Examples of Entering Contact Start Date for Benefits Designation Purposes

This topic provides examples to help you decide the best effective start date to use so that you and your dependents qualify for benefits.

• The first two examples relate to dependents:

  • Adding your newborn

  • Updating a contact relationship

• The final example relates to updating the effective start date because of an event.

Adding Your Newborn

The following table contains two scenarios related to newborns and provides the best effective start date for each.

Scenario	Effective Start Date to Enter
Your hire date is January 1, 2014. Your child was born on January 15, 2014.	Your newborn's birth date
Your child was born on December 15, 2013. Your hire date is January 1, 2014.	Your hire date

Updating a Contact Relationship

The following table contains one scenario related to changing a contact relationship and the best effective start date.

Scenario	Effective Start Date to Enter
Your hire date is January 1, 2014. On February 1, 2014, you married Jane Smith, an existing contact with a current relationship of friend.	Marriage date

Updating the Effective Start Date Because of an Event

The following table contains two scenarios related to a relocation event and provides the best effective start date for each.

Scenario	Effective Start Date to Enter
Your hire date is January 1, 2014. You relocated to a new address on February 28, 2014.	When you update your address details, enter the date that you relocated to the new address.
Your hire date is January 1, 2014. You relocated to a new address on November 21, 2013.	When you update your address details, enter your hire date.