Eligibility & Mid-Year Changes

Eligibility

Full-time regular or intern employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for benefits on the date of hire. You’re eligible for benefits on your date of hire if you are a regular or intern employee working at least 20 hours per week.

Eligible dependents include:

  • Spouses or domestic partners
  • Children (including children of our spouse or domestic partner) up to age 26

Family members such as parents, grandparents, and siblings are not eligible for coverage. In addition, a Snowflake employee cannot be enrolled in single coverage while also being covered as a dependent of another Snowflake employee (for example, a spouse).

When to enroll in or change your benefits:

QLEs include a change in marital status, a change in eligible dependent status, loss of other coverage, and other major life changes. If you experience a QLE, you have 31 days from the event date to make changes to your benefit elections.

Make changes to your benefits on Empyrean

If you’ve experienced a qualifying life event, go to our enrollment platform, Empyrean, to make needed changes.

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Mid-Year Changes

You can make changes to your benefit elections during the plan year if you experience a qualifying life event. You have 31 days from the date of the life event to make those changes. If you miss this window, you will not be able to make changes until the next annual Open Enrollment period.

To view eligibility information, click here.

Qualifying life events include:

  • Change in legal marital status (i.e., marriage, divorce, death, legal separation or annulment)
  • Newly established or dissolved domestic partnership
  • Change in the number of dependents (i.e., birth, adoption or placement for adoption, death)
  • Change in your or your spouse’s/domestic partner’s employment status or employer-provided coverage
  • Change in dependent eligibility
  • Change of residence (moving into or out of an insurance’s coverage area)
  • Receipt of a judgment, decree, or order to provide coverage
  • Changes resulting from a family medical leave
  • Enrollment in Medicare or Medicaid
  • Significant cost or coverage change (such a change does not permit modifications to your health flexible spending account)

You may be required to provide documentation, such as a birth certificate or marriage license, to make changes to your elections or coverage.

Learn more about qualifying life events on Healthcare.gov.

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