How To -- Set Up Benefit Profile Settings

Purpose Statement

This document outlines how to set up a Benefit Profile Settings


Benefit Profile Settings

  1. From the Admin tab, go to Company Settings>Profiles/Policies>Benefits>Profiles
  2. To add a new profile, click the Add New Profile button.

  3.      a. Name: The name of the profile as you would like it to display on employee records and                     reports.
          b. Description: An optional description for the profile. 

          c. Active: Check to make this profile active.

         d. Simple Enrollment Settings: Check this to make one set rule that dictates when a new                        employee can enroll for all benefits associated with this profile. If you do not check this                    box, you will be able to control new employee enrollment for each group of benefits                          assigned to the profile. Once checked, the box below will display.
  • Last Day New Employee Can Enroll
    • You can choose, X number of Days, Weeks, Months, or Years from Date Hired, Date Started, Birthday, Seniority Date, Date Re-Hired, Review Date, Benefits Date, Frozen Benefit Date
    • Below the above selections, you can choose, Use: Date Hired, Date Started, Birthday, Seniority Date, Date Re-Hired, Review Date, Benefits Date, Frozen Benefit Date, if the employee is missing the above date
    • You can then choose, Adjusted To Immediately, First of the Following Month, First of the Following Quarter, which works with the above settings

         e. Open Enrollment Benefits Questionnaire: If a separate questionnaire is needed for open                 enrollment, they can be created and added here. Clicking the hyperlink will take you to                     the configuration screen for creating the questionnaire.
          f. New Hire Benefits Questionnaire: If a separate questionnaire is needed for new hire                         enrollment, they can be created and added here. Clicking the hyperlink will take you to                     the configuration screen for creating the questionnaire.

         g. Workflow: Select the workflow that will be used to enroll employees, but new hire                             enrollments and open enrollments will follow this workflow. (Must be enabled on the                       company global level)