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The Company will provide tuition assistance to any full-time
employee for work-related courses, courses toward the obtainment of a
business or transportation degree, or classes that are of direct benefit to
the employee’s job performance, provided all eligibility requirements
have been met.
Assistance will be provided for tuition and mandatory fees
associated with educational requirements, less any applicable taxes,
GI Bills, scholarships or grant monies received. A maximum of two
courses or a maximum of 6 hours per semester will be reimbursed, not
to exceed $2,500 per calendar year for an undergraduate degree or a
certification program and $3,000 per calendar year for a graduate degree.
Reimbursement will be made for books.
Employees must sign a statement agreeing to work for U.S.
Xpress or one of its subsidiaries for a minimum of one year following
reimbursement of tuition or the employee will be required to repay
reimbursement monies.
In order to be eligible, employees must fulfill all of the following
requirements:
• Be a full-time employee;
• Be employed with U.S. Xpress or one of its subsidiaries for
a minimum of six months prior to the enrollment in a course
and remain employed for a minimum of one year following
completion of the course.
• Receive an A or a B in the course.
• Submit the Tuition Assistance authorization paperwork to the
Human Resources Department prior to the start of the class.
Please Note: Tuition for truck driving school is NOT reimbursed
under this Tuition Assistance Program. Please see the Driver Training
School-Tuition Payment Program in Section 2 of this Handbook.
Human Resources Web Site
U.S. Xpress provides a Human Resources web site in order to help
answer your questions around the clock. The web site address, www.
usxpress.com is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by clicking
on Employee Sign-on.. Employees’ User IDs will be set as the 6 digit
employee number. The default first time user password is Last 4 of
SSN, 2 Digit Birth Month and 2 Digit Birth Year. Upon the first login,
employees will be prompted to change their password. If an employee
needs a password reset, they will need to contact the Benefit Department
via Email at benefits@usxpress.com or by calling 800-670-1915
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