{"id":9901,"date":"2016-09-27T09:58:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T13:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=9901"},"modified":"2016-09-27T09:58:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T13:58:29","slug":"2017-open-enrollment-begins-october-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=9901","title":{"rendered":"2017 Open Enrollment Begins October 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of the year again; time for Open enrollment for 2017!<a href=\"http:\/\/hr.msu.edu\/openenrollment\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9907\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benefits_oe_masthead.jpg?resize=300%2C68\" alt=\"MSU Benefits Open Enrollment Masthead\" width=\"300\" height=\"68\" 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: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Open Enrollment application has been updated with the refreshed EBS Portal. So starting October 1, log in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/login.msu.edu\/?App=EBSP-SecPortal\">EBS Portal <\/a>to enroll until October 31. You will be able to add, change or remove your MSU benefits plans, but must do so in the month of October. You also must complete the Health Plan Affidavit if you cover a spouse or Other Eligible Individual (OEI). New instructions, including a video tutorial, are provided in the Open Enrollment guide and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hr.msu.edu\/openenrollment\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even with these changes, there\u2019s no need to stress. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hr.msu.edu\/openenrollment\/BenefitsFair.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benefits Fair <\/a>will be held in the Breslin Student Events Center. The event will take place October 11, noon to 6 p.m., October 12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and October 13, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. MSU Human Resources staff will be available to answer questions and help with enrollment. There will be numerous vendors from health, dental, retirement, life and AD&amp;D, Flexible Spending Accounts, MSU Benefits Plus and MSU units attending. The MSU Health Team will also be providing flu vaccines for eligible faculty, staff, retirees and their dependents. The MSU Health4U program will offer chair massages.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this year&#8217;s Open Enrollment. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hr.msu.edu\/openenrollment\">www.hr.msu.edu\/openenrollment<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s that time of the year again; time for Open enrollment for 2017! The Open Enrollment application has been updated with the refreshed EBS Portal. So starting October 1, log in to the EBS Portal&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=9901\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> 2017 Open Enrollment Begins October 1<\/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":[2,9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-2zH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9901"}],"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=9901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}