BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY
Benefit Eligibility Waiting Period You are benefit eligible on the 1 st of the month following 30 days for full-time employment.
Who is Eligible? To be eligible for ISLEEP benefits, you must work at least 30 hours per week. You may choose to enroll your eligible dependents in the medical, dental, or vision insurance plans. Eligible dependents include:
Your spouse or qualified domestic partner
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• Your eligible dependent children up to age 26, regardless of full-time student or marital status • Employees who experience a status change (such as part-time to full-time employment) may enroll in the plans on the first day of the month following the date of change as long as you have completed at least 30 days of employment . Domestic Partner Eligibility Criteria If you are enrolling a domestic partner, you will be asked to attest to your domestic partner relationship and that you have met all eligibility requirements listed below for the previous twelve months.
• Neither person was married or in a domestic partnership with someone else; • The persons are not related by blood; • Both are at least 18 years of age (with exceptions); • Both are capable of consenting to the domestic partnership; and • Both members may either be of the same sex or opposite sex under the age of 62, or • One or both is eligible for social security benefits and over the age of 62.
Making Changes You can make changes to your benefit choices once a year, during the ISLEEP Open Enrollment period in August. All changes are effective September 1, and all coverages you select will be effective for a full plan year. Because many of your benefits are available on a pre-tax basis, the IRS requires you to have a change in family status (a qualifying event) in order to make changes during the year. The IRS defines family status change as:
Marriage, legal separation or divorce
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Domestic partnership
• Birth, adoption or custody change of an eligible dependent • Beginning or ending of a spouse’s or domestic partner’s employment • An increase in the cost of health care coverage for you and your spouse or domestic partner because of your spouse’s or domestic partner’s employ ment • A change in employment (for either you or your spouse) from part-time to full-time or vice versa
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