2021 Open Enrollment Guide
The 2021 Open Enrollment Guide is now available online. Please review the Guide, as it contains important information regarding University benefits, including what is new for 2021. For more information, please visit the 2021 Open Enrollment website.
https://humanresources.uchicago.edu/benefits/2021openenrollment.shtml
Virtual Open Enrollment Information Sessions
To provide an overview of the many benefits available to you and your family during the 2021 Open Enrollment period, the Benefits Team will be offering three virtual “Open Enrollment Information Sessions.” All sessions will be presented via Zoom beginning at 12pm on:
- November 3, 2020
- November 10, 2020
- November 12, 2020
Additionally, the Benefits Office, in collaboration with key benefit providers, such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, TIAA, CVS, VSP, etc., are hosting virtual presentations via Zoom throughout Open Enrollment.
Join us to learn more about the wide range of health and welfare benefits the University of Chicago offers you and your family. Visit the Open Enrollment website for more details and to register for an Open Enrollment Information Session and the virtual presentations by our key providers. Can’t make it to a session? Visit the 2021 Virtual Benefits Fair to view the Open Enrollment Informational Presentation, as well as presentations and materials from all of our vendors.
Completing Open Enrollment in Workday
Please refer to the Workday Open Enrollment Quick Reference Guide for instructions on completing Open Enrollment benefit elections in Workday.
https://workday.uchicago.edu/sites/workday.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/2021%20OE%20QRG%20FINAL.pdf
Life Events and Employment Status Changes
If you have a life event or employment status change during Open Enrollment, you must first enroll in benefits for the life event before the OE task will become available. If you have a life event or employment status change after Open Enrollment, you must first enroll in benefits for the life event and then complete the OE task again within 5 days. Examples of life events and employment status changes are birth, marriage, new hire and part-time to full-time.
New This Year
Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance and Mandatory Retirement Savings Contributions will be displayed in the Open Enrollment steps; current elections will be grayed out and may not be changed during OE. If you wish to change your LTD coverage, you must do so outside of OE by following this Quick Reference Guide.