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Benefits Eligibility
Section
Index
Overview/Purpose Ending Date for Funding or Visa Purposes
BELIs and Health & Welfare Benefits Multiple Concurrent Appointments
  Initial Eligibility: New or Current Employees Multiple Consecutive Appointments
  Initial Eligibility: Rehired Employees Appointment Extended
  Continued Eligibility Transer to Positions "Ineligible for Benefits"
  Special Situations: Rehired Retirees Unit 18 (Lecturers) Appointment Averaging
  Special Situations: Contract Employees Status Qualifier Codes
  Special Situations: Attaining 1000 Hours Out of Compliance BELIs
  Special Situations: Unit 18 (Lecturers) BELI Codes & Requirements
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Eligibility Requirements

Initial Eligibility for Rehired Employees

Example 1

Initial eligibility for a rehired employee is evaluated using the three factors (percent, duration, appointment type), as well as considering the number of hours the employee has accumulated in the “Hours Towards Benefits Eligibility” field. If the employee has an eligible appointment, which would normally not qualify for benefits due to the percent and duration of the appointment (e.g., 40% for 12 months) but has 1,000 hours as of the beginning of the month of rehire, assign a BELI 1. Note that employees rehired into positions covered by the Unit 18 contract need only have 750 hours in “Hours Towards Benefits Eligibility” to qualify for Full Benefits - see Special Situations: Unit 18 (Lecturers).

Example 1
  Is the
Appointment
Type Eligible
for Benefits?
%
Duration
(Dates)
Benefits Level
(BELI)
Initial Appointment
Yes
100%
12 Months
(7/1/03 to 6/30/04)
Full
(BELI 1)
New Appointment
(following break in service)
Yes
40%
12 Months
(8/1/04 to 7/31/05)

Full
( If 1,000 hours on 8/1/04, then BELI 1 until average paid hours reduce below 17.5 for 2 consecutive months.)

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