Reminder: Annual Benefit Enrollment Coming April 1-30; Life Insurance Enrollment to be Included

Our annual benefit enrollment will be open to all full-time and 96-day employees from April 1 through April 30, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. for the 2015-16 year benefit year, which begins July 1, 2015. Full-time employees will be enrolling in health and dental insurance and medical flex spending plans, while part-time staff (96-day) will only be enrolling in medical flex spending. (Note: This enrollment period is not for enrollment in the dependent care plan, which is done in November.) We will need your enrollment selections even if you choose not to make any changes to your benefits for next year. This is the time that you can add and/or drop family members to your health and dental plans without a life event or change of status. 

A change coming this year is that enrollment will now be completed through the Employee Online tab on the Employee Dashboard rather than through a separate web link. An enrollment guide will be available in next week’s Connection that will walk you through the enrollment process. The guide will also be available on the enrollment process page. 

VOYA Life Insurance Enrollment 
During our annual benefit enrollment, employees who didn’t opt for additional life insurance coverage through VOYA can also enroll. During April, we will provide the enrollment form and Evidence of Insurability via The Connection. Existing employees who are enrolling for the first time will be required to fill out an Evidence of Insurability form. Existing employees who are already enrolled but who want to increase their coverage may also do so at this time. Existing employees may increase their coverage, but if they choose to increase it over $10,000, they will be required to fill out an Evidence of Insurability form. Enrollment will be during April but will be effective on July 1, 2015. 

If you have any questions, contact Juliette Houseman, Benefits Specialist, at jhouseman@heartlandaea.org or ext. 14315.