Document number: 18503

 

 

If you are a newly hired PeopleSoft employee who needs to make initial benefit elections, see Eureka! document 17040 — How to Access Benefits Enrollment.

Existing PeopleSoft employees can only change their benefit elections at two times:

• During Open Enrollment; or

• Within a prescribed time frame of a qualified change to their family status, 30 days for US employees and 31 days for Canadian employees. See the Changing your Family Status section below for detailed information.

You must complete a Family Status Change Request form within 30 days for US employees—or 31 days for Canadian employees—of the qualified family status change.

Some examples of qualified family status changes are:

• A marriage or divorce.
• The birth or adoption of a child.
• A change of employment for a spouse or domestic partner.
• The death of a spouse, domestic partner, or dependent child.

But there are other qualifying events. If you believe you qualify for a family status change and want to consider all of the related issues, including your benefits, see the links below for complete information.

• U.S. employees, see the HR Family Status Change intranet site (http://planetx.peoplesoft.com/employee_resources/hr/benefits/us/family_status_change/index.html).

• Canadian employees, see the Family Status Change site (http://planetx.peoplesoft.com/employee_resources/hr/benefits/canada/family_status_change/index.html).

 

Changing your Family Status:

If you are a U.S. or Canadian employee, follow the steps below to locate the form. (International employees, please check with your regional HR representative.)

1. Launch the PeopleSoft InfoCenter database in Lotus Notes.

2. Click Human Resources.

3. Click Benefits.

4. Click the applicable button.

• US employees, click PeopleFlex Benefits.
• Canadian employees, click Canadian Benefits.

5. Click Family Status Change.

6. Complete and submit the form that appears. Fax the supporting documentation to the fax number provided on the Family Status Change Form.

You will receive an email after the Benefits department processes your form. If you would like to change your benefit elections as a result of this family change, see the Updating your benefit elections section below.

 

Updating your benefit elections

After you submit your Family Status Change Request, either use the link in the email you receive to access Benefits Enrollment or navigate by following the steps below:

1. Log onto Planet PeopleSoft. (For more information, see Eureka! Document 15270 — How to Log on to Planet PeopleSoft.)

2. On the left side the page in the Employee Resources section, click Human Resources.

3. Click the Benefits link.

4. Select the appropriate country.

5. In the eBenefits section on the right side of the page, click Benefits Enrollment.

Canadian employees: If your election requires new application or enrollment forms, the system prompts you to submit those forms. Changes to beneficiaries always require new enrollment forms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created by the PeopleSoft Knowledge Management Team.
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Created: jw 08/10/2004