At California College of the Arts (CCA), we understand that providing healthcare benefits is one important way we care for our employees and their families. Please review the benefit guides for the 2026 benefit plan years for more information. Make sure to also check out the Total Staff Compensation page to understand your total compensation package so that you are able to take full advantage of all college benefits!

The guides below provide specific plan information so you can make the choices that are right for you and your eligible dependents.

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• Overview of CCA Benefits Available for Benefit Eligible Employees
  • Accessing Your Benefits
  • CCA Benefits Guide
  • Blue Shield Medical Plans
  • Kaiser Medical Plans
  • Blue Shield Dental Plans
  • VSP Vision Plan
  • Claremont Employee Assistance Program Plan (EAP) (100% paid by CCA)
  • MetLife Voluntary Plans (Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital, Legal, Life)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • MetLife Basic Life and AD&D (100% paid by CCA)
  • MetLife Long-Term Disability (100% paid by CCA)
  • Tuition Remission
  • Tuition Exchange
  • Retirement Plans
  • TIAA ScholarShare 529 Plan
  • Benefit Hub Discount Marketplace
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
• Overview of CCA Benefits available for Non-Benefit Eligible Employees
  • Participation in CCA Retirement Plans
  • Transportation Resources and Options
  • Paid Sick Time
• San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO)
• Overview of Benefits for Outside of Local Area Employees
• Medicare Webinar and Resources
• COBRA Continuation of Benefits - After Employment with CCA
• 2024 CCA Summary Annual Report

CCA Benefit Guide

• 2026 CCA Benefits Guide (please note you can now do a limited text search in the 2026 Benefits Guide FlipBooks but if you download it, you will be able to select text and do a full text search of the content)

Accessing Your Benefits

Once you've made your elections in Workday and are active in your plans, you can search for providers by following the information below:

**Please note that you will not receive cards for vision; instead your provider will verify you by date of birth and social security number.**

• Blue Shield: You can search for doctors here (for HDHP and PPO plan members, select the PPO plan): https://myoptions.blueshieldca.com/cseba/cseba/_/find_a_provider
• Kaiser: Follow these steps to get set up online and choose your doctor:https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/new-members/?kp_shortcut_referrer=kp.org/newmember#register-to-kp-org
• Blue Shield Dental: You can search for a dentist here (select Dental PPO (group plans): www.blueshieldca.com/fad/home
• VSP Vision: You can find an eye doctor here: https://www.vsp.com/eye-doctor

Access your benefit carrier information on the go! Click here to access your benefit carrier information from your mobile device.

Benefit Changes

For changes outside of open enrollment, a qualifying event must occur.
Please refer to the Manage Your Benefits guide in Workday Learning for instructions on how to do so in Workday.

CCA provides two different medical insurance carriers to choose from, Kaiser Permanent and Blue Shield.

Blue Shield Medical Plans

Blue Shield offers four different plan options to choose from. Review the benefit guide for a comparison and details on each plan. Below you may find access to Blue Shield's website as well.

• Blue Shield - HMO/PPO/TRIO/or HDHP plans

Kaiser Permanente Medical Plans

Kaiser offers two different medical plans to choose from. Review the benefit guide for a comparison and details on each plan. Below you may find access to Kaiser's website as well.

• Kaiser - Northern/Southern/Hawaii HMO Plans or HDHP plans

CCA offers two different dental plan options through Blue Shield carrier. Refer below for a breakdown in the plan options.

• Blue Shield Dental Core Plan
• Blue Shield Dental Buy Up Plan

CCA offers a comprehensive vision plan through Vision Service Provider. Refer below for the plan details.

VSP Vision Plan

CCA offers employee assistance programs through our carrier Magellan. Check out more information on wellness services through Magellan on this page.

Magellan EAP

Additional voluntary benefit options are available to employees, refer below.

