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                                          Enrollment Information





        Who May Enroll                                          Paying For Your Coverage
        If you are a regular full‐time employee working at least 30 hours   Employee coverage for Medical, Dental and Vison are provided at
        per week, you and your eligible dependents may participate in   no cost to the employee and are funded entirely by Advertise
        Advertise Purple’s benefits program. Your eligible dependents   Purple. You, the employee are responsible for any dependent
        include:                                                coverage . Contributions are deducted before taxes are withheld,
        •   Legally married spouse                              which saves you tax dollars. Paying for benefits before‐tax means
        •   Registered domestic partner                         that your share of the costs are deducted before taxes are
        •   Children under the age of 26, regardless of student or   determined, resulting in more take‐home pay for you. As a result,
            marital status                                      the IRS requires that your elections remain in effect for the entire
                                                                year. You cannot drop or change coverage unless you experience
        When You Can Enroll                                     a qualifying event.
        As an eligible employee, you may enroll at the following times:
        •   As a new hire, you may participate in the company’s   Changes To Enrollment
            benefits program on the first day of the month following   Our benefit plans are effective March 1st  through February 29th.
            your date of hire.                                  There is an annual open enrollment period each year, during
        •   Each year, during open enrollment                   which you can make new benefit elections for the following
        •   Within 30 days of a qualifying event as defined by the IRS   March 1st effective date. Once you make your benefit elections,
            (see Changes To Enrollment below)                   you cannot change them throughout the year unless you

        Examples include, but are not limited to the following:
        •   Marriage, divorce, legal separation or annulment   •   Change in your residence or workplace (if your benefit options
        •   Birth or adoption of a child                          change)
        •   A qualified medical child support order           •   Loss of coverage through Medicaid or Children’s Health
        •   Death of a spouse or child                            Insurance Program (CHIP)
        •   A change in your dependent’s eligibility status   •   Becoming eligible for a federal or state premium assistance
        •   Loss of coverage from another health plan             program under Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP


        Coverage for a new dependent is not automatic. If you experience a qualifying event, you have 30 days to update your coverage.
        Please contact the Human Resources Department immediately following a qualifying event to complete the appropriate election
        forms as needed. You may login to Ease to update your dependent information as needed. Ease login information is located on page 3
        of this guide. If you do not update your coverage within 30 days of the qualifying event, you must wait until the next annual open
        enrollment period to update your coverage.


                            Online Carrier Resources

                            Take advantage of the online resources available through our insurance carriers. You can
                            locate network providers, manage your claims, obtain health and wellness information, and
                            much more! Insurance carrier website addresses are located on page 11 of this guide.





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