If you are a new employee, or if you previously lost eligibility, you will generally become eligible for Employee coverage on the first day of the fifth month of a period that begins with three continuous months during which you average the minimum hours for the coverage level that you have selected, so long as […]

Dependent includes only an Employee’s: a. legal spouse, (including same sex spouse) if not legally separated or b. registered domestic partner (same sex); and c. children, including a legally adopted child or a child placed in your care in anticipation of adoption where the adoption is being actively pursued, foster child, a step-child who resides […]