The University of Arizona is committed to providing employees with important benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, worker's compensation, liability insurance, and more. These benefits enable us to maintain a competitive position in the workforce and among higher education institutions. Maintaining stable rates for these expenses is challenging, given increasing costs and employment changes.
Below are the proposed ERE rates for FY2020-2021. These rates have been submitted to the University's Federal cognizant agency, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Cost Allocation Services (CAS) for approval. While we await approval, the rates may be used in budgeting for FY2020-2021. In addition, these rates may be used for internal planning purposes but may not be used for sponsored proposal submissions until they are approved. Please remember that rates will fluctuate from year to year, and any potential savings in one year should not be expected in future years.
| ERE Group | FY2019-2020 Final Rates |
FY2020-2021 Proposed Rates |
Percentage Point Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Full-Benefit | 31.4% | 31.0% | -0.4 |
| Ancillary Employees | 18.0% | N/A | |
| Faculty Ancillary | 20.0% | | N/A |
| Classified Temporary | 15.8% | | N/A |
| Student Employees | 2.0% | 1.8% | -0.2 |
| Graduate Assistants | 11.0% | 11.5% | 0.5 |
As demonstrated in the chart above, upon approval from DHHS/CAS, there will be a change in employee group structure this coming fiscal year with the onset of the University Career Architecture Project (UCAP). The Faculty Ancillary and Classified Temporary pools have now been combined. The combined pool is titled "Ancillary Employees." We will continue to evaluate the ERE rates pool structure, as well as other variables for future rate development, to ensure the method utilized is efficient and effective.
Please contact Nicole Salazar at 520-621-3220 or hinzen@email.arizona.edu for any questions regarding the proposed FY2021 rates.