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Eligibility
Eligibility Eligible Dependents
If you are an eligible full-time Mersen USA Holding Corp., Your dependent children are eligible for medical,
employee (or a part-time employee regularly scheduled to prescription drug, dental, vision, and dependent life
work at least 30 hours a week), you are eligible to participate insurance coverage until the last date of the month
in the Mersen USA benefit program. following their 26th birthday (additional deductible applies
to family members).
However, you are not eligible to participate in the Mersen
USA benefit program if you are: Children include your natural born children, legally adopted
children, stepchildren and any child placed in your home for
• Covered by a collective bargaining agreement legal adoption or guardianship. You are responsible for
that does not provide eligibility for these ensuring that your dependents enrolled in the plan meet
benefits. the eligibility requirements. Your spouse is your legally
• Employed by an affiliate of Mersen USA married spouse.
Holding Corp., which does not offer these
benefits What is a Qualifying Event?
• Working at a specific division, department or
other business unit (which may include Generally, you may only change your benefit elections
acquired operations) to which these benefits during the annual open enrollment period. However, you
have not been extended may change your benefit elections during the year if you
• An expatriate working in the US under an experience an event such as:
assignment agreement
• Marriage
• Divorce/legal separation
Coverage Effective Dates
• Birth/Adoption of your child/spouse’s child
If you enroll in, reduce, or drop benefits in ADP during the
• Death of your spouse or dependent child
annual open enrollment period, your change in coverage will
• Loss of coverage under another plan
take effect on January 1, 2023.
Qualifying Event Changes
New hires must enroll/decline in ADP benefits
online within 21 days of their hire date regardless of You must notify Human Resources within 31 days of a
eligibility for benefits. qualifying life event.
Union Base and Union Choice plans will not be available for Depending on the type of event, you may need to provide
new hire employees in 2023. proof of the event, such as a marriage license, birth
certificate or divorce decree. If you do not contact Human
Resources within 31 calendar days of the qualified event,
you will have to wait until the next annual open enrollment
period to make changes (unless you experience another
qualifying life event).
Changes should be made on the ADP Self-Service portal
https://workforcenow.adp.com. Documentation should be
provided to your local HR manager.
Check your first 2023
paystub to make sure
you have enrolled in the
correct plans.
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