Open Enrollment is over. Please check back next year after receiving communication from the benefits department. DPS BENEFITS OPEN ENROLLMENT Open Enrollment Period is from April 24 to 5:00 p.m. on May 12, 2017 The effective date of the benefits changes is July 1, 2017 WELCOME TO ONLINE OPEN ENROLLMENT 2017! Please review the benefits materials and the plan selector tool available on the Open Enrollment Website to make the best selections for you and your family. If you are interested in enrolling or learning more about voluntary benefits through Aflac that help cover your expenses in the event of a hospitalization, critical illness or an accident -- please click here for more information. This year you have the opportunity to enroll in Employee Optional Life insurance without having to complete the usual Health Questionnaire. Information was sent to your home with details and a simplified enrollment form. If you did not recieve an offering at your home, you can get more information by contacting MetLife Enrollment Center at 877-638-4671. If you are enrolled in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) you must re-enroll for the new plan year. Please note, if you have a CDHP with an HSA, you cannot use FSA funds on medical expenses. Limited use healthcare FSAs are restricted to dental and vision expenses. Please refer to the rate sheet within the enrollment guide for actual costs of medical insurance. Online Open Enrollment rates include medical subsidies but not benefit credits (flex dollars). Sick Bank Leave enrollment is now part of Benefits Open Enrollment. When you enroll in a Consumer Driven Health Plan (CDHP), you can enroll in a Health Savings Account (HSA). In order to receive the DPS contribution of up to $750 per year to your HSA, you must enroll in a CDHP. If you enroll in an HMO plan, you are not eligible for a HSA. It is your responsibility to check your monthly payroll stubs through Employee Self Service to verify that your requested deductions are made properly and report any discrepancies to Employee Services at 720 423-3900 immediately. DPS will not refund premiums in excess of the amount the insurance carrier is willing to reimburse nor District Contribution beyond two months in arrears. After you complete open enrollment, you will receive a congratulatory message. Please print this screen and keep it with your records. If you do not see a congratulatory message, you have not successfully completed open enrollment. Mid-Year Changes Open Enrollment is your one chance during the year to make changes to your enrollment. If you fail to make changes during Open Enrollment, all benefits will be waived and you will only be allowed to make a change to your benefits if you have a qualifying event (i.e., marriage, divorce, birth/adoption, death, and/or gain or loss of employment that impacts benefit coverage). If you have a qualifying event, you are required to provide the Human Resources Department written proof of the change within 30 days (or 60 days for Medicare or CHP+ (Children's Health Insurance Program) eligibility or termination of coverage) to be able to change your coverage. Please refer to the Enrollment Guide for more information on Life Change Events. Additional Benefits Listed below are additional benefits that are not part of this open enrollment process. Sick Leave Bank Retirement and 401(k) Commuter Benefits (Parking and Transit) Supplemental Life Insurance Assistance Fund and Payroll Protection Plan Long Term Care Insurance Auto and Home Insurance Pet Insurance Employee Discount Program For more information on these benefits and how to enroll, please click here to visit the DPS benefits and compensation website or call HR Connect at 720 423-3900. WELCOME, SICK LEAVE BANK OPEN ENROLLMENT September 1 - 30, 2015 WAIT - If you are a trying to do New Hire Enrollment for your Medical, Dental, Vision and HSA/FSA enrollments, you are in the wrong place. Please go to "New Hire Enrollment" in the drop down on your left. If you proceed to this site you will be locked out of New Hire Enrollments and your enrollment will be delayed. The purpose of the Sick Leave Bank is to provide the means of obtaining additional sick leave days (upon proper approval) to eligible employees who have exhausted all of their accumulated sick leave. Therefore, it can provide additional time for employees to restore their health so they can return to work at DPS. It is not the intent of the program to provide additional hours off for elective surgery, surgery that can be scheduled during a regularly scheduled break, or prior to retirement or resignation. As a condition of membership, continuing members will have one day of personal accumulated sick leave automatically deducted every November. Current and new members must have the appropriate sick day(s) accrued as of October 31, 2015. NEW MEMBERS Sick Leave Bank open enrollment is the opportunity for new members from the following eligible bargaining units and classifications: Administrators, Managers, Supervisors, DAEOP, CWA, DCTA, Classified (Pro-Tech, Non-Affiliated, Facility Managers, Paraprofessionals, ATU, ABGW, and Food Service Workers) and Vocational Teachers to enroll in the plan. As a condition of membership you must have the designated number of personal accumulated sick leave days by October 31 to contribute to the bank in November. Depending on your employee group classification, this can be either one or two days; each subsequent year, only one day will be deducted each November. If you wish to become a member, please review the guidelines and procedures at the Sick Leave Bank website for complete understanding. Then enroll by following the steps in this online enrollment process: Click "continue" below. Make your selection and click "continue" - do not exit. Print your confirmation page. Be sure to enroll before open enrollment closes at 4:00PM on September 30. The effective date of membership for new enrollees is December 1. If you have questions or difficulty with the online process, please call HR Connect at 720 423-3900. CURRENT MEMBERS As a current member you DO NOT need to go through this online process -- unless you wish to discontinue your membership, which you can do by selecting "Stop this type of benefit". For continuing members, one (1) day will be automatically deducted for continuance of membership in November . Therefore, you must have at least one day of sick leave in your accrual as of October 31 . Note: Effective September 1, 2012 -- all paid accrued leave must be expensed out prior to sick leave bank usage to mirror the FMLA policy. For more information, please review the guidelines and procedures in its entirety at the Sick Leave Bank website. NEW HIRE ENROLLMENT All benefits eligible employees must enroll in benefits within 30 days from their date of hire. Benefits are effective the first of the month following their date of hire. Employees must enroll online through Employee Self Service. Employees who do not enroll within their first 30 calendar days of employment will be considered to have waived benefits. If you would like step-by-step instructions for completing online enrollment please click here. The first step in enrollment is entering dependents. Please enter your spouse and/or dependent information, including Social Security Numbers, and then click Continue. You will not be able to cover dependents that are not entered prior to beginning plan selection. If you do not have dependents you would like to cover, simply click Continue. Be sure to go completely through the process (do not exit), check each of your elections prior to continuing, and print out your confirmation page at the end. Also, please make sure your pop-up blocker is turned off. If you find your confirmation differs from what you intended, please contact HR Connect at 720 423-3900 for assistance. You will be offered enrollment in the following DPS insurance (if eligible): On line enrollment through Employee Self Service: Health Insurance - medical, dental, vision Health Savings Account (must enroll in a Medical Plan to be eligible to enroll in HSA) Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts Sick Leave Bank Paper Enrollment ONLY Optional Life Insurance: DPS offers you the option to purchase additional life insurance for yourself, your spouse, and your dependent children. You must purchase additional voluntary coverage for yourself in order to purchase coverage for your spouse and/or dependents. If you wish to enroll in additional coverage, please click here for the paper DPS Life Insurance Enrollment Form or find it online located on the New Hire Orientation Resources > MetLife Retirement plans page. If electing coverage for yourself over $100,000 and/or your spouse over $20,000, you will also need to complete the paper Statement of Health Form and return the completed form to HR Connect at connect_humanresources@dpsk12.org For your peace of mind, DPS automatically enrolls eligible employees in MetLife Group Basic Life, Long Term Disability and Accidental Death and Dismemberment at no cost. No enrollment action is needed for this benefit. Please see your benefit enrollment guide for more details.