Open Enrollment

Link to Workday

Login into Workday. Use the Self-help resources below for assistance.

Note: Please be aware if you have not set up 2-factor authentication you will be required to do. See self-help resource below.

Locating Your W Number

1. Go to mytu.towson.edu.
2. Select the PeopleSoft HCM tile.
3. Sign in using your NetID and password.
4. Click the Personal Data Summary tile.
5. Scroll down to the Employee Information section.
6. Your W number is located beside Workday Benefits ID.

2-Factor Authentication

Please be aware that you must have 2-factor authentication set-up in order to access your benefits information. If you have not done so, refer to this Quick Reference Guide (PDF). 

For Assistance

For technical assistance with your password or login issues, email TU_HRIS@towson.edu.

For open enrollment questions, email openenrollment AT_TOWSON.

When adding a new dependent during Open Enrollment, required supporting documentation must be attached to the Open Enrollment Event in SPS. 

See Dependent Documentation Requirements guide (PDF) for details.

• Required dependent(s) documentation must be uploaded by 11/8/2024 at 5:00 pm OR the newly added dependent(s) will be removed from Open Enrollment coverage.  New Dependent(s) will not have coverage effective January 1, 2025.
• Employees can take pictures of the required documentation and upload legible screenshots to the Open Enrollment event Attachment Box OR
• Upload documents to the attachments box located at the end of your event.

Please examine your document carefully, if you do not posses the proper version, you will have to order the correct document.

• Common document examples include:
  • Children require an Official Birth Certificate
  • Spouses require a Certified Copy of the marriage Certificate issued by the court clerk. 

    They will NOT accept a marriage license labeled as certificate.  If it is:

    • Only signed by an officiant (pastor, priest, rabbi, reverend, etc.)
    • Dated Prior to the Date of Marriage or on the Date of Marriage - For example, a marriage license
    • Untranslated if married outside of the United States.  

Where can i obtain the correct documentation?

• For a certified copy of your marriage certificate - The courthouse in the county of marriage 
• For a birth certificate - Division of Vital Records in the State of the child's birth 
• For a Translated copy of your marriage certificate - Google search "official translators near me" or contact TU's Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures 

Domestic Partner Eligibility:
– lived together for at least 12 months
– not married to anyone else nor have another domestic partner
– at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to contract
– reside together in the same residence and intend to do so indefinitely
– have an exclusive mutual commitment similar to that of marriage
– are jointly responsible for each other’s common welfare and share financial
obligations

Documentation must show that the partnership has been established 12 months or longer.  It is important that any documents are dated as far back as possible.

Required documentation is:

• Signed Affidavit of Domestic Partnership (PDF), AND
• Two of the following:
  1. Joint lease or mortgage
  2. Designation of Domestic Partner as beneficiary for life insurance AND retirement contract
  3. Designation of Domestic Partner as primary beneficiary in employee's or insured's will
  4. Durable property AND health care powers of attorney
  5. Joint ownership of a motor vehicle, joint checking account or joint credit account
• If adding dependents, see Dependent Documentation Requirements (PDF) for additional information on documents needed.

Important information regarding FSAs for 2025

Faculty and staff who want flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for 2025 must re-elect their FSA amounts during open enrollment each year.

• FSA elections do not roll over from one year to the next. 
  The maximum Healthcare FSA annual election amount has increased - it is $3,200. 
  The maximum Dependent Daycare FSA annual election amount of $5,000 remains static for plan year 2025. 
• If you aren't making changes to your current benefit elections and do not plan to elect a FSA for 2025, then you do not have to do anything in Workday during OE. Your benefits will default to your current elections with the exception of FSAs.