Leaving Employment - Information for Non-Benefited Employees

Leaving Employment - Information for Non-Benefited Employees

This webpage provides benefited University employees who are leaving employment for reasons other than retirement with a high-level overview of the impact on various fringe benefits. This webpage is not intended to be comprehensive. More detailed information regarding the laws, policies, bargaining agreements, etc. on which benefits are based is available from Human Resources. In case of questions or conflict between the information in this document and the actual laws, policies, bargaining contracts, etc., the latter will prevail.

Individuals who wish to apply for a pension from the Massachusetts State Employees’ Retirement System (MSERS, pension system, defined benefit plan) or the Massachusetts Optional Retirement Program are encouraged to access the corresponding webpages as the impact of retirement on benefits may differ.

Your access to the UMass payroll system (HR Direct) will end following departure from employment. Please download any historical documents you would like from the system (paychecks, W-2s) prior to leaving employment.

Tax documents
Your final University W-2 will be mailed to the home address on record with UMass. If your mailing address changes please notify UMass Amherst to ensure accurate and timely delivery of your W-2, 1099-HC and other tax documents.

Parking registration permits expire upon departure from employment and are not transferrable to another person. Your parking permit should be returned to the Parking Office. Any overpayment of parking fees will be refunded to you. Please contact the University Parking Office with questions (www.umass.edu/transportation/parking).

As a non-benefited employee of the University you may have contributed to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts OBRA retirement system during periods you were working and not enrolled as a full-time student. You may request a withdrawal or roll-over of those funds by contacting the Plan Administrator following your departure from employment.

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In certain circumstances you may be eligible to collect income through the Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance (DUA). This document provides information on how to apply for unemployment income. Information is also available directly from the Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance (www.mass.gov/dua).