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Financial Benefits

Benefits to help you plan and secure your future.

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Retirement

The HSHS Retirement Program has multiple elements that reflect both the HSHS commitment to make significant employer contributions to your retirement savings and the opportunity for you to meet your own savings goals. 

The HSHS retirement program includes the HSHS Employer Contribution Retirement Plan (“401(a) Plan”) and the HSHS 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (“403(b) Plan”).

You direct how your accounts in the plans are invested by choosing from the investment options offered by Fidelity Investments, the recordkeeper and investment provider.

Explore Retirement Options
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Earned Wage Access (EWA) Program

Pay on Demand
Access your money when you need it. With the Earned Wage Access (EWA) program you can make on-demand, secure, instant transfers of earned wages before payday, whenever, 24/7365. No credit check or pre-existing bank accounts needed.

What is EWA?
EWA is the simple, easy way for eligible colleagues to access pay as it is earned. See how much you make each day and access pay when it is needed instead of waiting for payday.

HSHS colleagues will have two EWA options, DailyPay and Wisely Paycard.

Visit Workday Help to Learn More and Enroll

Adoption Assistance

For colleagues seeking to grow their families through adoption, HSHS provides financial support for eligible adoption expenses. Colleagues who have been employed with HSHS and eligible for Flexplan benefits for at least six months will be able to receive reimbursement up to $7,500 per child.


Eligible expenses 

  • Application fees
  • Home studies
  • Agency and placement fees
  • Legal fees and court costs
  • Immigration, immunization and translation fees
  • Transportation, meals and lodging
  • Parent, child and family adoption counseling

Ineligible expenses

  • Embryo adoption or surrogacy fees
  • Voluntary donations or contributions
  • Legal fees incurred to obtain custody or guardianship of your own child or step child
  • Legal fees incurred to adopt a step child
  • Personal items for the child
  • Expenses that have been or will be reimbursed through other reimbursement programs


*If HSHS employs both parents, only one colleague can utilize the financial reimbursement benefit*

Please contact the HSHS HR Service Center for additional help or details surrounding adoption assistance.

Education Assistance

At HSHS we believe in encouraging personal and professional growth to help provide high quality care within our Franciscan health care ministry. We understand the challenges that come with furthering your education and are proud to offer Education Assistance, a new Student Loan Repayment Program, and school discounts to all *eligible colleagues within HSHS. Certain institutions provide discounts for HSHS colleagues.

*Colleagues must meet eligiblity requirements prior to receiving benefit. 

Explore Our Education Assistance Program