Presentations and Workshops
Sponsored by your Benefits Office
Open Enrollment for UC employees and retirees is from 8 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (Pacific Time).
o Please click here for Open Enrollment resources.
o Click for an overview of benefits plan changes for 2010.
o Help us notify your co-workers by posting this flyer.
New Employee Benefits Orientation
At the Benefits Orientation, employees will learn about all UC Benefits, including Health & Welfare insurance plans and Retirement & Savings plans. All newly hired faculty and staff eligible for benefits are encouraged to attend and current employees are welcome. Please RSVP to Benefits if you would like to attend. Please click here for the 2009 New Employee Orientation Schedule.
Retirement Workshops
The UC Merced Benefits Office is pleased to sponsor the following workshops in support of the Retirement Readiness Program. There are four Retirement Series workshops designed to be taken in order:
1) Enrolling in Your UC Retirement Savings Program;
2) Determining Your Investment Strategy;
3) Accessing Your Account
4) Achieving a Sound Retirement
Two stand alone workshops are also available:
· Taking Charge of Your Financial Fitness
· Quarterly Market Perspective
The workshops are presented by our representative from Fidelity Retirement Services and reservations are recommended. Sessions take approximately one hour each.
Please click here for detailed information about these workshops or here for the schedule of workshops in Merced.
If you are interested in scheduling sessions for your department at a custom time, please contact Benefits.
Online Workshops
In addition to the live sessions explained above, Fidelity Investment Services presents online workshops. To locate online workshops, go to the Fidelity Retirement Services website and log in (if you have trouble logging in, call Fidelity Retirement Services at 1-866-682-7787). Once you are logged in, select "Tools & Learning" in the middle of your screen under the section titled "Visualize your Retirement Picture." Scroll down to the "e-Learning Workshops" where you will see a link to the e-Learning Catalog, which has a number of online workshops and written materials.
Online workshops include:
· Determining Your Retirement Savings Needs
· Creating an Investment Profile
· Allocating Your Retirement Savings
From the e-Learning Catalog page, select "Plan Literature" for written materials and select "workshops" for a link to another page of recorded workshops similar to the workshops we have on campus.
For questions about campus or online presentations, contact Fidelity Retirement Services at 1-866-682-7787 or contact the UC Merced Benefits Office via email or call 228-2363.
Updated 10/26/2009
