Understanding Benefit Programs

A benefit program is a collection of benefits that are offered to a group of employees. You may have multiple benefit programs if you offer different benefits to different groups of employees, charge different premiums, or administer enrollment rules differently for various employee groups.

Use the Benefit Program Table to establish a program for employees, link the appropriate plan types and benefit plans to it, and associate a variety of rules, such as rates, calculation rules, and dependent rules. The Benefit Program Table brings together all of the information that relates to a benefit program, including whether to process enrollments manually or use PeopleSoft Benefits Administration automated enrollment.

This diagram shows the building blocks for benefit programs: