Eligibility to participate in UW-sponsored medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance programs depends on your job class title, employment percentage, and the length of your intended employment.

Review eligibility periodically. Life events such as adding a spouse or qualified domestic partner; birth or adoption of a child; or death of a family member can impact insurance eligibility. You are responsible for notifying Benefits & Work/Life of any changes in your family circumstances. Prompt enrollment or removal of a dependent ensures access to benefits when needed, and that unnecessary benefits will be stopped appropriately.

Use the Benefits Eligibility Chart below to determine if your position is benefits-eligible, when you are able to apply for coverage, and when your coverage begins.

Employment Type	If you work	Then you are eligible to apply for coverage	And coverage begins*
Faculty, Staff or Librarian	at least half-time (salaried) per month and are expected to be employed for more than six months	on the first day of employment	on the first day of the month following the date of employment Exception: If your employment begins the first working day of the month, coverage begins on that day.
Part-Time Faculty	on a quarter-to -quarter basis of half-time or greater at one or more state institutions of higher education (Part-time faculty are responsible for notifying Benefits & Work/Life about faculty appointments at other institutions)	at the beginning of the second consecutive quarter of employment (with spring and autumn considered consecutive quarters for determining eligibility)	on the first day of the month following the beginning of the second consecutive quarter/semester of half-time or more employment Exception: If the first day of the second consecutive quarter/semester is the first working day of the month, coverage begins at the beginning of the second consecutive quarter/semester.
Temporary, Seasonal, Career Seasonal, and Instructional Employees	See the Insurance Eligibility & Coverage for Temporary Employees web page.

*Important: Employees must complete the enrollment form required to activate coverages.

** Temporary employees whose department indicated on required employment forms that the employee would work 6 or more consecutive months at half time or greater, are eligible to apply for benefits from the beginning of their appointment.

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