Benefits for Research Foundation Employees
Office: Jacobsen Hall, Room 204
Phone: 315 464-4945
Email: gasioros@upstate.edu
Helpful Links
- Your Research Foundation Benefits
- Delta Dental
- Davis Vision
- HMO-Blue
- MVP
- Medco Prescription Drug Benefit Booklet
- RF PPO
Helpful Documents
- FAQs for New Fund Lineup for Basic & Optional Retirement Plans
- Research Foundation October 2012 Benefits Bulletin
NEW - 2013 Flexible Spending Account Information
NEW - Important Contact Numbers
- Benefits Handbook

- Retiree Handbook
- Benefits FAQ
- Benefits At a Glance
- Benefits Pamphlet

- Benefits Quick Reference Guide
- Benefits Outline
- Graduate Student Employee Benefits
- Quick Reference Guide for Graduate Students
Outstanding Benefits Package
In addition to our highly competitive salaries, the Research Foundation of SUNY's benefit package is among the best in the greater Central New York area. Some of the valuable benefits include:
- A wide variety of health insurance options, with minimal cost sharing.
- Excellent dental and vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Account Program
- Employer-paid life insurance benefit
- Employer-paid long term disability
- Outstanding retirement program
- Retirement Savings Programs
- Credit Union membership
- Available day care
- Onsite fitness facilities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Payroll deducted College Savings Program
- Discounts for auto and home insurance through Liberty Mutual.
Outstanding Time-off Benefits
Full-time exempt employees are eligible for the following:
- 12 paid holidays each year.
- 15 paid vacation days per year. The accrual rate increases with additional years of service up to a maximum of 21 days.
- Generous sick leave allowance.
- Up to six-month leave of absence for birth or adoption of a child.
Part-time exempt employees are eligible to observe any holiday that falls on a day they would otherwise work. Part-time employees accrue vacation and sick leave on a pro-rated basis according to their full-time employment percentage.
Full-time non-exempt employees are eligible for the following:
- 12 paid holidays each year.
- 13 paid vacation days per year. The accrual rate increases with additional years of service up to a maximum of 20 days.
- Five paid personal leave days per year.
- Generous sick leave allowance.
- Up to six-month leave of absence for birth or adoption of a child.
Part-time non-exempt employees are eligible to observe any holiday that falls on a day they would otherwise work. Part-time employees accrue vacation and sick leave on a pro-rated basis according to their full-time employment percentage.
