Benefits Plan Overview

Pre-Tax Benefits

 Flexible Spending Accounts*

• Medical Reimbursement Maximum $2,500/year
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Maximum $5,000/year

  *You will need to re-sign for the spending accounts if you want them to continue next year.

  IF YOU DO NOT RE-SIGN, YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL STOP EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2020.

 Cancer Benefits: Colonial Life

Medical Bridge Benefits: Colonial Life

 Dental Insurance: MetLife

 Vision Insurance: Superior

 Accident Benefits: Colonial Life

Post-Tax Benefits

 Disability Benefits

• Short-Term Disability Insurance: Colonial Life
• Long-Term Disability Insurance: Sun Life

 Critical Illness Benefits: Colonial Life

 Telemedicine (Direct Billing Only): Call A Doctor Plus

 Life Insurance

• Term Life Insurance: Colonial Life
• Whole Life Insurance: Colonial Life
• Group Term Life Insurance: MetLife

 Legal Select Plan: Legal Resources

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

ENROLLMENT PERIOD: OCTOBER 19, 2020 – DECEMBER 11, 2020

EFFECTIVE DATES: JANUARY 1, 2021 – DECEMBER 31, 2021 (FSA, COLONIAL, LTD & LEGAL PLAN)

FEBRUARY 1, 2021 – JANUARY 31, 2022 (DENTAL, VISION & GTL)

QUALIFICATIONS:

• – You must be employed at least 30 hours per week to participate in Dental benefits.

• – You must be employed at least 20 hours per week to participate in Colonial, Spending Accounts, Vision, Long-Term Disability & Legal benefits.

• – You must be employed at least 15 hours per week to participate in Group Term Life benefits.

IMPORTANT FACTS:

• – The plan year for Colonial Insurance products, Spending Accounts and Sun Life Long-Term Disability and Legal Resources Legal Select Plan lasts from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The plan year for MetLife Dental, MetLife Group Term Life and Superior Vision lasts from February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2022.

• – Deductions for Colonial Insurance products, Spending Accounts, Sun Life Long-Term Disability, MetLife Dental, MetLife Group Term Life, Superior Vision and Legal Resources Legal Select Plan will begin January 2021. The Call A Doctor Plus Telemedicine plan is available by Direct Billing only. No deductions will be taken via payroll deduction.

• – 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.

• – PLEASE NOTE: Pierce Group Representatives are not authorized to assist employees with their SHP enrollment or make SHP enrollment elections on an employee’s behalf.

• – If you will be receiving a new debit card, whether you are a new participant or to replace your expired card, please be aware that it may take up to 30 days following your plan effective date for your card to arrive. Your card will be delivered by mail in a plain white envelope. During this time you may use manual claim forms for eligible expenses. Please note that your debit card is good through the expiration date printed on the card.

• – Elections made during this enrollment period CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD. Please speak with your Stokes County Schools Plan Administrator for more information.

• – 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.

• – Flexible Spending Account expenses must be incurred during the Plan Year in order to be eligible for reimbursement.

• – An employee has 90 days after the plan year ends to submit claims for spending account expenses that were incurred during the plan year. Please note that if employment terminates during the plan year, that employee’s plan year ends the day employment ends. The employee has 90 days after the termination date to submit claims.

• – With Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, the maximum reimbursement you can request is equal to the current account balance in your Dependent Care account. You cannot be reimbursed more than has actually been deducted from your pay.

• – 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 January 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.

• – An employee taking a leave of absence, other than under the Family & Medical Leave Act, may not be eligible to re-enter the Flexible Benefits Program until the next plan year. Please contact your Benefit Administrator for more information.