Insurance Plans

Foothills currently participates in Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) health, long-term disability (LTD) and life/accidental death and dismemberment (Life/AD&D) Insurance Plans. These plans can be found on the UUA website: https://www.uua.org/finance/compensation/health/eligibility and here https://www.uua.org/finance/compensation/health/premiums.

We participateoffer inmultiple plans. Foothills will pay the cost of the High Deductible PPO (employeesSilver Level Plan. This benefit can choosebe topaid participatetoward any plan that the employee chooses. In the event that an employee enrolls in an insurance plan that cost less than the HealthHigh SavingsDeductible Account).PPO Silver Level Plan, no additional wages will be paid out. The benefit will equal the lesser of the Silver Plan or another plan's cost. 

Foothills pays 100% of the cost of this coverage for employees working 30 to 40 hours per week (or .75 to 1 Full Time Equivalent, or FTE).

Employees who work 20-20 hours per week (or 1000+ hours in a year) are eligible to have 50% of the cost of the High Deductible PPO Silver Level Plan paid after 12 months of employment. If a part-time employee is not actively enrolled in a plan with the UUA at the time of qualifications must wait until open enrollment to enter the plan, and no additional wages will be paid out for the time between the date of qualification and date of enrollment. 

Employees working 15 to 29 hours per week (or .36 to .73 FTE) qualify for coverage through the UUA plans at their own expense. Family members may be added to health or life insurance at employee’s expense. An employee may also upgrade their plan to one of the higher coverage levels, in such case the employee is responsible for paying the difference between the Foothills’ covered plan and the plan they chose for themselves, as well as the full cost of all dependents.

Long term disability insurance is available only to the employee.

Any eligible employee may elect not to receive health insurance benefits, but such employee’s compensation will not be increased as a result.