Open Enrollment During the Month of November

OPEN ENROLLMENT DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

The District’s Annual Employee Benefits Open Enrollment period occurs during the month of November. It is the time to review your medical insurance, make changes, remove dependents or add eligible dependents.

You are welcome to attend the Open Enrollment Information meeting at Central Office in rooms 3A & 3B on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 from 3 to 5 pm. This meeting is a question and answer opportunity so you may stop in at any time. Health insurance representatives from Excellus BlueCross/Blue Shield will be available at this meeting along with District Employee Benefits Staff.

*FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT INFORMATION*

FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY RENEW

YOU MUST RE-ENROLL IN FLEXIBLE SPENDING EACH YEAR THAT YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE

You must re-enroll if you wish to have money taken out of your paycheck pre-tax and deposited into a Flexible Spending Account for Medical Care and/or Dependent Care expenses for 2015. MEDICAL CARE EXPENSES INCLUDE OUT-OF-POCKET MEDICAL EXPENSES SUCH AS COPAYS, DENTAL ETC. AND DEPENDENT CARE IS FOR DEPENDENT CHILD CARE.

During Open Enrollment, you can enroll and/or make changes online for health and for dental insurance, a flexible spending account and other benefits as provided per your collective bargaining agreement. You may add or remove dependents or choose to enroll in the Enhanced Plan or the Core Plan. You may also change from the Enhanced Plan to the Core Plan or from the Core Plan to the Enhanced Plan. Plan comparisons are available on Coverage remains the same for both plans.

Employees can enroll online, via PeopleSoft through November 30, 2014.

Instructions to access Open Enrollment thru PeopleSoft Self-Service:

> Employee Self Service > Benefits > Benefits Enrollment

After you have made your enrollment selections, click the “update elections” button to store your choices. You will need to click “submit” twice and then “ok”. Your event status should now indicate “SUBMITTED”.

If you make any changes, you will receive a confirmation statement within two weeks. Please verify your elections. If you do not receive a confirmation statement in the mail within two weeks, please contact Employee Benefits.

You also have access to make changes to your Open Enrollment from home. Instructions for External Access Setup are located on SharePoint under “Citrix External Access Portal Instructions”. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the HelpDesk at 262-8151.

Please note that Open Enrollment changes cannot be processed after November 30.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday the Benefits Office will be closed on November 27 and 28. If you need to contact Employee Benefits, please do so by Wednesday November 26, 2014.

The effective date of coverage will be January 1, 2015.

Employee Benefits 262-8206