Event Type

Use these processing options to specify the type of enrollment event that you are setting up.

1. Event Type:

Specify the event type that the system uses when saving data in the Available Plans and Plan Options by Employee Work Table (F085520W). Open enrollment indicates an event that occurs during a set date range, normally only once, during the year. Current enrollment indicates life events that can happen at any time during the year. Examples of current enrollment events are marriage, divorce, or the birth of a child. Values are:

1: Build available plans and plan options for open enrollment.

2: Build available plans and plan options for current enrollment.

2. Process Defaulting:

Specify whether the system checks to see if the current employee's enrollment can be defaulted during an open enrollment. This option is valid only when saving data in the Available Plans and Plan Options by Employee Work Table (F085520W) for an open enrollment event. Values are:

Blank: Do not save information for automatic defaulting. This is the default value.

During open enrollment, employees need to elect

each benefit plan or plan option.

1: Save information for automatic defaulting.

During open enrollment, the system displays the benefit plans and plan options in which each employee is currently enrolled and marks them as elected. Employees can normally change the current elections.