Once you have your computer you should start with gaining access to Penn email via Outlook. You may also want to set up your o365 account, get access to Adobe licenses, and get swipe access to the building.

University Benefits – For information on Health, Life, FSA, Retirement, Tuition, Wellness, etc.. Please contact the Benefit Solution Center at 866-799-2329 with any benefit related questions.

• Benefits at a glance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) guide
• If the Benefit Solution Center is not able to address all your concerns you can also explore TIAA’s UPenn’s website at or call them directly at 1-800-842-2252.
• Faculty/Staff Transportation: Penn offers discounted options and pre-tax benefits through a variety of programs with parking permits to public transportation.

Penn’s Workday Learning Portal: (Use Workday Link, and access with Pennkey and PW): is the learning management system used by the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Health System to complete many training requirements. You can access this using your Pennkey and password. Below are some common training courses to search on Workday.

• • New Staff Orientation
  • Protecting Patient Information (HIPAA)
  • CITI Protection of Human Subjects Research Training
  • CITI Responsible Conduct of Research Training
  • Creating Concur Reports in SAP Concur
  • Penn Profiler: This tool will help identify what training you’re required to take based on your job at Penn.

Policies (including PTO and Sick Time):

• All UPenn Policies
• Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs
• PTO link
  •  You can call the solution center at (215) 898-7372, if you have questions at the moment around PTO accrual and how this works.
  • Sick time
  • NOTE: Sick leave of up to five (5) days per calendar year may be used for a member of the staff member’s family.

• UPenn Observed Holidays 

• • There is also a special winter vacation from December 25 to January 1st. Each year the Vice President for Human Resources announces the dates on which the special winter vacation is observed.