All full-time, non-temporary,
faculty, administrative/ professional, and support
employees are eligible and encouraged to participate
in the University-sponsored retirement plan
after one year of service. Service requirements
are waived for employees with fully vested contracts
from a previous educational institution.
Participation is mandatory for faculty and administrative/
professional employees after one year of service
and attainment of age 35, whichever is later,
and for clerical/secretarial employees, participation
is mandatory after five years of service and
attainment of age 35, whichever is later. Employees
under labor agreements should refer to the labor
contract.
In addition, the University provides to all
full-time and parttime University employees,
Group Supplemental Retirement Annuities (SRA’s)
and Optional Tax Deferred Annuities (OTA’s).
Details are available through the Benefits Office.
Complete information on the retirement plan
is covered in TAP #16, University Sponsored
Defined Contribution Retirement Program.
Duquesne University reserves the right, at its
sole discretion, to amend this Plan in whole
or in part at any time and from time to time,
or to terminate it any time, without advance
notice, pursuant to the terms of the plan document.
Amendments to the plan are made by the Office
of Human Resource Management with the approval
of the Vice President for Management and Business.
Termination of the plan must be approved by
the Vice President and approved by the Executive
Committee of the University Board of Directors.
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