{"id":10241,"date":"2016-10-26T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=10241"},"modified":"2016-10-26T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T14:21:10","slug":"dont-forget-open-enrollment-ends-october-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=10241","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Forget: Open Enrollment ends October 31!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Open Enrollment for the 2017 plan year is coming to a close.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t already, be sure to log into the <a href=\"https:\/\/login.msu.edu\/?App=EBSP-SecPortal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EBS portal<\/a> and add, change or remove your benefit plans before the end date of October 31. Don\u2019t wait until it\u2019s too late to make important decisions about your benefits for the 2017 plan year!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9907\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-9907 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benefits_oe_masthead.jpg?resize=428%2C98\" alt=\"MSU Benefits Open Enrollment Masthead\" width=\"428\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benefits_oe_masthead.jpg?w=1345&amp;ssl=1 1345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benefits_oe_masthead.jpg?resize=300%2C68&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benefits_oe_masthead.jpg?resize=768%2C175&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benefits_oe_masthead.jpg?resize=1024%2C234&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benefits_oe_masthead.jpg?resize=940%2C215&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benefits_oe_masthead.jpg?resize=1200%2C274&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finish Open Enrollment before October 31.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Be sure to complete the Health Care Affidavit if you cover a spouse or\u00a0Other Eligible Individual. This will ensure that your spouse or OEI has coverage in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions as you go through the process, look in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hr.msu.edu\/openenrollment\/2017ActivesOEGuide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 Employee Open Enrollment Guide<\/a> for answers.\u00a0Should you need additional help, there are instruction resources available on the MSU HR\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hr.msu.edu\/openenrollment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>, including a video tutorial. You can also visit a site lab to get help with the open enrollment process. The site labs are located in Suite 125 Nisbet Building, and they are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following dates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 26, 2016<\/li>\n<li>October 27, 2016<\/li>\n<li>October 28, 2016<\/li>\n<li>October 31, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also contact the Solutions Center with any questions at <a href=\"mailto:SolutionsCenter@hr.msu.edu\">SolutionsCenter@hr.msu.edu<\/a> or 517-353-4434.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Enrollment for the 2017 plan year is coming to a close. If you haven\u2019t already, be sure to log into the EBS portal and add, change or remove your benefit plans before the end&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=10241\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Don\u2019t Forget: Open Enrollment ends October 31!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-2Fb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}