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Please Note: Enrollment Details
If you are a Union employee, you may New Hire Enrollment
have different beneits than those
stated in this guide. Please refer to As a newly hired employee, you have 31 days from your date of hire to
your Collective Bargaining Agreement enroll. If you do not enroll in beneits during your new hire period, you
for details regarding your current will not be eligible to enroll in beneits until annual enrollment, unless you
beneits.
experience a qualifying life event.
All beneit elections become effective on your irst day of regular
beneit eligible employment, provided online enrollment and dependent
veriication is submitted within 31 days. Members of a collective
bargaining unit may have to satisfy a probationary period prior to
insurance coverage. Such members should refer to their collective
bargaining agreement for speciic details.
Qualifying Life Event
A qualifying event is a change in your personal life or employment which
may impact your eligibility or dependent’s eligibility for beneits.
Examples of qualifying events include the following.
X Change of legal marital status (e.g., marriage, divorce, death of
spouse)
X Change in number of dependents (e.g., birth, adoption, death of
dependent, ineligibility due to age)
X Change in employment or job status
Please note you have 31 days from the date of your qualifying event to
make your election. Changes cannot be accepted outside of the 31-day
special enrollment period.
Open Enrollment
Each year you will have the opportunity to review your current beneit
elections and make changes for the following plan year. During open
enrollment you can add, change, or decline coverage. In addition, you
can add and/or drop dependents during this time. Any changes made
during open enrollment will be effective the following January 1. Open
enrollment is typically held in November.
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If you are a Union employee, you may New Hire Enrollment
have different beneits than those
stated in this guide. Please refer to As a newly hired employee, you have 31 days from your date of hire to
your Collective Bargaining Agreement enroll. If you do not enroll in beneits during your new hire period, you
for details regarding your current will not be eligible to enroll in beneits until annual enrollment, unless you
beneits.
experience a qualifying life event.
All beneit elections become effective on your irst day of regular
beneit eligible employment, provided online enrollment and dependent
veriication is submitted within 31 days. Members of a collective
bargaining unit may have to satisfy a probationary period prior to
insurance coverage. Such members should refer to their collective
bargaining agreement for speciic details.
Qualifying Life Event
A qualifying event is a change in your personal life or employment which
may impact your eligibility or dependent’s eligibility for beneits.
Examples of qualifying events include the following.
X Change of legal marital status (e.g., marriage, divorce, death of
spouse)
X Change in number of dependents (e.g., birth, adoption, death of
dependent, ineligibility due to age)
X Change in employment or job status
Please note you have 31 days from the date of your qualifying event to
make your election. Changes cannot be accepted outside of the 31-day
special enrollment period.
Open Enrollment
Each year you will have the opportunity to review your current beneit
elections and make changes for the following plan year. During open
enrollment you can add, change, or decline coverage. In addition, you
can add and/or drop dependents during this time. Any changes made
during open enrollment will be effective the following January 1. Open
enrollment is typically held in November.
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