Workplace Perks

Bryn Mawr College provides full-time and part-time employees who are scheduled to work at least the equivalent of 26 hours per week (52 weeks per year, or 1,352 hours annually) access to back up childcare through Care.com.

Bryn Mawr College offers this program to employees which provides in-home backup childcare and adult care at a subsidized hourly rate.  The care is provided in your home, at the home of the adult needing care, and also offers in-center backup childcare at a subsidized daily rate.

Backup care is available during the day or evening, seven days a week.  Services are provided by Care.com.

*** Follow this link to learn more about upcoming webinars and sign up ***

Backup Child Care

Backup childcare can be used in situations such as:

• During school vacations and holidays
• When your child is ill and cannot go to school or to childcare
• When you have to work late or on weekends
• When your childcare provider goes on vacation, is ill, or quits unexpectedly
• Anytime you have a gap in your regularly scheduled childcare arrangements and you need to work

Backup Adult Care

Backup adult care can be used in situations such as:

• When a family member needs assistance with dressing, bathing and ambulation and the regular care provider is unavailable
• When a family member is waiting for an opening in an assisted living facility
• When a family member needs help getting to doctor’s appointments
• When a family member is recuperating at home from surgery
• When an elder family member is getting confused and needs a watchful eye
• Anytime when you have a gap in your family care arrangements
• When you need assistance due to an illness

Procedures

Care is available day or evening of any day. Sometimes they can locate a caregiver in as little as an hour or two, but the more time you give them the more likely they can make a successful match.

1. Twenty-four hours is usually sufficient notice for child care. Please allow as much notice a possible for adult care, which may require an assessment visit prior to services.
2. Call Care.com at 855-781-1303 or use the Care@Work app on your phone to book care on the go
3. Identify yourself as an employee of Bryn Mawr College and discuss your caregiver needs
4. Care.com will identify a caregiver who meets your needs and call you with this information
5. The caregiver will call you to confirm the details
6. Once the care is completed for the day, your credit card will be charged

Care.com services calls 24/7, so you can reach a person on the phone at any time

Costs and Limitations

The College is subsidizing some of the cost of this service to offer you a more reasonable hourly rate.

• Cost: $9 per hour for in-home care
• Four-hour minimum per day, so a $36 minimum charge per day
• You may use a maximum of 15 days of backup care each calendar year
• You may not use more than two consecutive weeks at a time or use this benefit for ongoing care
• $15/ child /day for in-center care

Plan Information

• Care.com Overview
• Backup Care Overview
• Backup Care for Children In-center
• Backup Care for Children at Home
• Backup Care for Adults

The Phebe Anna Thorne School (PAT) is a laboratory preschool and Kindergarten at Bryn Mawr College. The school's mission is to provide play-based, developmentally appropriate, child-centered programs for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. The School serves children and their families from the Bryn Mawr College campus community as well as from the local residential community.

They offer toddler, preschool and kindergarten programs at a reduced rate for College families. The toddler and preshool programs are located on the Bryn Mawr Campus and the Kindergarten Center is located on the campus of Haverford College.  

The following benefits and conveniences are offered to faculty and staff:

• Priority for enrollment in all programs
• Waiving the application fee
• 10% tuition reduction
• Post-tax monthly payroll deduction, if requested

Any questions can be directed to Amanda Ulrich at 610-526-7913.

• Tuition Rates
• Phebe Anna Thorne School Website
• Main Line Parent highlights Phebe Anna Thorne School's social emotional learning (SEL) curriculum. Read more.

The Learning Experience offers Bryn Mawr employees a discount of 10 percent off the Center's published tuition rates for children enrolled during the Center's regular business hours. Proof of employment is required to receive the discount.

Additional information about The Learning Experience is available on their website: 

https://thelearningexperience.com/

The Bryn Mawr College Commuter Benefits Plan (the "Plan"), is a tax-free fringe benefit plan established under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) §132(f), as expanded by the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century. Active, regular, non-student full-time and part-time faculty and staff are eligible to participate in the Plan. The Plan allows eligible employees to set aside part of their salary on a tax-free basis to pay for certain work related commuter expenses. Only expenses for a qualified transit pass under IRC §132(f), which enable eligible employees to commute to or from work, are eligible for reimbursement under the Plan. The maximum monthly salary reduction allowed in 2026 is $340 per month.

You can enroll/make changes/stop enrollment anytime during the year, but changes should only be made once a month. 

Elections can be made directly through Workday. Select “Health Savings Account and/or Transit change” as your reason for the change. Additional Instructions can be found on the BMC Workday Page under Workday Essentials then Change Benefits for Life Event.

The deduction for the month will be taken from the pay or pays associated with the month on a pre-tax basis.  It is the responsibility of the person participating in the Bryn Mawr College Commuter Benefits Plan to monitor their election and to make sure that it reflects their commuting needs. 

Bryn Mawr College offers a confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP), available to all faculty & staff, 24/7/365. Our EAP is designed to assist employees and their families with a wide range of issues for mental well-being and everyday life needs, including individual and family counseling, child and eldercare support, legal and financial matters, and more.

Call 800-865-3200 or visit ResourcesForLiving.com and use Online login: Bryn Mawr College and Password: EAP to get started. 

Monthly webinars are available on a wide range of topics throughout the year. View upcoming webinars and register under the Resources section of the website. 

Additional Resources (log in to access): 

• Finding and Scheduling Counseling Support
• Financial Services
• Legal Services

Tuition opportunities

Bryn Mawr College provides tuition reimbursement for dependent children of employees who are scheduled to work at least the equivalent of 17.5 hours per week (52 weeks per year, or 910 hours annually) and who have completed seven years of service at the time an eligible child is accepted for admission and enrolls for an academic year.  Please refer to the Handbooks and Policies and other provided plan documentation for complete details.  You may also contact Human Resources with any questions.

The benefit for eligible full-time staff members is limited to the lesser of:

• One half (50%) of the Bryn Mawr College tuition in the applicable academic year
• One half (50%) of the tuition charged by the institution in which the eligible child is enrolled.

Eligible part-time staff members will receive a pro-rated tuition grant, which is annually scheduled hours divided by 1820. 

Tuition Grant Policy

Tuition Grant Application

Tuition Remission

Bryn Mawr College provides full-time and part-time employees who are scheduled to work at least the equivalent of 26 hours per week (52 weeks per year, or 1,352 hours annually) the opportunity to take one undergraduate unit per academic year semester free of charge at either Bryn Mawr College or Haverford College on a space available basis. 

Please refer to the Handbooks and Policies and other provided plan documentation for complete details.  You may also contact Human Resources with any questions.

• Tuition Remission Form

In September 2022, Governor Wolf signed PA Act 55 into law, in order to provide resources to employees and students of institutions of higher education regarding sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.  In compliance with that legislation, the College has entered into agreements with two local organizations (Victims Services Center of Montgomery County and Laurel House Domestic Violence Center), which will provide education, training, and support to our campus community, free of charge, to any faculty or staff member (or student) who accesses their services.  The links to their websites are below, and brochures from each which summarizes the services that they provide.  In the fall, the College will have a variety of opportunities, both in-person and online, to share more information about these organizations and the services they provide.

• Victims Services Center of Montgomery County
  • Overview Brochure (in Spanish)
  • Counseling Services Brochure
  • Volunteer Opportunities Brochure
• Laurel House Domestic Violence Center