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Benefits
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Your Health
MD Anderson provides free health coverage for full-time and part-time employees who work 30 or more hours per week. Our benefits plan is administered through The University of Texas System's Office of Employee Benefits. Benefits-eligible employees can choose health care coverage from the following programs:
- Medical/Dental/Prescription/Vision
- Disability
- Life
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
Your Life
MD Anderson provides a broad range of programs and services that support the needs of you and your family. These include:
- Remote work options
- Back-up dependent care
- Financial education and resources
- Working Mothers' Rooms
- Eldercare referral services
- Employee discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
Your Wellness
MD Anderson offers multiple programs to support your overall health and wellness goals, including:
- Online health assessment
- Free membership to on-campus fitness centers for eligible employees
- Weight Watchers at Work
- Online and in-person nutrition courses
- Physical, financial and emotional education programs
- Running, walking and cycling clubs
- Tobacco Cessation Resources
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Your Wealth
Your overall compensation package may include a combination of the following:
- Base pay
- Differential pay
- Certification pay
- Merit pay
- Incentive pay
- State of Texas longevity pay
- Anderson Award
- Performance rewards
- Teacher's Retirement System and other retirement options
Your Time
Our generous leave program includes a combination of the following, depending on employment type:
- Paid Time Off program that provides approximately three weeks of paid leave in the first year and accrual increase after two years
- Extended Illness Bank to use when you or a family member are ill for more than two days
- An average of nine paid institutional holidays per year
- Family and Medical Leave
- Parental Leave
- Available leave for military service, funeral, jury duty and required education
- Recognition Leave
Your Development
The opportunities for our employees to professionally and personally challenge themselves are embedded in everything we do here. Our programs include:
- My Buddy program to help you adapt to the institution
- Employee Networks
- Tuition assistance program
- Online and in-person training and education opportunities with more than 4,000 online courses and 25,000 e-books
- A robust mentoring program
- Online career self-management toolkit
- Learn more about our professional education programs.
