Current Employees

Faculty and Staff

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Events

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment begins Nov. 1, 2024, and ends Nov. 15, 2024, for the plan year covering Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025.

During Open Enrollment, eligible faculty and staff have the opportunity to review, renew and make changes to select benefit plans. You may:

  • Enroll, cancel or make changes to Health Plan benefit elections (medical, dental, vision)
  • Add or drop dependents, based on Health Plan eligibility requirements (see dependent eligibility guidelines)
  • Enroll in Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) — continued participation requires re-enrollment each plan year
  • Make elections for voluntary group term life insurance (VGTLI) spouse and/or child(ren) coverage

Even if you are making no other changes, be sure to review your benefit information to ensure no changes are necessary. Open enrollment is also a good time to review your designated beneficiaries to determine if any changes are needed.

Be sure to note the following important dates applicable to Open Enrollment:

  • Nov. 115, 2024 — Open Enrollment for the 2025 plan year. Submit your benefit election enrollment forms manually by printing, completing and submitting appropriate form(s) listed below to the Office of Human Resources.
  • Nov. 15, 2024 — The deadline to submit your benefit election forms to the Office of Human Resources.
  • Jan. 1, 2025 — The date that benefit plan elections made during this Open Enrollment period become effective.
  • Jan. 1Dec. 31, 2025 — The plan year during which benefit plan elections made during this Open Enrollment period will be effective. Also, a new opportunity to earn HRA dollars in Your Plan 4 Health will begin Jan. 1, 2025.
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Benefits and Life Events

The Benefits Eligibility Chart, indicates benefits eligibility by appointment type & FTE and provides links to additional information about each benefit.

Open for Business

The college is open and fulfilling its mission. All work options, including telework, are to be explored before seeking leave due to the pandemic.

COTC Leave Policies

COTC recognizes that supporting faculty and staff in balancing career and personal life benefits the institution and its most important resource, people.

The college’s standard leave policies are available:

Families First Act

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s provisions for “emergency paid sick leave” and “expanded family and medical leave” expired on Dec. 31, 2020.

This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations permit employees to drop, add or change benefit plans paid with pre-tax dollars during the plan year when a “qualifying status change” occurs. Changes to benefits choices must be made within 30 days of the status change.

Qualifying status changing events include:

  • Marriage
  • Divorce, legal separation or annulment
  • Death of employee, spouse or dependent
  • Birth, adoption or placement of adoption of child
  • Employment status changes for the employee, employee’s spouse or dependent, e.g., beginning or ending employment (including retirement) or unpaid leave of absence
  • Dependent turning aging 26

Except for these types of events, employees may only change their pre-tax benefits choices during the annual open enrollment period.

Generally, changes may be made to benefits paid with after-tax dollars at anytime. 

Employee discounts available through The Ohio State University EAP

Franklin University tuition discount for employees

Verizon Wireless

  • 15% off plans & 25% off accessories
  • To claim your Verizon Wireless discount, log in to myCOTC and hover over the menu logo located on the far upper left corner of the landing page, open the “Human Resources” tab and choose “Verizon Discount.”

Western Governor's University 5% Employee Discount

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Professional Development

LinkedIn Learning

Available for free through a partnership with The Ohio State University, LinkedIn Learning is an industry leader in online training, with a digital library of more than 18,000 courses covering a wide range of technical, business, software and creative topics. Sharpen your skills on your schedule with expert-led instruction from any device, anywhere.

Learn more about LinkedIn Learning

Higher Education

COTC encourages faculty and staff to pursue higher education to enrich their lives and to develop the highest quality workforce. To support employees pursuing higher education, the college allows faculty and staff to enroll in college courses and/or degree-granting programs and provides tuition assistance for up to 10 credit hours of coursework per academic semester. Review the Employee Fee Reimbursement policy for details. 

Employee Fee Reimbursement Policy

COTC offers tuition assistance to the dependents of eligible faculty and staff members. Review the Dependent Fee Remission policy for details.

Dependent Fee Remission Policy

Teaching and Learning Center

The Teaching and Learning Center at COTC supports excellence in teaching and learning through a variety of professional development initiatives. The TLC seeks to support faculty and staff professional development through strategic programming, coaching, mentorship, and by leveraging peer-to-peer communities of learning. 

Visit the Teaching and Learning Center

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Equal Employment for Individuals with Disabilities

It is the policy of COTC that discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities is prohibited. Pursuant to the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), Titles I and II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the college provides equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you need an accommodation, contact Sue Wadley, HR director, at 740.755.7345 or wadley.16@mail.cotc.edu.

Equal Employment for Individuals with Disabilities Policy

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Preventing Discrimination and Harassment

As a college employee, you share in the responsibility for assuring that the college maintains an environment for work and study that is free from discrimination and harassment.

The college seeks to eliminate sexual harassment by encouraging employees to report concerns or complaints and through education.

Learn more about Title IX