• Critical Illness benefit can help fill the gaps during a stressful time to help pay mortgage payments, school tuition, hire household help, or pay for treatments not covered by a medical plan.
• Accident benefit can compliment existing medical coverage and pay a lump sum for a variety of life's accidents.
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance can compliment any medical coverage and help fill financial gaps caused by out-of-pocket expenses such as deductibles, co-payments and non-covered medical services.
• Legal plan provides direct consultation on an unlimited amount of legal personal matters including but not limited, to wills and trust preparation, family law, consumer protection and real estate matters.
  • The CCA group number is 05954473
• Voluntary Life Insurance can bring peace of mind by allowing you to choose affordable coverage that helps financially protect their loved ones in the event of the unexpected, in addition to the Life Insurance policy that is covered by CCA.

• Transit & Parking allow employees to pay for eligible parking and transit expenses with pre-tax dollars, reducing taxable income while making daily commuting more affordable.
• Medical FSAs, including Limited Purpose FSA is a benefit that allows you to choose how much of your paycheck you’d like to set aside, before taxes are taken out, for healthcare expenses.
• Dependent Care FSA helps you save on eligible childcare and dependent care expenses by using pre-tax dollars, lowering overall taxable income while supporting work–life balance.

• MetLife Basic Life and AD&D provides employer-paid financial protection that helps support employees and their families in the event of death or a covered accident.

• MetLife Long-Term Disability helps replace a portion of your income if a serious illness or injury prevents you from working, providing financial stability and peace of mind during recovery.

CCA Tuition Remission Policy permits regular staff and benefit eligible faculty and their dependents (spouse, domestic partner, child or children), to take courses in the undergraduate or Extended Education Programs free of charge.

• CCA Tuition Remission Policy
• Requesting Tuition Remission in Workday

CCA participated in the Tuition Exchange programs which provides employee's dependent children the opportunity to attend any of the over 600 higher education institutions. If awarded the tuition costs are partially or fully covered at the education institution which which the exchange has been granted.

• More information about Tuition Exchange and how to apply can be found here. For frequently asked questions about the program, please click here.

• TIAA Retirement Plans help employees build long-term financial security through tax-advantaged savings and investment options. With employer contributions and tools for retirement planning, TIAA supports both short- and long-term goals so employees can plan confidently for the future.

• CCA partners with TIAA-CREF's ScholarShare 529 program to offer you a way to maximize your college savings. Click here for program details and enrollment information.

CCA offers you a way to save on a wide range of discounts and perks through our BenefitHub Discount Marketplace. BenefitHub is free, easy to use, and offers a full range of benefits and rewards.

• Discounts: Receive exclusive discounts on a wide array of top brands in categories such as travel, auto, electronics, apparel, entertainment (movies/ events), restaurants, health/wellness, and much more!
• Cash Back: Earn cash back on everything you buy from thousands of brands. Simply make your purchases through BenefitHub, and redeem your cash back. It’s easy and a great way to save money.

To get started, go to ccaperks.benefithub.com and register with your CCA email address. Refer to code “NL6POY” when prompted.

• Sick Time/Kin Care: All regular staff working 20 hours or more are eligible to receive paid time under the Standard Paid Sick Leave plan. Full-time benefit eligible employees accrue 3.75 hours per pay period, which equals 12 days per year. Unused accrued time under this policy carries over each year to a maximum of 225 hours.
• Vacation Time: Regular staff members are eligible for vacation based on their percentage of full-time employment and years of service. Full-time benefit eligible employees accrue 10 days in year 1, 15 days in years 2-4 and 20 days in years 5 and on. Earned vacation time accrues to a maximum of 230 hours (30.67 days) until the fourth-year anniversary date of employment; thereafter the maximum is 300 hours (40 days). Vacation ceases to accrue when vacation is at the maximum of 300 hours (40 days) until it falls below that amount. Any accrued unused vacation leave will be paid at the time of separation or termination.
• Make sure to also check out the Total Staff Compensation page to understand your total compensation package so that you are able to take full advantage of all college benefits.

