Benefits

Your employee benefits play a vital role in supporting your health, financial security, and overall well-being. Loyola offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you navigate healthcare, retirement savings, work-life balance, and more—all in alignment with Loyola’s core values of integrity, community, and respect for the whole person. Making informed choices ensures you maximize the resources available to you while supporting your personal and professional growth. 

What's New!

• Benefits Open Enrollment for plan year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 starts on April 28, 2025. Be sure to review your options and make any necessary changes before the deadline on May 9, 2025.
• For details visit LUMD OE or access the Employee Benefits Guide directly.
• Remember to check/update your beneficiary and/or dependent information in Workday during open enrollment. 

Benefits Eligibility

Eligibility for coverage under the various benefit plans is based upon your employment category. Enrollment in benefits, including health insurance, is not automatic. To view Loyola's benefits, select one of the following Benefits at a Glance "BAAG":

• BAAG for Regular Full-time, Core, Half time Biweekly Staff and Administrators
• BAAG for Full-time and Four-fifths-time Faculty
• BAAG for Part-time Biweekly Support Staff
• BAAG for Full-time Temporary Positions
  
• BAAG for Part-time/Variable Hour Temporary Positions

Questions or unsure about your employment category. Contact humanresources@loyola.edu.

Benefits Enrollment

Enrolling in benefits is an important step in securing coverage that supports your health, financial security, and overall well-being. During the enrollment period, you’ll have the opportunity to review available plans, select coverage that best fits your needs, and ensure your dependents are properly enrolled. The plan year runs from July 1 through June 30. Currently enrolled employees can make changes during open enrollment unless they experience a qualifying life event that allows adjustments outside of the enrollment period.

New employees will receive a welcome email and a self-guided benefits orientation link at the end of their first week of employment. Once Workday onboarding is complete, they will receive an enrollment task to finalize their selections.  Please contact benefits and wellness office at 410-617-1365 with questions. For employment or non-benefits questions contact human resources at 410-617-2354 or humanresources@loyola.edu. 

Learn more about benefits enrollment at Loyola

Open Enrollment  ^New

Loyola's open enrollment season is a two-week period that runs from late April through early May each year. Mid-year benefit enrollments are allowed for new employees and newly eligible due to a qualifying life event. Open enrollment announcements and reminders are emailed to all benefits-eligible employees one week before the start of the season. Reminders are posted in LoyolaToday and emailed to eligible employees throughout the two-week period. Employees should contact Human Resources at 410-617-2354 with questions. 

Health and Wellness 

Loyola University Maryland is dedicated to the overall well-being of our faculty, staff, and administrators, offering a comprehensive Health and Wellness Program that addresses physical, mental, and financial health and wellness. The University adheres to mandated health and safety regulations, access to privacy and confidentiality, as well as mandatory training and resources to promote a respectful and secure work environment.

Learn more about health and wellness at Loyola

Retirement Plan

The Loyola University Maryland 403(b) Retirement Plan offers employees an opportunity to make voluntary tax-deferred contributions to a tax-deferred retirement account with TIAA. The University will contribute to this account once eligibility requirements have been met.

Learn more about retirement at Loyola

Summary Plan Descriptions and SBCs

This page includes summary plan descriptions for benefits and Summary of Benefits Coverage "SBC" as required by ACA.

Learn more about the summary plan descriptions at Loyola

Paid Leave

Loyola offers comprehensive paid holidays, vacation, and sick time, along with generous accrual rates. 

Learn more about leave at Loyola

Lactation Accommodation Policy and The Lactation Room

The Lactation Room was established to support working families at Loyola University Maryland. This room is a quiet, peaceful space to let a nursing employee express milk for their nursing child.

Learn more about the Lactation Room at Loyola

Tuition Remission

Loyola offers comprehensive tuition remission benefits for staff, administrators, and faculty. 

Learn more about tuition remission at Loyola

Employee Assistance Program

Employees with job-related issues or concerns, who need an interpretation of University policies, workplace mediation, or conflict resolution services may request confidential assistance through the office of human resources

Learn more about employee assistance at Loyola

Perks and Discounts

Learn more about additional perks/discounts offered to Loyola employees, including gym membership discounts, entertainment ticket discounts, car insurance discounts, and more.

Learn more about additional benefits at Loyola

Workers Compensation

Learn more about procedures when an employee, including a student employee, suffers illness or injury during the course of his/her job duties.

Learn more about workers compensation at Loyola

Benefits at Termination

When an employee separates from the University understanding the impact on benefits is essential.
At Loyola, an employee's medical, dental, and vision plan enrollment remains active through the last day of the month in which their employment ends. After separation, enrolled employees and their enrolled dependents will automatically receive a COBRA enrollment packet. Option to enroll is voluntary. Employees must respond to the COBRA administrator within the applicable enrollment deadline if they want to remain enrolled.

Learn more about COBRA

Vacation Pay Out

Administrators and Biweekly staff employees will receive payment for any remaining vacation accruals as soon as practicable following their final regular paycheck. Vacation payouts are handled by the Payroll Office in accordance with University policy and payroll processing deadlines. Employees should ensure all accrued vacation balances are up to date before separation to facilitate timely processing. 

For further details or specific questions regarding payout timelines, employees may contact the Payroll Office directly at payroll@loyola.edu.

This website provides a summary of the benefits available. The University reserves the right to modify, amend, suspend or terminate any plan at any time, and for any reason without prior notification. You will be notified of any changes to these plans and how they affect your benefits, if at all. The plans described on this website are governed by insurance contracts and plan documents, which are available for examination. We have attempted to make explanations of the plans on this website as accurate as possible. However, should there be a discrepancy between this website and the provisions of the insurance contracts or plan documents, the provisions of the insurance contracts or plan documents will govern. In addition, you should not rely on any oral descriptions of these plans, since the written descriptions in the insurance contracts and plan documents will always govern.