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Ainsworth Pet Nutrition
Eligibility and Enrollment
You may enroll in the beneits program if you are a regular full-time
employee who is actively working a minimum of 30 hours per week.
As you become eligible for beneits, so do your eligible dependents.
In general, eligible dependents include your legally married spouse
and children up to age 26. Children may include natural, adopted,
step-children, or children obtained through court-appointed legal
guardianship.
New hires at Ainsworth Pet Nutrition will be eligible for beneits
on the irst day of full-time employment with the exception of long
term disability which new hires will be eligible for this beneit after
12 months of employment. Temporary employees will be eligible for
beneits on the irst day they transition to full-time employment.
You must log into the online enrollment system as speciied on
page 4 and elect your beneits by your 30th day of employment.
Failure to log into the online enrollment system or contact the call
center within 30 days will prohibit your ability to elect or change your
coverage in employee paid beneits until the next annual enrollment
period unless you have a qualifying event as described below.
Qualifying Events
A qualifying event is a change in your personal life that may impact
your eligibility or dependent’s eligibility for beneits. Examples of
some qualifying events include the following.
Change of legal marital status (i.e., marriage, divorce, death of
spouse, legal separation)
Change in number of dependents (i.e., birth, adoption, death of
dependent, ineligibility due to age)
Change in employment or job status
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Eligibility and Enrollment
You may enroll in the beneits program if you are a regular full-time
employee who is actively working a minimum of 30 hours per week.
As you become eligible for beneits, so do your eligible dependents.
In general, eligible dependents include your legally married spouse
and children up to age 26. Children may include natural, adopted,
step-children, or children obtained through court-appointed legal
guardianship.
New hires at Ainsworth Pet Nutrition will be eligible for beneits
on the irst day of full-time employment with the exception of long
term disability which new hires will be eligible for this beneit after
12 months of employment. Temporary employees will be eligible for
beneits on the irst day they transition to full-time employment.
You must log into the online enrollment system as speciied on
page 4 and elect your beneits by your 30th day of employment.
Failure to log into the online enrollment system or contact the call
center within 30 days will prohibit your ability to elect or change your
coverage in employee paid beneits until the next annual enrollment
period unless you have a qualifying event as described below.
Qualifying Events
A qualifying event is a change in your personal life that may impact
your eligibility or dependent’s eligibility for beneits. Examples of
some qualifying events include the following.
Change of legal marital status (i.e., marriage, divorce, death of
spouse, legal separation)
Change in number of dependents (i.e., birth, adoption, death of
dependent, ineligibility due to age)
Change in employment or job status
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