A life event refers to a change in your circumstances. This job aid covers generic events.
There are different ways you can navigate your Benefits. You can use the Benefit application on your home page, you can go to your profile, click actions, and select Benefits, or you can select Benefits from your profile menu.
On this Job Aid:
Report a Coverage Change Event
View and Edit Benefit Elections
View Dependents' Benefit Elections
Life events do not always line up with enrollment periods. If you need to change your coverage because of a birth, death, marriage, divorce, or similar life event, you can update your benefits to fit your needs better.
On your Home Page under Your Top Apps, click View all Apps,
From the Benefits and Pay application:
Attach required documents, if applicable.
Certain life events require you to submit documentation. A system will display an error if the required documentation is missing.
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As you select benefit events, the system will determine the due date to submit elections and the enrollment offering types available to you. |
On the last page, you will see a summary of your benefit changes, including an impact on your biweekly contribution. Scroll down Select the I Agree checkbox, if required, to provide an electronic signature, confirming your changes.
Your electronic signature is required before you can submit your benefit elections. Go to the Electronic Signature section and select "I Agree" to Submit your elections. Or, you can Save for Later to complete your elections at a later date. |
Employees can change benefit elections when a qualifying event occurs, such as a change in marital status, the birth or adoption of a child, or a beneficiary change.
From the Benefits application:
A dependent is someone, like a child or a spouse, who receives benefits under your plan.
From the Benefits application:
If you add a dependent, you may need to update your Federal Tax elections, as well as your Benefit elections. If you add a beneficiary, you may need to update your Benefit elections. |
View Dependents' Benefit Elections
From the Benefits application:
A beneficiary is a designated individual who would receive your benefits if something were to happen to you. You can change, edit, and add beneficiaries from the Benefits application.
From the Benefits application:
From your Home Page: