Who is Eligible and When
You are eligible for benefits if you are actively working 30 hours per week and designated as a full-time employee.
New hires may elect benefits within 31 days of your date of hire and coverage will become effective first day of the month following date of hire or coinciding with the 1st of the month.
An Open Enrollment window is provided each year so employees can review and change their coverage(s) for the following year’s benefits plan. Open Enrollment is typically held in May for a June 1st effective date.
Outside of these periods, you can only make changes if you experience a qualifying life event which is described on the next page under “Changes During the Plan Year”.
Eligible Dependents
- Your spouse. The term “spouse” means the individual lawfully married to you.
- Your domestic partner. Domestic partners must be 18 years of age or older and unmarried; not related by blood in any manner that would prohibit legal marriage; have assumed mutual obligations for the welfare and support of each other; share a common residence and live together as a couple in the same household; and each other’s sole domestic partner.
- Your qualified children under the age of 26 who is your: biological, step, adopted or placed for legal guardianship.
- Your unmarried child over the age of 26 who is disabled, living with you, dependent on you for support and unable to support himself/herself due to a mental or physical disability.
Documentation Requirements for Dependents
If you enroll your spouse and/or eligible dependent child(ren), when asked, you will need to provide documentation (noted below) to Waev’s human resources department to confirm their eligibility for coverage. Acceptable forms of documentation Include:
- Marriage license for spouse
- Notarized domestic partner attestation formation or dissolution of partnership
- Birth certificate for children
- Court-ordered guardianship papers, adoption papers or placement letter
- Divorce decree