take UBC undergraduate credit courses. To be eligible, your child must be:

• unmarried
• under the age of 25
• substantially dependent on you for financial support at the start of the session to which the Tuition Waiver applies

Dependent children with Child (Legal Guardian) status are not eligible for a Tuition Waiver. Please contact UBC Benefits to discuss Tuition Waiver eligibility if your child has been approved by Sun Life for Disabled Child Coverage.

Confirming your child’s student status

Once your child turns 19 and each year until they turn 25, you will need to confirm that your child is a student for them to continue receiving coverage under your benefits plan. Confirmation is required annually and is done in Workday.

If your child takes a break from their studies that is not a summer break (non-summer break), they are not considered a full-time student and coverage will be cancelled. When they resume full-time studies, you can reinstate their coverage.

If your child is on approved medical leave from their school, coverage may continue during the approved leave if you provide supporting documentation from the school approving the leave.

If there are any changes (for example, your child takes a non-summer break from their studies, graduates earlier than originally indicated or changes plans and will not return to school), it is your responsibility to make the appropriate change in Workday. For more information please visit Making enrolment changes page. 

Confirming your child’s disability status

For your disabled child to continue to receive coverage under UBC benefits plans after the age of 19, or if your child is 19 and over and attending school full-time and becomes disabled before age 25, you have to submit a form to Sun Life and Sun Life must approve your child’s disabled status. Note that a section of the form must be completed by your child’s primary care physician.  Sun Life will review the information and advise you directly of their decision on whether to continue coverage. 

Sun Life’s form must be submitted within 31 days of your child’s coverage ending (for example, if they are turning age 19 and not attending a post-secondary institution). If Sun Life approves your child’s disabled child status, your child can continue as a dependent under your Extended Health and Dental plans for as long as Sun Life has approved coverage (in some cases Sun Life will approve lifetime coverage). This also applies to your child’s coverage under the Employee and Family Assistance Program. MSP will set up your child with an individual account.

You can confirm your child’s disability status in Workday. Once your enrollment is submitted, please contact UBC Payroll to receive Sun Life's form for submission.

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