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Benefits at a Glance
Competitive compensation combined with excellent health care and retirement benefits make the University of Alaska one of the most desirable places to work in Alaska. Employees can take advantage of the tuition waiver program and take classes toward a degree or for professional enrichment. Check out your benefits on this site. Benefit summaries and The Handbook are useful sources to understand your benefits.
Health Care Plan Rate Changes
Please, use the links below to access information regarding rate changes being implemented to the university health care plan.
Memo to employees from Donald Smith, Interim Chief Human Resource Officer
Health Care Employee Costs chart
Health care costs are biting Alaskans, businesses harder
By Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce
The estimates were developed for the Alaska Health Care Commission by the University of Alaska’s Institute of Social and Economic Research.
Businesses and families are getting hit: At $11,926 per employee, Alaska has the highest average annual cost for employee health benefits in the nation, twice what employers in some other states pay. Between 2003 and 2010 the share of health benefits paid by employees increased from 17 percent to 22 percent for family coverage.....Click to READ MORE
