Leaving Yale - Postgrads

Offboarding

Before Your Departure

Please note that for Human Resources purposes, postgrads fall under the “postdoc” category.

Have You…
  • Submitted your formal resignation letter to your faculty mentor and HR department administrative contact at least 30 days before your last day of work. The resignation letter must include an effective end date or last day of work. 
  • Scheduled a meeting with your faculty mentor or lab manager to discuss your research work transition plan.
  • Contacted Yale ITS helpdesk@yale.edu  to delete all remaining electronic files containing  University data or University-licensed software from your personally owned computers, handheld devices, and electronic media.
  • Your health insurance benefits remain active until the last day of the month in which your appointment ends. You can enroll in COBRA Coverage (if without employment upon leaving Yale):

 Postgrad Associates contact Employee Services at employee.services@yale.edu or 203-432-5552

Postgrad Fellows contact WageWorks (COBRA) – 800-526-2720

International Scholars check with your insurance provider about your last day of coverage in the U.S.

  • TIAA retirement account: There may be benefits to leaving money within your workplace plan as well as rolling over your assets to an IRA or a new employer’s plan. You should consider differences in investment options, services, fees and expenses, withdrawal options, required minimum distributions, other plan features, and tax treatment. Speak with a TIAA consultant and your tax advisor. Learn more at www.tiaa.org/reviewyouroptions.

  • Contact the Yale Employee Service Center employee.services@yale.edu   or 203-432-5552 to report your forwarding address. In the email, please include your full name, last 4 digits of your SSN, your old CT address and the new forwarding address where your future tax forms (W‐2, 1042‐S, and/or 1099 forms) can be sent in January.

  •  Returned the following University property to your lab manager or business office

Yale University ID

Laptop/Computer

Lab Equipment

Dept/Lab Keys

Parking Permits

Stockroom Card

Return all books and other materials to the library