Eligibility
When your appointment is …
- at least 50% Full Time Equivalency, and
- for more than six consecutive months.
Coverage
Coverage starts on the first day of the month following the date of employment, unless the appointment begins on the first working day of the month, in which case eligibility/benefits will begin on that date.
Example
- If your appointment begins on August 16, 2012 – your benefits would begin the first of the month following the date of employment, therefore your benefits would begin on September 1, 2012.
- If your appointment begins on September 4, 2012 – this is the first working day of the month, therefore your benefits would begin on September 4, 2012.
Continuation
Coverage continues if …
- a 50% or greater appointment in an eligible job classification is maintained, and
- the employee is in paid status for eight hours or more in each month*.
*Exception: benefits can be continued during periods of full Leave Without Pay during Family Medical Leave provided the employee pays their portion of the premiums.
Eight hour rule
HCA/PEBB states that if an employee is in paid status for eight hours a month, they are eligible for maintaining benefits. HRS/WSU must determine how that eight hours of pay is arrived at. Employees/departments cannot arbitrarily plug in eight hours of leave a month to maintain benefits – the use of leave must be in compliance with state and university leave rules.
Summer/Off-Season Benefit Eligibility
Employees on nine month or more appointments are eligible for benefits during the summer/off-season.
Employees on less than nine month appointments are not eligible for benefits during the summer/off-season.
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