Life event changes

Life event changes

Federal tax law does not allow changes to your benefit elections during the year unless you have a qualified life event change. View common qualified life events and required documentation (PDF).

Some examples of qualified life event changes include:

  • Birth, adoption, placement for foster care or legal custody of a child1
  • Marriage, (recorded through the Clerk of Court)
  •  Divorce or legal separation (recorded through the Clerk of Court)1
  • Gain or loss of spouse or domestic partner's coverage due to change in employment
  • Gain or loss of child's eligibility
  • Gain or loss of coverage under Medicare or Medicaid
  • Death of spouse, domestic partner or child1
  • COBRA coverage expires or COBRA subsidy expires
  • Start or end of unpaid leave of absence
  • Start or end of military leave of absence
  • Change in daycare (Dependent Care FSA only)
  • Spouse or domestic partner moves into or out of the United States
  • Significant change in health care cost of spouse or domestic partner's plan
  • Gain or loss of coverage during spouse or domestic partner's annual benefits enrollment (other than January 1)
  • Loss of child(ren)'s coverage under a parent's plan (due to plan's eligibility requirements)
  • Loss of teammate's coverage under a parent's plan (due to plan's eligibility requirements)

Initiate your life event change in Workday

Changes to your benefit elections must be initiated through Workday within 31 days of the qualifying event.

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