AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES
Benefit Program Participation
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You will go to the Benefit Program Participation page when you need to view or update information relating to an employee’s eligibility for benefits.

Some important things to remember:

Incorrect information may affect an employee’s benefits eligibility.
Do not change fields when an employee terminates, retires, goes on leave without pay, or returns from leave without pay.
Do not change fields if the employee receives a pay increase or decrease unless the percent FTE changes. Salary changes that occur during the year will automatically update following open enrollment.

Employees in benefits eligible positions whose:

• FTE is .90 or greater are considered full-time for benefits.
• FTE is .50-.89 are considered part-time for benefits.
• FTE is .49 or less are not benefits eligible.

The benefit programs for full-time employees are based on their annual salary and are divided into salary tiers FT1, FT2, and FT3. As of benefit plan year 2011, the current salary tier levels are:

• FT1 - equal to or less than $27,999
• FT2 - $28,000 to $48,000
• FT3 - greater than $48,000

The benefit program for part-time benefits eligible employees is always PT1.

The Benefit Program Participation page is located at Benefits>Enroll in Benefits>Assign to Benefit Program

You will search for your employee by typing their Employee ID and clicking Search.

The employee record will pull up and look like this if just viewing. Click on each field to read a description.

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