During the plan year, you can change your benefit coverage if a qualified change in status affects you or your dependents' eligibility under your employer's plan. If you're eligible to make coverage changes, your changes must be consistent with the change in status. They must also match any changes your spouse or child makes to his or her coverage under another employer's plans. Below are the situations that qualify as a change in status.
Your legal marital status changes:
- Marriage
- Divorce, legal separation, or annulment
- Death of your spouse
Your family member's benefits eligibility changes because of a change in his or her eligibility or coverage under another employer's plans:
- A change in work schedule or status that causes him or her to gain or lose eligibility
- He or she gains a benefit option or loses coverage
- He or she makes new coverage choices during his or her employer's annual enrollment
- Your or your family member's COBRA coverage from another employer expires
- You or your family member becomes eligible for or loses Medicare or Medicaid
- You or your family member loses coverage under a government's or educational institution's plan
If you do have a Qualifying Event, Follow the below instructions on how to make changes to your benefits.
Go to Workday / Benefits / Change / Benefits. Select Dependent Gains Eligibility if you have a lost coverage. Select Dependent Loses Eligibility if you are removing coverage. Supporting documents will be required to make changes to your benefits.
You will have 31 days from the Qualifying Life Event to make any changes to your benefits.