S
t. John’s College
takes pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to its
employees. We, through all of our benefit partners, offer you a program that allows choice and
flexibility. Through this program, you can choose the benefits that are best for you
and
your family.
Please take the time to review all plan options prior to making your selections. Consider each benefit and
the associated cost carefully and choose the benefits package that will best meet your family’s needs
throughout the year.
The elections made during our open enrollment period will remain in place from
January 1, 2017 through
December 31, 2017. Options selected upon hire remain in place through the end of the plan year in which
you are hired. The exception to both of these is a qualifying event.
Please see the table below for a
description of what constitutes as a qualifying event.
2017
Benefits
INSIDE THIS GUIDE:
Medical Benefits
1-4
Medical Tools &
Resources
5-6
Dental Benefits
7
Vision Benefits
8
Life and Disability
9
Flexible Spending
Accounts
10
Employee Assistance
Program
10
403(b) Tax Deferred
Annuity
10
Compliance Notices
11-14
Contacts
15
The Internal Revenue Service (
IRS
) states that eligible employees may only
make elections to the plan at the time of hire and once a year at open enroll-
ment. Medical, Dental and Vision benefit elections are binding through De-
cember 31 of each year. The following circumstances are reasons you may
change your benefits during the year:
These special circumstances, often referred to as life event changes, allow
you to make plan changes at any time during the year in which they occur. For
any allowable change,
you must inform the Personnel Department within
30 days of the event
in order to make the change. All other changes are de-
ferred to open enrollment.
Marriage
Death of a Spouse
Divorce
Death of a Dependent
Birth & Adoption
Loss of Dependent Status
Loss of Spouse’s job where coverage is maintained
through a spouse’s plan