{"id":70600,"date":"2020-04-13T14:53:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T22:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=70600"},"modified":"2020-04-13T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T23:43:31","slug":"reminder-benefit-plan-year-change-and-cobra-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2020\/04\/13\/reminder-benefit-plan-year-change-and-cobra-notification\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder about benefit plan year change and COBRA notification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Health insurance-eligible employees: This is a shortened plan year as we move to a <strong>Jan. 1<\/strong> start date in 2021; there will be another open enrollment in the fall of 2020. George Fox&#8217;s current healthcare plan year runs&nbsp;from <strong>April 1, 2020<\/strong>, through <strong>Dec. 31, 2020<\/strong> (nine months).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As is required every year, George Fox&#8217;s COBRA provider is in the process of alerting employees receiving health and\/or benefits through the university of their rights through COBRA. This is done via letter, and you will receive it this week if you have not already.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions can be directed to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:hr@georgefox.edu\" target=\"_blank\">hr@georgefox.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health insurance-eligible employees: This is a shortened plan year as we move to a Jan. 1 start date in 2021; there will be another open enrollment in the fall of 2020. 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