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DISCOVERY LIFE SCIENCES
YOUR 2019 BENEFITS GUIDE
At Discovery Life Sciences, we offer our employees a competitive and Benefits Eligibility
comprehensive benefits program to recognize how important you are to the
company. This benefits guide summarizes our program in a quick and easy-to- Covering Yourself
understand way. Please review your plan documents for more details. You may enroll in the benefits
program if you are a regular full-time
New Hire Enrollment employee who is actively working a
Welcome to our team! As a new employee, you are eligible for coverage on minimum of 30 hours per week.
your first day of employment. However, you must enroll in benefits within 30 Covering Your Family
days of your date of hire. Members
Eligible dependents generally
Annual Enrollment include your legally married spouse,
Annual enrollment is your yearly opportunity to review your current benefits domestic partners, and children up
and make benefit changes for the upcoming plan year. During annual to age 26. Some age limitations may
enrollment, you can add, change, or decline coverage. In addition, you can add apply to certain insurance programs.
and/or drop dependents during this time. This year’s annual enrollment will Children may include natural,
take place November 27, 2018–December 12, 2018. adopted, step-children, or children
obtained through court-appointed
Changing Your Benefits Mid-Year legal guardianship.
Once you make your elections, you will not be able to make changes until Eligibility
next year’s annual enrollment unless you experience a qualifying life event. Documentation
Examples of qualifying events include the following.
Please be prepared to share
Change of legal marital status (e.g., marriage, divorce, death of spouse, dependent eligibility information
legal separation) during enrollment including date of
Change in number of dependents (e.g., birth, adoption, death of birth and Social Security Number.
dependent, ineligibility due to age) Other documentation may be
Change in employment or job status required depending on your benefit
elections.
Please note, you must make changes to your benefits within 30 days of your
qualifying event. If you do not make changes during this time, you may have
to wait until next year’s annual enrollment to make your change.
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YOUR 2019 BENEFITS GUIDE
At Discovery Life Sciences, we offer our employees a competitive and Benefits Eligibility
comprehensive benefits program to recognize how important you are to the
company. This benefits guide summarizes our program in a quick and easy-to- Covering Yourself
understand way. Please review your plan documents for more details. You may enroll in the benefits
program if you are a regular full-time
New Hire Enrollment employee who is actively working a
Welcome to our team! As a new employee, you are eligible for coverage on minimum of 30 hours per week.
your first day of employment. However, you must enroll in benefits within 30 Covering Your Family
days of your date of hire. Members
Eligible dependents generally
Annual Enrollment include your legally married spouse,
Annual enrollment is your yearly opportunity to review your current benefits domestic partners, and children up
and make benefit changes for the upcoming plan year. During annual to age 26. Some age limitations may
enrollment, you can add, change, or decline coverage. In addition, you can add apply to certain insurance programs.
and/or drop dependents during this time. This year’s annual enrollment will Children may include natural,
take place November 27, 2018–December 12, 2018. adopted, step-children, or children
obtained through court-appointed
Changing Your Benefits Mid-Year legal guardianship.
Once you make your elections, you will not be able to make changes until Eligibility
next year’s annual enrollment unless you experience a qualifying life event. Documentation
Examples of qualifying events include the following.
Please be prepared to share
Change of legal marital status (e.g., marriage, divorce, death of spouse, dependent eligibility information
legal separation) during enrollment including date of
Change in number of dependents (e.g., birth, adoption, death of birth and Social Security Number.
dependent, ineligibility due to age) Other documentation may be
Change in employment or job status required depending on your benefit
elections.
Please note, you must make changes to your benefits within 30 days of your
qualifying event. If you do not make changes during this time, you may have
to wait until next year’s annual enrollment to make your change.
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