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Eligibility and Enrollment 2017 Beneits Enrollment
If you are hired as a full-time employee working 30 or more hours per week, then
you are eligible for beneits the irst day of the month following your date of hire.
If you are hired as a part-time, variable-hour, or seasonal employee and are expected
to work less than 30 hours per week, then your hours will be considered over a
12-month measurement period. At the end of the 12-month measurement period, if
it is determined you have worked an average of 30 hours per week, then you will be
offered beneits for the following 12-month period, deemed the stability period.
You may enroll your eligible dependents for coverage once you are eligible. Your
eligible dependents include the following.
X Your legal spouse or domestic partner
X Your children up to age 26
If you do not enroll for insurance within your irst 30 days of employment with
F+W you will need to wait for the next open enrollment. Once your beneit elections
become effective, they remain in effect until the end of the year. You may only
change coverage within 30 days of a qualiied life event.
Qualified Life Events
Generally, you may change your beneit elections only during the annual enrollment
period. However, you may change your beneit elections during the year if you
experience a qualiied life event, including any of the following.
X Marriage
X Divorce or legal separation
X Birth of your child
X Death of your spouse or dependent child
X Adoption of or placement for adoption of your child
X Change in employment status of employee, spouse, or dependent child
X Qualiication by the Plan Administrator of a child support order for medical
coverage
X Entitlement to Medicare or Medicaid
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If you are hired as a full-time employee working 30 or more hours per week, then
you are eligible for beneits the irst day of the month following your date of hire.
If you are hired as a part-time, variable-hour, or seasonal employee and are expected
to work less than 30 hours per week, then your hours will be considered over a
12-month measurement period. At the end of the 12-month measurement period, if
it is determined you have worked an average of 30 hours per week, then you will be
offered beneits for the following 12-month period, deemed the stability period.
You may enroll your eligible dependents for coverage once you are eligible. Your
eligible dependents include the following.
X Your legal spouse or domestic partner
X Your children up to age 26
If you do not enroll for insurance within your irst 30 days of employment with
F+W you will need to wait for the next open enrollment. Once your beneit elections
become effective, they remain in effect until the end of the year. You may only
change coverage within 30 days of a qualiied life event.
Qualified Life Events
Generally, you may change your beneit elections only during the annual enrollment
period. However, you may change your beneit elections during the year if you
experience a qualiied life event, including any of the following.
X Marriage
X Divorce or legal separation
X Birth of your child
X Death of your spouse or dependent child
X Adoption of or placement for adoption of your child
X Change in employment status of employee, spouse, or dependent child
X Qualiication by the Plan Administrator of a child support order for medical
coverage
X Entitlement to Medicare or Medicaid
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