Benefits

2020 Bonar Street, Room 234, Berkeley, CA 94702
Tel: 510.644.6666
Hours: Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Email: benefits@berkeley.net

Kimberle Sanders, Risk Management and Benefits Supervisor

BUSD medical plans are provided through CalPers Health. This website contains details regarding medical benefits for all active employees and retirees.

Open Enrollment 2019: September 10, 2018 – October 5, 2018

YES IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN! Open enrollment begins on Monday, September 10th, 2018 and ends on Friday, October 5th, 2018. Materials will be mailed out the week of September 3, 2018. Refer to the guidebooks for window hours.

The Health Fair for active employees will be located in the BUSD Board Room on September 20th, 2018 from 2pm – 5pm.
The Health Fair for retirees will be located in the BUSD Board Room on September 20th, 2018 from 11am – 1pm.

CalPERS Health Benefit Summary (2019)
The 2019 Health Benefit Summary provides valuable information to help you make an informed choice about your health plan and health care providers. This publication compares covered services, co-payments, and benefits for each CalPERS health plan. It also provides information about plan availability by county and a chart summarizing important differences among health plan types.

BUSD Active Employee Guide to District Health Benefits (2019)
The guide to the new health plan and enrollment procedures specifically aimed at Berkeley Unified employees.

BUSD Retiree Guide to District Health Benefits (2019)
The guide to the new health plan and enrollment procedures specifically aimed at Berkeley Unified employees.

Please note: If you are adding dependents, you will need the following documents: Marriage license, birth certificates for all children, court documentation, domestic partnership certificate, or an affidavit located on the Universal Benefits Ancillary Enrollment Form.

Retiree Workshops 2018

For those of you planning to retiree this year, please consider attending one of the workshop given by B Stuckey in Health Benefits. No RSVP’s are needed.

Next set of workshops: TBD

Employee Assistance Program

With Claremont EAP, employees can confidentially address and resolve their day-to-day personal and workplace challenges. Click here to learn more.

Debit Cards for FSA & Transit Accounts

Each Parking & Transit participant may receive a debit card.  Debit cards will be mailed separately to the participant’s address of record.  They should receive their cards about two weeks after we receive their enrollment.  Please note, CBA provides one debit card that will work for the Medical FSA, Parking, and Transit accounts (the debit card cannot be used for the day care account).  If an employee has a debit card already and signs up for the transit or parking account, they will not receive a new card.  Instead, their existing card will be enhanced to accept parking and transit transactions.

Please know that contributions are added to each participant’s Parking and/or Transit account on each payday (just like a bank account).  So if an employee elects $100 per pay day to be contributed for Transit expenses, the funds will not be available until the actual pay day.  This is quite different from the Medical FSA, which allows employees to be reimbursed up to their “annual election” at any time during the year, regardless of the amount they have actually contributed. If you have any problems accessing your account please contact CBA customer service for assistance.