FFU Benefits

Here you will find information about benefits for faculty covered by our union contract.

Full-time benefits

Benefits for full-time FFU faculty (lecturers and clinical professors), including retirement and health care, are the same benefits as those negotiated by Fordham’s Faculty Senate (tenure-track and tenured faculty). Article 19 of our CBA states that “Full-Time Bargaining will continue to be eligible for benefits on the same terms and conditions as tenured and tenure-track faculty employed by the University as they may be amended or eliminated by the University from time to time.” If you have questions about FT benefits, contact FFU and Fordham Human Resources.

Part-time (adjunct) benefits

Part-time faculty are now eligible for health and transportation benefits thanks to our last two CBAs.

Adjunct Health Benefit : Flexible Spending Account (FSA) / Wex

In 2022, we successfully negotiated a health benefit for part-time faculty: FSAs. These flexible spending accounts can be used for a wide variety of health-related expenses. All part-time faculty who have taught in the previous calendar year at Fordham, not including summer, and are still teaching at Fordham are eligible. This benefit is managed through Wex, which issues a FSA-specific Wex credit card to FFU part-time faculty. The amount part-time faculty receive is based on the number of courses you have taught in the previous calendar year – see below. If you have not received your Wex card or have questions about it, please contact FFU and Fordham Human Resources.

1 course (in the previous calendar year) = $300

2 courses = $425

3 courses = $500

4 courses = $500

Unfortunately, for healthcare, Fordham only offers what is for most faculty a prohibitively expensive “Bronze” plan. See the Fordham benefits page for information about that plan.

Adjunct parking/transportation benefit

In the most recent round of CBA negotiations, we won two new benefits for adjuncts. 1) a parking benefit, and 2) a transportation benefit.

1) PARKING: Part-time faculty receive a 15% offset on daily parking rates AND on the parking coupon booklet.

2) COMMUTING: Part-time faculty are now also eligible to enroll in the pre-tax Wex transportation benefit.

If you have questions about these benefits, please contact FFU and see Fordham’s benefits page here.

Additional benefits and discounts through SEIU

As a member of FFU, you are also a member of SEIU and SEIU Local 200United, which offer certain benefits and discounts. See below.

SEIU Dental & Vision Support: Our Local, SEIU 200United, offers a dental & vision plan for indviduals and families. To learn more and to enroll click here, or contact Maureen Leib or Karen Donnelly directly: mleib@200ufunds.org, kdonnelly@200ufunds.org.

Union Discounts on Products and Services: Members can access SEIU discounts on travel, car rental, and other services. See: https://www.seiumb.com/benefits/discounts.