Merit Health Wesley Pathways Benefits Help Employees Pay Down Student Loans
5/16/2022
Hattiesburg, MS – Employees of Merit Health Wesley are now eligible for new and enhanced benefits designed as pathways to help them eliminate existing student debt faster, pursue additional professional education, and advance their careers. The goal in offering Merit Health Wesley Pathways benefits is to support and retain employees and attract a strong workforce, especially frontline nurses, technicians, therapists and other clinicians and caregivers, along with support personnel.
“This program allows us to give back to our employees and show them our appreciation for their loyalty to our organization,” said Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Banks. “Through these benefits, we hope Merit Health Wesley Pathways will ease the burden of student debt and allow employees to focus on achieving their goals within their desired career paths.”
Benefits include a new student loan repayment program that enables employees with outstanding student debt to consolidate their loans, reduce interest rates, and benefit from employer sponsored payments. For most clinical employees, Merit Health Wesley will directly pay a portion of loan premiums as long as the employee remains current with payments, offsetting student loan balances up to $20,000 for registered nurses and medical technologists and up $10,000 for other clinical employees.
A new employee reimbursement program has been established for licensure or certification renewals required for all job classifications and can be used for any license or certification testing or renewal not already offered for free by the hospital.
In addition, a long-standing tuition reimbursement program that provides employees up to $5,000 in tax-free reimbursement annually is being expanded and can now be used for continuing education related to any role within the hospital. Previously, employees could only use the tuition reimbursement program toward studies in their current field of work.
To learn more about career opportunities at Merit Health Wesley, click on Careers at the top of the page.
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