Benefits forArtSpace Charter School
Congratulations on your new employment! Your employment means more than just a paycheck. Your employer also provides eligible employees with a valuable benefits package. Above you will find eligibility requirements and below you will find information about how to enroll in these benefits as a new employee.
Colonial and Telemedicine - Please call the Pierce Group Benefits Service Center within 30 days of your date of hire. The Service Center number is located at the bottom of this microsite.
All Other Benefits - Please contact your Benefits Department within 30 days of your date of hire.
Be sure to also review your group’s custom benefits website, that allows for easy, year-round access to benefit information, live chat support, benefit explainer videos, plan certificates and documents, and carrier contacts and forms.
Benefits Plan Overview
Pre-Tax Benefits
Dental Insurance: Principal
Vision Insurance: Superior
Cancer Benefits: Colonial Life
Accident Benefits: Colonial Life
Medical Bridge Benefits: Colonial Life
Post-Tax Benefits
Short-Term Disability Benefits: Colonial Life
Long-Term Disability Benefits: Principal
Critical Illness Benefits: Colonial Life
Group Term Life Insurance (Employer-Paid Benefit): Principal
Life Insurance: Colonial Life
– Term Life Insurance
– Whole Life Insurance
Telemedicine: Call A Doctor Plus
Identity Theft Shield & Life Events Legal Plan: Legal Shield
Please note your insurance products will remain in effect unless you see a representative to change them.
Enrollment Period: June 10, 2021 – June 11, 2021
Effective Dates: July 1, 2021 – June 31, 2022
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, 2021 through June 30, 2022. 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 2021.
– 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 30 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, 2021.
– 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.