Employee Benefits

Luther College offers an excellent benefit package including expansive paid time off for staff; competitive health insurance premiums; generous retirement contribution; free short- and long-term disability insurance; employer-paid life insurance; tuition benefits for employee, spouse and dependents; access to campus resources; and a number of fringe benefits.

You can learn more about specific benefit programs via the links on the left.

2026 Open Enrollment 

The 2026 Employee Benefits Guide summarizes the updated employee benefit options that will begin January 1st, 2026.

Dates: Thursday, October 30th through Friday, November 14th

Benefit-eligible faculty and staff may enroll in benefits via Norse Hub. See here for step-by-step instructions to make eligible elections including:

• Enroll in, drop, or make changes to health or dental insurance coverage (move from one plan to another, drop or add dependents, etc)
• Update your 2026 Health Savings Account contribution elections (can be updated during the year)
• Make 2026 Flexible Spending Account contribution elections (cannot be updated during the year)
• Add or increase voluntary life insurance coverage, subject to evidence of insurability (must visit HR office to update)

Information Sessions

To answer your employee benefit and open enrollment questions, two virtual information sessions will be held:
Friday, October 31st at 9:30 AM and Tuesday, November 4th at 3PM

• Click: https://luther.zoom.us/j/94792185773?pwd=C7d0zP70uotUpyhaaKF8VibLdgVCrE.1
• If prompted, enter Meeting ID: 947 9218 5773
• If prompted, enter Passcode: 282089

An archived version of the presentation is available here. If you have any questions, please reach out to hr@luther.edu.