Benefits Eligibility

As a regular full-time or part-time employee (working at least 30 hours per week), you are eligible for benefits on the first of the month on or after your date of hire. Certain benefits have different effective dates and require completion of a minimum number of hours. In some circumstances, you may elect coverage for your eligible dependents. Eligible dependents include your legal spouse, domestic partner and/or your dependent child(ren). 

The description for dependent child(ren) is as follows:   

  • A dependent child who is up to the age of 26, regardless of financial dependency, residency, student status, employment, or marital status. Coverage ends on the last day of the month in which a child turns 26. 
  • A dependent child who is supported primarily by you and who is incapable of self-sustaining employment due to a mental or physical handicap. Proof of their condition and dependence must be submitted.

Enrolling in Benefits

Open Enrollment is your opportunity to review and select the employee benefits available to you. The benefit plan year runs from January 1 to December 31 of each year. If you do not enroll in benefits during Open Enrollment, or fail to complete your enrollment in time, you will not be eligible to enroll until the next annual enrollment period unless you experience a Qualifying Life Event. 

Important things to note about your enrollment:   

  • Select your plan carefully, as you cannot change plans until the next open enrollment unless you have a qualifying life event. 
  • You must elect coverage for yourself in order to cover your dependents. They must enroll in the same plan as you. 
  • If you elect not to be covered by our medical insurance program, you must waive coverage and indicate this when completing enrollment. 
  • If you waive coverage and are covered by another plan, please indicate the required information.

     

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Making Changes/Qualifying Life Event

During the plan year (January 1 through December 31), you may experience an IRS-qualifying life event (QLE). Apart from Open Enrollment, you may be able to make changes to benefit elections if the QLE is consistent with the change requested. 

Qualifying life events include (but are not limited to): 

  • Marriage 
  • Divorce or legal separation 
  • Birth or adoption of a child 
  • Death 
  • Termination of spouse’s employment, resulting in loss of coverage


You’ll need to provide proof of the event, such as a marriage certificate, divorce decree, birth certificate, or loss-of-coverage letter. If you do not make changes to your elections within the 30 days, you will not be able to enroll until the next open enrollment period. 

Contact HR within 30 days if you experience a Qualifying Life Event (QLE).

QLE