When you or a loved one becomes ill, benefits will be the last thing your mind. However, knowledge and documentation of your coverage in advance may help ease the challenges you or your loved ones may face.

From a typical sick day to something far more serious, UBC Benefits offers a support for faculty and staff and their families to manage through difficult times.

Benefits plans differ slightly depending on which employee group you belong to. If you’re not sure which employee group you belong to, click here.

• Leaves and Vacation Benefits

  To help manage work, family and other responsibilities, UBC offers various Leave (or time-off with or without pay) options to its faculty and staff. Some examples of supported leave may include: personal leave, dealing with short-term illness or injury, compassionate care and bereavement leave.
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• Income Replacement Plan / Disability Benefits Plan

  The Income Replacement and Disability Benefits Plans provides coverage should you become disabled and unable to work due to accidental bodily injury or illness. Disability income benefits become payable once you are absent from work due to illness or injury for more than six months (or four months) depending on which employment group you belong to.
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• Medical Services Plan

  The Medical Services Plan (MSP) is British Columbia’s medical insurance program. All eligible residents of British Columbia and their dependents must enroll in the MSP program – whether individually or through a group plan (such as UBC’s group plan). MSP insures medically required procedures provided by physicians, supplementary health care providers, laboratory services and diagnostic practitioners.
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• Extended Health Care

  The Extended Health Benefit Plans covers you and your eligible dependents for reasonable and customary charges arising from physician-recommended and medically necessary services and supplies including emergency medical coverage and assistance while travelling outside the province or Canada.
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• Life Insurance Benefits

  Eligible UBC faculty and staff have two life insurance plans that provide financial protection to designated beneficiaries:  mandatory Basic Group Life Insurance and the Optional Life Insurance for additional coverage including access to coverage for spouses. In addition, UBC offers an Optional Accidental Death & Dismemberment plan in combination with the Optional Life Insurance program.
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