{"id":61,"date":"2011-06-28T11:50:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T16:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancini.brandonu.ca\/human-resources\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:48:09","slug":"benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Brandon University&#8217;s Group Benefits Plans. The information contained below is a summary of the comprehensive benefit packages available to our employees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/Benefit-highlight-sheet-Current-2026.pdf\">Benefit highlight sheet <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb.bluecross.ca\/\">mybluecross login<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/app.effortlessadmin.com\/login\/\">EffortlessAdmin login<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/mybluecross-brochure-member.pdf\">How to access your benefits online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We offer flexible benefits (includes Extended Health, Travel, Dental, Vision, and a Health Spending Account through Manitoba Blue Cross and Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Voluntary Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&amp;D), and Optional Life Insurance through iA Special Markets.<\/p>\n<h3>Flexible Benefits<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/Flex-Plan-Booklet-February-2025-2.pdf\">Manitoba Blue Cross Flex Plan Booklet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/BU-Flex-Enrolment-Guide-2026.pdf\">Re-Enrolment Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/BU-Flex-FAQs-2026.pdf\">Flex Plan FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/Travel-Coverage-FAQs.pdf\" rel=\"\">Travel Coverage FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.gc.ca\/destinations\/united-states\">Government of Canada Travel Advisories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/HSA-Brochure.pdf\">Health Spending Account<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/BU-Flex-2023-Gotodoctor.ca-Brochure.pdf\">Gotodoctor<\/a> (Plan enhancement available now)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/BU-Flex-2023-MBC-CGM-FGM.pdf\">Flash or Continuous Glucose Monitors<\/a> (Plan enhancement effective January 1, 2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All claim forms are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mb.bluecross.ca\/forms\/downloadforms\">Manitoba Blue Cross<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<h3>Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability<\/h3>\n<p>Your personalized information can be found through your Effortless Admin login, under your Coverage tab.<\/p>\n<h3>Voluntary Accidental Death &amp; Dismemberment (AD &amp; D)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/files\/ADD-Effortless-Admin-Summary.pdf\">Accidental Death and Dismemberment at a Glance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Self Service Voluntary Benefits<\/h3>\n<p>To initiate the process of applying for Optional Life, please log into your EffortlessAdmin account, and choose your Coverage Options.\u00a0 <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#104;r&#64;b&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x6f;&#110;&#117;&#46;ca\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Work &amp; Life<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Employee Assistance Program\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/benefits\/employee-assistance-program\/\">Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flower Fund\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/benefits\/flower-fund\/\">Flower Fund<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Brandon University&#8217;s Group Benefits Plans. 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Benefit highlight sheet mybluecross login EffortlessAdmin login How to access your benefits online We offer flexible benefits (includes Extended Health, Travel, Dental, Vision, and a Health Spending Account through Manitoba Blue Cross [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":139,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7091,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/7091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}