Service Contacts

 

Local Human Resources Offices

Columbia University HR: Central 

General HR: Reception
615 West 131st Street, MC 8705
Studebaker 4th Floor
New York , NY 10027
Phone: (212) 851-0617

hr-operations@columbia.edu

Benefits: Central HR
615 West 131st Street, MC 8703
Studebaker 4th Floor
New York , NY 10027
Phone : (212) 851-7000
fax: (212) 851-7024
fax: (212) 851-7025 (*SECURE*)
hrbenefits@columbia.edu

Employment & HR Client Services
615 West 131st Street, MC 8704
Studebaker 4th Floor
New York , NY 10027
Phone: (212) 851-7008

Office hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Medical Center

Medical Center, Human Resources 
650 West 168th Street
101 Black Building
New York , NY 10032
Phone: (212) 305-3819
fax: (212) 305-5728

Harlem Hospital

506 Lenox Avenue
Room 6208, King Pavilion
New York , NY 10029
Phone: (212) 939-1720 
fax : (212) 939-1722 

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

 

  

People @ Columbia Instructions for Faculty and Staff

Guide to Self-Service (English)

 

 

Benefits

1. Through the Columbia University Online Benefits Enrollment System, you can:

• View your Benefits information
• Change your Benefits if you have a qualifying Life Event
• Enroll in or change your Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan election

2. For general questions listed below, contact the HR Benefits Service Center at 212-851-7000.

• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
• USAs, Long-Term Disability
• Leaves of Absence
• Cobra, Pension and Tax-Deferred Annuities
• Tuition Exemption
• General Benefits Policies and Procedures

3. For benefits issues that require you to contact the plan vendor directly, see:

• Vendor Contacts (for Faculty & Officers)
• Vendor Contacts (for Support Staff SSA, TWU, 2110, NU)
• Vendor Contacts (for Support Staff 100, 32B-32J, 1199, MEBA, MMP)
  

 

 

Personal Information, Payroll, Taxes, Paychecks

1. Use the My Columbia Portal to:

• View Your Paycheck & Tax Information
• Change Your General Address (for Check Addresses see HRPC Help Desk)
• View Your Benefits Information

2. For 2005 PAYROLL TAX questions
(W-2s & other tax forms)

Please use our special 2005 PAYROLL TAX HOTLINE and E-MAIL, effective February 1, 2006, 
instead of the HR Process Help Desk

• Tax Form HOTLINE = 212-851-2944
• Tax Form E-MAIL = w2@columbia.edu

3. You may contact the Human Resources Process Center Help Desk (HRPC Help Desk)  if your Departmental Administrator cannot answer your question regarding the following:

• W4
• Paycheck Address
• Paycheck / Tax Withholdings / Direct Deposit Account
• Pension

HR Processing Center (HRPC) Help Desk

 

 

Jobs

1. Online Application System Website (Jobs at Columbia): https://jobs.columbia.edu/

For assistance with the Jobs at Columbia site, please call 212-851-7028, or visit the Employment Information Center.

2. For job application-related questions, inquiries or comments regarding the following campuses:

For Morningside, Nevis Laboratories, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Jobs:
email: cmsjobs@columbia.edu
HR Employment Services
phone: 212-851-7028

For Columbia University Medical Center Jobs:
email: cmcjobs@columbia.edu
Medical Center Human Resources
fax : (212) 305-5728
phone: (212) 305-3819

 

 

Learning & Development / New Hire Orientation

HR Learning and Development

615 West 131st Street, MC 8709
Studebaker 4th Floor
New York, NY 10027
(212) 851-0616
hrlearning@columbia.edu

New Hire Checklist

New Hire Orientations

Morningside Faculty & Staff Orientation: Welcome Program

Medical Center Welcome Program

 

HR Website

For assistance with http://www.hr.columbia.edu/, or http://www.hr.columbia.edu/dat/, please contact:

NOTE: For assistance with job applications on the Jobs at Columbia website, please see "Jobs and Online Application System" above.

 

 

Client Services

Recruitment & Development

 

 

Employee and Labor Relations

 

General Information / Unemployment Insurance / Disability Form Status

Return to Work Program

 

 

Employment & Salary Verifications

For our new, easy-to-use Employment Verification service, click here (opens in a new window).

You may also contact the Employment Verification hotline:

 

Questions about Individual PAFs

 

Label Requests / Reports / Rosters