{"id":6313,"date":"2026-06-16T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=6313"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:20:49","slug":"hr-question-of-the-month-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/16\/hr-question-of-the-month-12\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Question of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/June2025_HR-Question.jpg\" alt=\"HR Question of the Month\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>: What should I do if one of my employees got married 2 months ago and is asking to change their benefit plan enrollment now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong>: Most employee benefit elections can only be changed during the annual open enrollment period. However, certain qualifying events (e.g., marriage, divorce, birth of a child, etc.) may allow employees to enroll in coverage, make changes to their existing elections, or cancel coverage during the plan year. In most cases, employees must notify their employer and complete the required enrollment forms within 30 days of the qualifying event. Certain events, such as Medicaid or CHIP eligibility changes, may allow a longer notification period as permitted by law and plan rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the following link to access our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/June2026_Cheat-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Midyear Qualifying Events Cheat Sheet<\/a> \u2013 this document provides information on baseline government regulations, while each company\u2019s benefit plan may have different rules related to midyear changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/PDFs\/June2026_Cheat-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/hr\/Blog\/June2026_Cheat-Sheet-PDF.jpg\" alt=\"Midyear Qualifying Events Cheat Sheet\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:hr@employco.com\" type=\"mailto\" id=\"mailto:hr@employco.com\">Contact us<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schedule a <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/gwilson-employco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15-minute call<\/a> with <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#046240\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Griffen Wilson<\/mark><\/strong> for more information on our services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What should I do if one of my employees got married 2 months ago and is asking to change their benefit plan enrollment now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hr-newsletter"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Employco USA","author_link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/author\/employcousa\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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