Who’s Eligible

Who’s Eligible

Overview

All U.S. full-time and part-time employees working a minimum regular schedule of 21 hours per week are eligible, unless previously excluded from a predecessor plan. When you are eligible for benefits, you can also enroll your spouse or domestic partner and other eligible dependents.

Dependents who can be enrolled for coverage include:

• Spouses (unless legally separated or divorced)

• Same- or opposite-sex domestic/civil union partners

• Your eligible dependent children, including:

  • Your natural children

  • Your legally adopted children

  • Your step children

  • Children of your domestic partner

  • Children placed with you for adoption

  • Your foster children

  • Any other children (including grandchildren) for whom you are the legal guardian as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction

Children are eligible for benefits as follows:

• Dependent children up to age 26 are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and child life coverage regardless of marital or student status.

• Unmarried dependent children age 21 and older, if totally disabled, are eligible for dental, vision, and life insurance coverage. Qualifying certification of total disability will be required by the plan.