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Mid Year Benefit Changes

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Qualifying Life Events

If you or an eligible dependent have a qualifying life event - you may make a benefit change mid-year, provided the change is consistent with the event. A qualifying life event or family status change can be either:

  • Marriage / Domestic Partnership
  • Birth/Adoption of a Child
  • Spouse is changing jobs and/or health insurance
  • Loss of Medicaid or other coverage
  • Employee Gains or Loses Other Coverage
  • Divorce or Dissolution of Domestic Partnership
  • Death of a Child or Spouse

If you are eligible for a qualifying life event, you must request and make changes to your benefits within 30 days of the event. Do not delay as exceptions to this deadline are not allowed. If you experienced a change that is not listed here, but would like to confirm if it is a qualifying mid-year change, please contact our team here.

To update your benefits:

  1. Login to Workday and search "Change Benefits" as a task in the search bar.
  2. Click on the "Change Benefits" button to establish the change reason and date of the life event.
  3. You will then be asked to submit a reason and a date for this change.
  4. The date you use will be the first date that the change is effective (i.e. birthdate of child, the date benefits other coverage ended, etc.)
  5. You can then click on the insurance coverages you want to update.
  6. Once you are done making your elections, you can submit them.
    1. Important: you will have a final page where you actually will submit your changes and check an “I agree” statement that your benefits are accurate.
    2. You will be required to provide documentation to show proof of your need for the benefits change. Please be sure to attach the file at the time of your request.

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Benefit support

Do you have questions about benefits, your coverage, qualifying life events or claims? The Benefits Advocate team is here to help. Call 1-833-378-0727, email upstart@help.sequoia.com, or visit the Benefits Portal.

WOrkday support

Reach out to the People Ops team at our service desk here.

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