Employee Eligibility
All full-time employees are eligible for company-offered benefit plans immediately, the date of hire. The
voluntary coverages through Unum will only offer one opportunity to enroll during open enrollment each
year.
Dependent Eligibility
Employees who are eligible to participate in the Nordea Bank Abp, New York Branch benefit program
may also enroll their dependents. For the purposes of our benefit plans, your dependents are defined
as follows:
• Your spouse
• Your dependent children to age 26
Changing Your Benefits (Qualifying Life Events)
Per Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules, employees enrolled in pre-tax benefit plans may only make
elections or changes to their plans once per year with the exception of the following Qualifying Life
Events:
• Marriage
• Birth, adoption or placement for adoption of an eligible child
• Divorce, or annulment of marriage
• Loss of spouse’s job or change in work status
(when coverage is maintained through spouse’s plan)
• A significant change in your or your spouse’s health coverage that is attributable to your spouse’s employment
• Death of spouse or dependent
• Loss of dependent status
• Employer-directed transfers to facilities out of the benefits network
• Becoming eligible for Medicare or Medicaid during the plan year
30 Days – Qualifying Life Events Qualifying Life Events allow you to make plan changes outside of the annual enrollment period. For any allowable changes, you must inform Human Resources within 30 calendar days of the qualifying event. Benefit changes that are requested due to a ‘change of mind’ cannot be allowed until the next annual enrollment period. For additional information concerning plan changes, please contact Human Resources.
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