{"id":1153,"date":"2016-02-22T17:51:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T17:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/?page_id=1153"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:13:12","slug":"prospective-employees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/prospective-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public Employee Benefits Board (PEBB)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/OHA\/PEBB\/Pages\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medical, dental and vision insurance<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Premium share with EOU paying 95%&nbsp; or 97% of premium.<\/li><li>Spouse and dependent coverage available.<\/li><li>Domestic partners are eligible.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/oha\/PEBB\/Pages\/2019-Optional-Insurance-Plans.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optional Insurances<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Basic $10,000 in life insurance. Additional optional life insurance available for employee and spouse up to $600,000<\/li><li>Dependent Life<\/li><li>Accidental Death<\/li><li>Long Term Care<\/li><li>Short Term Disability<\/li><li>Long Term Disability<\/li><li>Flexible Spending Accounts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public Employee Retirement System (PERS)&nbsp;or&nbsp;Optional Retirement Plan (ORP)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retirement Plans<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Defined Plans- University Contribution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>EOU retirement program provides a combination of defined benefit and defined contribution plans.<\/li><li>University contribution are made on a monthly basis.<\/li><li>Employees are eligible for contribution after 6 months of employment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voluntary Plans-Employee Only Contribution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tax-deferred and Roth 403(b) plans.<\/li><li>Deferred compensation program.<\/li><li>Employees are eligible to make contributions immediately upon employment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time Off:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The university offers Vacation and Sick Leave to enable employees to take time off with pay. Paid Leave accrual rates depend on the classification of the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The university offers paid Holidays. Observed holidays include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day<\/li><li>Memorial Day<\/li><li>Juneteenth<\/li><li>Independence Day<\/li><li>Labor Day<\/li><li>Veterans Day<\/li><li>Thanksgiving<\/li><li>Day after Thanksgiving<\/li><li>Christmas Day<\/li><li>New Year&#8217;s Day<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/OHA\/PEBB\/Pages\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wellness Programs:<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The university values employee wellness and maintains a program to promote healthy living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Options include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Employee Assistance Program (EAP)<\/li><li>ExerciseReward-gym subsidy program<\/li><li>LifeBalance wellness program<\/li><li>Weight Watchers groups<\/li><li>Smoking cessation program<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/staff-fee-privileges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Staff Tuition Rates:<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligible employees are provided the opportunity to pursue and education at EOU at reduced tuition rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eligibility requires at least half-time employment.<\/li><li>Staff rates apply to all Oregon public universities.<\/li><li>Benefit may be transferred to one family member each term.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/safety-security\/security-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campus Security and Fire Safety Report<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Employee Benefits Board (PEBB) Medical, dental and vision insurance Premium share with EOU paying 95%&nbsp; or 97% of premium. Spouse and dependent coverage available. Domestic partners are eligible. Optional Insurances Basic $10,000 in life insurance. Additional optional life insurance available for employee and spouse up to $600,000 Dependent Life Accidental Death Long Term Care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1153\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}