Birth/adoption of a child

Birth/Adoption of a child

The following instructions will walk you through adding a baby to your benefit plan(s).

  1.  From the navigation bar at the top left, click the Benefits and Pay ²¹±è±è±ô¾±³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô.Ìý
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  1. Click Benefit Elections under Benefits.
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  1. Click the Change Benefits button
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  2. From the Change Reason options, select Birth/Adoption of child.
  3. Click the Calendar icon to enter the date of birth as the event date.

Note: You can only enter an effective date of up to one year in the past. If your child was born prior to one year ago, enter an effective date of one year ago in the Benefit Event Date field. You will be prompted to enter their date of birth later in the dependent set up section in the enrollment event.

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  1. Click Submit without attaching anything to continue on to the dependent set up.
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  1. Click the Open option on the pop-up window.
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  1. °ä±ô¾±³¦°ìÌýLet's Get Started to continue on to update/view your tobacco use. 
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  1. Review your tobacco use and click Continue.
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  1. Click Continue again to go to the benefit plans page. 

Note: No changes are completed at this point. If you navigate away from this task, it will be saved in your Workday inbox for you to complete and submit from there.

Health care elections

  1. Click Manage under the Extended Health Care plan.
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  1. Click Confirm and Continue to go to the dependents screen.
  2. Click the Add New Dependent button.
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  1. Choose if your dependent will also be a beneficiary for life insurance or pension by selecting Yes or No.

Note: Beneficiaries under the age of 18 will require someone to be set up in trust for them.

  1. Set up a brand new dependent: Click OK at the bottom of the screen to create a new dependent.

  2. On the left-hand side of the screen, enter their first name and last name.
  3. On the right-hand side of the screen in the Relationship field, select Child.
  4. Enter their birthday and select sex at birth.

Note: Leave Payroll Dependent checked on and leave the Tobacco Use check box blank. This is for life insurance premium information and is not required here.

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  1. Scroll down to enter the address and phone information. If this information is the same as yours, select Use Existing Address and Use Existing Phone to populate these fields, otherwise, enter the information in the appropriate fields.
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  1. Click OK. Your newly added child’s name will now display in the dependents table.
  2. Click Save.
  3. If you also have dental coverage, dependents will default to the same as those entered in the Extended Health Care plan, unless you are a part-time employee with the option to waive. 

Note: The same dependents should be listed under both health and dental plans.

Review and sign

  1. Once you have added your new child to both health and dental (if applicable) plans, click Review and Sign at the bottom of the screen. 
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Note: Changes are not finalized until this step is completed.

  1. Review your changes and scroll down to select the I Agree checkbox.
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  1. Click Submit.
  2. This next page presents a summary of your benefit elections for your reference only. You may choose to print or save this page or just click Done. Do not send this page to Human Resources.

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