Benefits forArtSpace Charter School

Benefits Plan Overview

Pre-Tax Benefits

 Cancer Benefits: Colonial Life

 Accident Benefits: Colonial Life

 Medical Bridge Benefits: Colonial Life

 Dental Insurance: Principal

Vision Insurance*: Superior

 

Post-Tax Benefits

 Disability Benefits

  • Short-Term Disability: Colonial Life
  • Long-Term Disability: Principal

 Life Insurance

  • Term Life Insurance: Colonial Life
  • Whole Life Insurance: Colonial Life
  • Group Term Life Insurance (Employer-Paid): Principal

 Critical Care Benefits: Colonial Life

 Telemedicine: Call A Doctor Plus

 Identity Theft Shield & Life Events Legal Plan: Legal Shield

 

*EMPLOYEES WILL NEED TO RE-ENROLL IN VISION BENEFITS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE COVERAGE FOR THE NEW PLAN YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2020.

 

Please note other insurance products will remain in effect unless you see a representative to change them.

 

ENROLLMENT PERIOD: JUNE 2, 2020 – JUNE 3, 2020

EFFECTIVE DATES: JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• You must work 20 hours or more per week.

 

IMPORTANT FACTS:

• The plan year for Colonial Insurance products, Principal Long-Term Disability, Principal Dental, Principal Group Term Life, Superior Vision, Call A Doctor Plus Telemedicine and Legal Shield Identity Theft Shield & Life Events Legal Plan lasts from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. Please Note: Dental benefits are based on the Calendar Year, running from January 1st through December 31st. Dental benefits and deductibles will reset every January 1st.

 

• Deductions for Colonial Insurance products, Principal Long-Term Disability, Principal Dental, Superior Vision, Call A Doctor Plus Telemedicine and Legal Shield Identity Theft Shield & Life Events Legal Plan will begin July 2020.

 

• If signing up for any coverage on your spouse and/or children, please have their dates of birth and social security numbers available when meeting with the Benefits Representative.

 

• Elections made during this enrollment period CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD unless there is a family status change as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. Examples of a family status change are: marriage, divorce, death of a spouse or child, birth or adoption of a child, termination or commencement of a spouse’s employment, or the transition of spouse’s employment from full-time to part-time, or vice-versa.

 

• Once a family status change has occurred, an employee has days to notify the North Carolina Service Center at 1-888-662-7500 to request a change in elections.

 

• The Colonial Cancer plan and the Health Screening Rider on the Colonial Accident and Colonial Medical Bridge plan have a 30-day waiting period for new enrollees. Coverage, therefore, will not begin until July 31, 2020.

 

Additionally, some policies may include a pre-existing condition clause. Please read your policy carefully for full details.

 

• Please be aware there are certain coverages that may be subject to federal and state tax when premium is paid by pretax deduction or employee contribution.