IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR!!!  

2020 OPEN ENROLLMENT SCHEDULE AND INSTRUCTIONS

Every employee is required to complete the

Employee Navigator online enrollment process. 

Following completion, every employee must meet with HR Staff to finalize benefit selections during the Open Enrollment Period of March 2 - 6, 2020. 

We will be here to assist you between 8:00 a.m. – noon and 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

When you come in to complete your enrollment, Kelci Irby (Staff Trainer) will be in the WAC Meeting Room (front office) to assist you with the enrollment process on Employee Navigator.  We will have laptops available in the WAC Meeting Room for this process.  Each employee must access the Employee Navigator site and complete their enrollment prior to finalizing enrollment with HR.  A printed copy of the finalized enrollment is required to meet with HR staff. If you need to make any changes such as name, address, beneficiaries, dependent information, social security numbers, etc. you must have the information with you to complete the Employee Navigator enrollment.

When you arrive, please sign in at the front desk to complete your Employee Navigator enrollment.  Once finished with Navigator, you may sign in again at the front desk to meet with HR staff and finalize your enrollment.  We will see you as quickly as possible, keeping in mind that we will naturally try to serve those who are not “on-the-clock” first.*

If you are a member of Tri-Ko’s health insurance group, we are not changing companies this year.  Aetna will continue to be our health carrier.   The new plan year begins April 1, 2020. If you are already on the Aetna Health plan you will not be receiving a new insurance card. Dental, Life and Short Term Disability will be with Guardian.  Vision coverage remains with VSP. 

If you are not a member of Tri-Ko’s health insurance group, you must present a current health insurance card to apply Tri-Ko benefits to other coverage.  Once the coverage is validated, and if you meet Tri-Ko Policy requirements, you may be eligible to utilize the Tri-Ko employee benefit amount of $400 for other insurance coverage or mutual funds investments**. 

If you have any questions, please CALL Valorie or Judy in the HR Office.  Please do not rely on advice given from your co-workers.   When given the wrong advice, it is often frustrating for everyone and sometimes causes poor decisions to be made.  Please give us the opportunity to steer you through this process without complications.  We would like to thank you for your cooperation and patience during the next few days!  We will enjoy seeing you all and endeavor to make enrollment as easy as possible. 

*Reminder:  Time spent completing your enrollment nor the time spent in the HR Office to complete this process are compensable work time unless you are already “on the clock” and should not appear on your timesheet.  The time spent is for your behalf in securing your employee benefits.

**Beginning January 1, 2017, employees who do not enroll in health insurance will not be able to direct that benefit to mutual funds unless they were actively participating on December 31, 2016.  Those employees will be “grandfathered in” and may continue as long as no changes are made.  If a member ceases to direct their Tri-Ko contributions to mutual funds or withdraws for any reason, they will no longer be eligible to participate unless with contributions from their private income.