New Online Benefit Eligibility Status Change Guided Event

The latest enhancement to the NRECA Employee Benefits website is the benefit eligibility status change event. This event is used to notify NRECA when an employee has a change in their employment for the following reasons:

• Part-time to full-time or vice versa
• Reporting of hours completed for eligibility in benefit programs
• Union to non-union and vice versa
• Change from employee to department head or manager and vice versa

This event is now enhanced to guide you through which options are allowed for the employee. It features:

• Streamlined data entry, which means fewer steps
• New job classifications
• The ability to enter retirement beneficiaries for the first time
• More guidance in selecting the appropriate Retirement Security Plan for the employee, if the cooperative has more than one type of plan

The benefit eligibility status change event is similar to, but not the same as, the coverage change event and the changes in dependent status event.

• The coverage change event is used to lower or drop coverage in benefits for retirees, directors, attorneys and individuals in a subgroup that is self-administering COBRA.
• The changes in dependent status event is used for participants to add, drop or change coverage for adult dependents. Adult dependents include spouses and children between 18 and 26.

You can access the event from the Employee Administration megamenu or through its page in the BA Guide.

If you have questions about the benefit eligibility status change event or which event is the right one to use in a specific situation, contact the Member Contact Center at 866.673.2299 from 7 am to 7 pm, Central time, Monday through Friday or at contactcenter@nreca.coop anytime.