Special Open Enrollment

Life Changing Events

Some changes in your life and in your job can affect your benefits. When you have a life or job related change, these short checklists can help you think through and complete the human resources and payroll changes you may want to make as a result.

Moving to a New Address

• Update Address with in ctcLink.
• Update Direct Deposit Information if necessary.

Getting Married

• Review your benefits.
• Add your spouse and/or your spouse's children to your health and insurance coverage by filling out the appropriate forms and returning any required documentation.
  • Enrollment changes
  • Dependent verification
  • Life insurance changes
• Review your Beneficiaries.
  • Life insurance beneficiary changes
  • Department of Retirement Systems beneficiary change information
  • TIAA beneficiary change information
• Update your marital status, name, address, and any other information that has changed.
• Review your tax withholdings (call Payroll at x1492 if you have questions) and change your W-4 if necessary.

Enrolling a Domestic Partner

• Review your benefits.
• Add your partner and/or your partner's children to your health and insurance coverage by filling out the appropriate forms and returning any required documentation.
  • Enrollment changes
  • Dependent verification
  • Life insurance changes
• Update your Beneficiaries.
  • Life insurance beneficiary changes
  • Department of Retirement Systems beneficiary change information
  • TIAA beneficiary change information
• Update your name, address, and any other information that has changed.
• Review your tax withholdings (call Payroll at x1492 if you have questions) and change your W-4 if necessary.

Having a Baby or Adopting

• Review your benefits.
• Review the Edmonds College Family Medical Leave (FMLA - Employee) Kit.
• Review the Edmonds College Family Medical Leave (FMLA - Family) Kit.
• Add your child to your health and insurance coverage by filling out the appropriate forms and returning any required documentation.
  • Enrollment changes
  • Dependent verification
  • Life insurance changes
• Review your Beneficiaries.
  • Life insurance beneficiary changes
  • Department of Retirement Systems beneficiary change information
  • TIAA beneficiary change information
• Review your tax withholdings (call Payroll at x1492 if you have questions) and change your W-4 if necessary.

Getting Divorced

• Review your benefits.
• Disenroll your ex-spouse.
  • Enrollment changes
  • Life insurance changes
• Review your Beneficiaries.
  • Life insurance beneficiary changes
  • Department of Retirement Systems beneficiary change information
  • TIAA beneficiary change information
• Update your marital status, name, address, and any other information that has changed.
• Review your tax withholdings (call Payroll at x1492 if you have questions) and change your W-4 if necessary.
• Update Direct Deposit Information if necessary.

Ending a Domestic Partnership

• Review your benefits.
• Disenroll your ex-partner.
  • Enrollment changes
  • Life insurance changes
• Review your Beneficiaries
  • Life Insurance Beneficiary Change Form
  • Department of Retirement Systems beneficiary change information
• Update your name, address, and any other information that has changed.
• Review your tax withholdings (call Payroll at x1492 if you have questions) and change your W-4 if necessary.
• Update Direct Deposit Information if necessary.

Dropping a Dependent

• Review your benefits.
• Review eligibility for removing dependents.
• Disenroll your dependent.
  • Enrollment changes

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