Faculty Onboarding

Loyola University Chicago supports its employees and retirees with a wide array of benefits centered around health and wellness, financial security, and work-life balance. These benefits are affordable, comprehensive, and competitive. They include:

• Accident and Critical Illness Insurance
• Benefit Document Library
• Dental Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Leave of Absence and Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Mental Health Resources & Support
• PNC Banking
• Retirement 403(b) Plan
• Retirement Information
• Tuition Benefit
• Vision Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Work-Life-Benefits

New employees have 31 days from the date of hire to enroll in the medical plan, along with other benefits options. Current employees can make changes to their benefit elections during the annual Open Enrollment Period each fall or 31 days from the date of a qualifying life event (e.g., birth of a child, loss of coverage, etc.).

Many of Loyola’s benefit vendors offer easy-to-use applications so you can access your account from the convenience of your smartphone. The apps are secure and interactive mobile apps for members to access personal account information and other features. These apps can be downloaded for free from the App Store® for iOS devices, or Google Play™ for Android. View the Benefits Vendors Smartphone Apps available now.

For a complete list of benefits and contacts/resources, please review the Benefits Booklet. If you have questions, please contact the Benefits team for more information.

For more information, please visit the Faculty and Staff Benefits: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits.shtml

Loyola Alert is an emergency messaging service that provides personalized, time-sensitive alerts to students, faculty, staff and other personnel in the event of unforeseen events or potentially life-threatening emergencies at the lakeside campuses. Loyola Alert will immediately send messages to registered participants via the following communication channels:

• Text messages to cell phones
• Voice messages to land lines and cell phones
• Written messages to personal e-mail accounts

Registration is required to receive Loyola Alert emergency communications. Loyola Alert messages are supplementary to the University’s emergency communications that are sent to all Loyola e-mail addresses and made available at LUC.edu.

Alerts will be sent for emergencies occuring on University property that present a significant threat to loss of life. Examples of emergencies in which Loyola Alert may be activated include, but are not limited to: barricade/hostage situations; widespread and threatening weather conditions; national civil emergencies; terrorism, active shooter, or other violent acts; and health emergencies as ordered by public health authorities.

To ensure that you receive emergency information through Loyola Alert, please sign up by filling out a simple registration form as soon as possible. A Loyola affiliated person is able to register multiple phone numbers in the system, this is useful for students who want to register their parents, or a faculty member who wants to register their spouse.

For more information, please review the Frequently Asked Questions.

The Rambler Card is Loyola's official identification card and identifies all members of the Loyola community.

Faculty and staff can be issued a Rambler Card upon confirmation of employment. Prior to visiting the Card Office, all new faculty and staff are encouraged to confirm the issuance of their Loyola Identification Number (or LID), which authorizes them to receive a Rambler Card. At that time, new faculty and staff may visit either of our Campus Card Office locations.

The Rambler Card provides access to the university shuttle bus and campus libraries. Departments can also grant specific cardholders access to specialty facilities, such as computer labs and other campus buildings by notifying the Department of Campus Safety. Additionally, other campus facilities (i.e. the Halas Recreation Center, the Parking Garages) use the Rambler Card as a membership card to gain access once the cardholder is authorized.

More information here

All international faculty present on a visa must sign up for a Sprintax Calculus account so that the University can determine the appropriate tax withholding on your payments, and determine if you are eligible for any income tax treaty exemptions. Sprintax Calculus uses information you enter to determine foreign national residency status, tax treaty eligibility, and generates the appropriate tax forms.

If you have recently started at Loyola and have not received an email to sign up for an account, please email nra-processing@luc.edu to request an account as a new employee.

Please visit the nonresident alien tax compliance site for additional information.