Who is Eligible for Benefits?

Benefits Eligibility

• Employee Eligibility:
  • Active and temporary (paid by Veolia)* employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week
  • Union employees (eligibility determined by Collective Bargaining Agreement)
• Eligible Dependents:
  • Spouse or domestic partner**
  • Children up to age 26, including:
    • Biological children
    • Stepchildren
    • Domestic partner’s children
    • Children under legal guardianship
  • Disabled adult children of any age

 

• * Temporary employees, paid by Veolia (not contractors) eligible only for Medical and Basic Life Insurance (Veolia Cares)
• ** Requires completed Domestic Partner/Common Law Spouse Affidavit

Important Guidelines:

• Dual Coverage Restrictions:
  • Employees cannot be covered as both employee and dependent
  • When both parents work at VNA, only one may enroll shared dependents
• Dependent Verification:
  • Required documentation must be submitted within 45 days from date of hire
  • Review the Veolia Acceptable Forms of Documentation For Dependent Verification/Substantiation
  • Upload documents electronically to the Benefit Enrollment system during enrollment
  • Dependents marked as ‘pending’ until verification complete
• Dependent Coverage Terminates:
  • Dependent children coverage ends last day of month of 26th birthday
  • COBRA available for medical, dental, and vision
  • Life insurance ends on 26th birthday (conversion available through MetLife)

Domestic Partner Guidelines:

• Must submit Affidavit of Domestic Partnership
  • Affidavit of Domestic Partnership  
  • Coverage effective upon document submission
• Relationship dissolution requires Affidavit of Termination
  • Affidavit of Termination of Domestic Partnership
  • Coverage terminated upon document submission