Benefits Information
Not sure where to begin with benefits? Find out the basic information for WB here and follow the links to Epic Employee to deep dive further.
Sick day information scroll past the SunLife benefits section to see more
What Benefits and Perks are Available at WB?
Each employee qualifies for a specific group of benefits, depending on your Benefits Colour group. Take a look at the sections below for additional information on Whistler Blackcomb's benefits offerings:
What is My Benefits Colour Group in WB?
To help make it easier to understand what benefits Whistler Blackcomb employees are eligible for, employee classifications are separated into Colour Groups. Each employee qualifies for a specific group of benefits.
Black Group includes:
Year-Round Full-Time Employees
Seasonal Supervisor and Manager (Grade 25+)
10/11 Month & "Season-to-Season" Employees
Red Group includes:
Seasonal Full-Time Employees (different from Season-to-Season status) with more than 500 hours
Green Group includes:
Part-Time Employees
Seasonal Full-Time Employees with less than 500 hours
LMIA Visa employees are not eligible for regular benefits. We do have a plan type but this is enrolled separately.
Coverage through SunLife is mandatory (except Optional Life Insurance and Optional Accidental Death and Dismemberment) for eligible employees. You cannot opt out of Extend Health, Dental, Life and Disability Insurance, but you can choose to enroll a in lower-level option (i.e. Silver) where applicable. If you do not do your enrollment event, the default coverage of gold health and dental (single coverage) will be assigned to you.
Service Hours (SVC Hours) are based on your hours worked and are used to determine eligibility for some benefits, including the Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), health benefits for Seasonal employees and your Vacation accrual rate. Service Hours are shown on your paycheque.
Sign in to SunLife here: Sign In | Sun Life Canada
How to Claim a benefit for example: physio, chiropractor
You need your policy number and staff ID #
How do I register for benefits?
Employees can only enroll in benefits if they are newly eligible (due to new hire, re-hire, seasonal full-time employees meeting the hours requirement, or applicable transfer/promotion) or during Open Enrollment in July. Otherwise, changes can only be made through a Qualified Life Event.
Looks out for an email about your Benefits enrollment event and READ MORE on EPIC Employee about this or more Benefits Tips & Tricks here.
Sick Day Information
How to call in sick:
Please call the Schedulers between the hour of 7:00am- 7:30am so they have time to cover your shift. Or even better the day before if you know you won’t be well enough to teach the next day.
To claim your sick day pay please email your supervisor to get your Sick Day Paid out.
Sick Time Off:
Effective January 1st, 2022 all employees at Whistler Blackcomb who have reached 90 consecutive days of employment are eligible for 5 days of company paid sick leave annually.
At the beginning of the calendar year, you will be allocated the max hours of either 40 hours or 50 hours (if you are on a 4 x 10 averaging agreement). Balances will decrease based on hours used during the calendar year. On the first cheque of the next calendar year, your balance will be increased by 40 hrs or 50 hrs to a maximum of 80 hrs; 120 hours for year-round employees.
Returning seasonal employees will not need to restart the 90 day accrual period unless they have not been employed by Vail for over a year or if it is specified in their employment agreement.
Sick Pay is non-reimbursable, meaning it does not get paid out upon separation. Sick Pay is used for the occasional day off sick, to attend to sick dependents, or during the two-week waiting period for Short-Term Disability.