How to Qualify for Employee Benefits
Each company will have its own policies and procedures for qualifying for its benefits. It is important that you, as an employee, know where to turn for information about benefits. Stay in communication with whoever heads benefits enrollment for your company so you are aware of deadlines for enrollment and can ask questions to a specific benefits contact and have them answered more quickly.
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Read your employee benefits handbook thoroughly. Details about whether you are eligible for company benefits, when you can enroll and who to contact to enroll in benefits programs will be contained in the handbook. If your employer does not have such a handbook, speak to your supervisor or the person in charge of benefits to find out the specifics of how your company's benefits enrollments work.
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Work the specified number of hours per week required to receive benefits. Some employees require employees to be permanent employees to be eligible for various benefits, such as health insurance. For example, the District of Columbia's Human Resources department states that "All-time permanent employees, part-time permanent employees who generally work at least 20 hours per week, and employees with temporary full-time appointments of at least 13 months who are employed by agencies under the authority of the Mayor are eligible to receive benefits from the District of Columbia Government."
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Stay at your job the minimum amount of time required to qualify for benefits. The amount of time varies from company to company. Usually 60 or 90 days on the job is required before you are eligible for benefits.
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Fill out your application for each type of benefit when you have worked enough time to be eligible for it. Turn the application in to your company's human resources department or your supervisor. Take note of the deadline for submitting the application. If you miss it, you may not be eligible to enroll until the company's open enrollment period, which often happens only once a year.
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