However, there is often considerable flip - flop back and forth, such that «employee postdocs» may become «
nonemployee postdocs» and then revert back to the original status, depending upon where their money originates.
As a result, «
nonemployee postdocs» are essentially nonexistent to university systems.
When it was finally solved for
nonemployee postdocs, the insurance carrier that we selected told us that the campus already had a plan with them that could cover such postdocs.
Slower to solve was the issue of health insurance for
nonemployee postdocs.
Not exact matches
The University of California's (UC's) new
postdoc health plan, announced 1 July and reported last month in Next Wave, represents an innovative model for providing coverage to all
postdocs, regardless of the source of their funding or their status as employees or
nonemployees.
Federal tax rules for
nonemployees cause most
postdocs to be ineligible to contribute monies to IRA retirement accounts; furthermore, no money is contributed on their behalf to Social Security.
In the course of our
Postdoc Network poll, a debate arose on whether
postdocs should rally to become staff employees or faculty or to retain a «
nonemployee» status.
Frequently, one of the biggest mandates for
postdoc offices is to institute a heath insurance plan for «
nonemployee»
postdocs.