{"id":66,"date":"2015-10-03T02:05:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T02:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2016-09-28T18:33:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:33:46","slug":"q-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/q-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Q Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This benefits page is to help collect some tips, tricks and benies that we can get on campus as well as off campus.\u00a0 Let us know if you know of any benefits that we should also add to the site.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">General Benefits (Faculty\/Staff\/Students)<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/advancescreenings.com\/city\/seattle,+wa\" target=\"_blank\">AdvanceScreenings.com<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Free Movie Screenings for Seattle.\u00a0 Watch them before they are released. They go fast.\n<ul>\n<li>Follow their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WAScreenings\" target=\"_blank\">twitter page<\/a> to get notified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getscreening.com\/free-movies-screening-tickets?target=showcity&amp;state=WA\" target=\"_blank\">GetScreening.com<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Another Free Movie Screening Site.\n<ul>\n<li>Follow their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GetScreening\" target=\"_blank\">twitter page<\/a> to get notified<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/wholeu\/2014\/03\/17\/discounts-our-uw-pot-of-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\">heWholeU<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; Discounts\n<ul>\n<li>McCall Hall, Key Arena, Legoland, Seattle Rep, Teatro ZinZanni, Tangerine Tales, Wild Waves, Woodland Park Zoo, Jazz Alley<\/li>\n<li>Other Event Discounts.\u00a0 Check here periodically<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwworldseries.org\/events-tickets\/discounts\" target=\"_blank\">UW World Series Performances<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0 Meany Hall Discounts<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/itconnect\/connect\/phones\/cell-phones\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cell Phone Discounts<\/a><\/strong>: UW Discounts for all (AT&amp;T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, etc)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/facilities\/transportation\/node\/1502\" target=\"_blank\">Car2Go<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0 $15 one-time cost Membership for Faculty\/Staff\/Students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Faculty\/Staff Benefits and Tips &amp; Tricks<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/admin\/hr\/benefits\/saving\/discounts\/\" target=\"_blank\">HR Discount Page<\/a>:\u00a0 Various Discounts for Faculty &amp; Staff<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/admin\/hr\/polproc\/leave\/attend-incent.html\" target=\"_blank\">HR: Sick Leave Buy Back Program: January\/February<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>At the beginning of the year, HR should send you notice that you can sell back your unused sick days from last year at 25%<\/li>\n<li>This is the closes you&#8217;ll get to a bonus at UW.<\/li>\n<li>Catch is that it only applies to sick hours from the previous year.\u00a0 96hours total.\u00a0 So if you use 8hrs, then you can only sell back 88hours.\u00a0 If you have plenty of vacation, then use those instead and sell back your sick days for extra money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/admin\/hr\/polproc\/prostaff\/leave\/family.html\" target=\"_blank\">HR: FMLA for New Babies, New Adoptions &amp; New Foster Kids<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>If you plan on adopting or fostering a child, you will receive the same benefits as someone who is having a baby.<\/li>\n<li>Up to 4 months: use a combination of annual leave, up to ten days of sick leave, personal holiday,leave without pay and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/admin\/hr\/polproc\/prostaff\/wkHrs.html#ct.accrual\">compensatory time<\/a> while on parental leave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/admin\/hr\/benefits\/insure\/fac-staff-lib\/meddent\/QDPtax2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">HR: Same Sex Marriage: Same rights now as &#8220;Spouse&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"686.9568000000004\">Medical Insurance: same-sex spouses no longer need to be taxed to the employee.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/admin\/hr\/benefits\/retirement\/plans\/uwrp\/\" target=\"_blank\">HR: 403b Plans. Contribute at least to Matching Level<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>UW Contributes 100% Matching up to the following %:\n<ul>\n<li>Under 35y.o. =5%, 35+=7.5%, 50+=10% | It&#8217;s free money to contribute at least these % to get the matching from UW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/admin\/hr\/benefits\/retirement\/plans\/compare\/uwrp-pers3.html\" target=\"_blank\">HR: UWRP or PERS 3: 403b vs. Pension<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>you have 30 days to decide<\/li>\n<li>UWRP = 403b (your money depends on how well you invest &amp; market)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drs.wa.gov\/member\/handbooks\/pers\/plan-3\/pers3hbk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PERS3<\/a> = Pension Plan &amp; a 403b (You get 2 salaries at retirement)\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"268.36333333333346\">Defined Benefit (UW Pays) =1% x service credit years x average final compensation = monthly benefit<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Average Final Compensation = avg of the 60 consecutive highest paid salary<\/li>\n<li>Must stay for 10 years to be fully vested.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Defined Contribution (You Pay)\n<ul>\n<li>This one is like the UWRP (403b), it depends on the market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Students Only Benefits<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/artsuw.org\/uw-student-perks\" target=\"_blank\">UWArts for Student Discounts<\/a>:<\/strong> See Website for (Free Burke Access, Discount performances)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/QFSABanner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-127\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/QFSABanner-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"qfsabanner\" width=\"395\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/QFSABanner-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/QFSABanner-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/QFSABanner-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/QFSABanner.jpg 1293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This benefits page is to help collect some tips, tricks and benies that we can get on campus as well as off campus.\u00a0 Let us know if you know of any benefits that we should also add to the site. General Benefits (Faculty\/Staff\/Students) AdvanceScreenings.com &#8211; Free Movie Screenings for Seattle.\u00a0 Watch them before they are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/q-benefits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Q Benefits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/qfsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}