• 21 paid holidays, including 2 weeks off for the winter break
• 2026 Holiday Calendar

• Participation in CCA's 403(b) Retirement Plans (not eligible for the employee match)

• All currently payrolled employees may contribute to transit and parking flexible spending accounts. This allows you to pay for transit (Clipper for BART, Muni, Ferries) and qualified parking on a pre-tax basis. Click here for how to make these elections in Workday. 
  • More information can be found here on transportation resources, which includes the Mission Bay Shuttle.

• CCA provides paid sick time to staff, temporary and student workers who are not covered under the Standard Paid Sick Leave plan, under the plan for Paid Sick Leave for Non-Regular Employees. This covers staff working less than 20 hours week.
  • Covered employees earn 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. The paid sick leave accrues in one-hour increments; there is no prorated or partial accrual for any time worked less than 30 hours. For example, an employee who has worked 30 hours has accrued one hour of paid sick leave, an employee who has worked 60 hours has accrued two hours of paid sick leave, etc. Unused accrued time under this policy carries over each year to a maximum of 80 hours of accrued sick leave per calendar year. Accrual begins immediately; however employees may start drawing time after completing 90 days of successful employment.
• All faculty have a maximum of 80 hours of sick time, which renews every Fall semester.

HCSO requires CCA to make health care expenditures on a covered employee's behalf, even if the employee already has health insurance and/or receives health care services from another employer.

CCA chooses to participate in the SF City Option program and makes payments on a covered employee's behalf each quarter. Once this deposit is made each quarter an email notification is sent to the employee with instructions on how to access these funds.

With some exceptions, an employee is covered by the Health Care Security Ordinance if the Employee works for an Employer covered by the HCSO and:

1. Is entitled to be paid the minimum wage
2. Has been employed by the Employer for at least 90 calendar days; and
3. Works at least 8 hours per week in San Francisco

If you have questions or concerns please contact Human Resources at 415-703-9550, option 1 or email benefits@cca.edu.

Employees Who Permanently Live (Or Plan To Live) Out Of State

• Update your home address in Workday with your primary residence
• Email hr@cca.edu and indicate which city and state or US territory you are (or will be) living in (so that we can make sure you are set up properly for tax and benefits purposes)

Considerations:

• You will lose access to California state disability insurance (SDI). This means that if you are unable to work due to a matter that would qualify under SDI, you will not receive income replacement benefits until after 180 days, which is when CCA’s paid long-term disability insurance would commence (for benefits eligible employees).
  • Some US states require the employer to purchase an SDI plan in that state to be in compliance. You will be notified if this applies to you.
• If you are in a benefits eligible position, you may need to adjust your benefit elections so that they are accessible in your state of residence. If this applies to you, you will receive a task in your Workday inbox to make the benefit changes.
  • You will need to select the Blue Shield PPO or HDHP to access medical care in your area. Your dental and vision plans should remain effective outside of the local area. Please review the benefits guide linked above for more information.
• You will be registered for Worker’s Compensation in your state of residence

Check out the CCA Medicare 101 Webinar!

CCA partnered with our benefits broker, Burnham Benefits, to bring you a session led by Medicare guru Elliot Martin. Click here to access the webinar and slides.

The session covers:

• What your original Medicare benefits are
• The difference between Medicare Supplement vs. Medicare Advantage
• Medicare deadlines and avoiding penalties
• How to shop for prescription drug coverage
• What to do if planning to work past age 65

Do you have questions about Medicare or do you need a benefit related employment verification? Please email benefits@cca.edu.

If CCA employment terminates, you and your dependents may have the right to continue group medical benefits temporarily under the federal statute called the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). The Office of Human Resources will notify Wex, the third-party administrator handling COBRA, who will mail information regarding COBRA rights within 14 days of the your departure from CCA. More information about when your benefits will end be found in the CCA After Employment Guide.

Feel free to email HR’s Benefits Support Team at benefits@cca.edu if you have any further questions.

This is a summary of the annual report of the CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN, EIN 94-1156485, Plan No. 510, for period 01/01/2024 through 12/31/2024. The annual report has been filed with the Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). To request a copy of the full annual report, please email hr@cca.edu.