When Life changes, so can your Flex Benefits choices.
Life Events
Flex Benefits – designed to let you make changes as the needs of you and your family change.
Outside of Annual Enrollment you can adjust your coverage if you have an eligible Life Event.
During the year, you may enroll and/or change your options if one of the following events occurs:
- Marriage, civil union (Quebec) or a common-law relationship of six months or more.
- Divorce, separation or end of a common-law relationship.
- Addition of an eligible dependent child.
- Loss of a child’s status as a dependent (marriage, age limit, leaves school, etc.).
- Your spouse/partner gains or loses benefits coverage
- Death of a spouse/partner or child.
Go to Flex Benefits Enrollment to make changes when you have a life event.
Life Events must be entered within 30 days of the life event. If you miss this window, changes can only be made during Annual Enrollment or after another life event.
Any new coverage and payroll deductions will be applied back to the date of the event, ensuring no gap in coverage.
You are responsible for visiting the Flex Benefits Enrollment website to update your dependents and coverage within 30 days of the event; otherwise, you must wait until the next Annual Enrollment or another life event. Your new coverage and any payroll deductions will be retroactive to the date of the event.
Life Events and Unused Flex Dollars
If you change your coverage during the year and you originally had unused Flex dollars, there may be a temporary adjustment to your payroll deductions for the balance of the year. At the next Annual Enrollment, you can adjust how you spend your unused Flex dollars.
