Life is full of events. But it’s only the major ones, like getting married or having a child, that give you the green light to make benefit changes outside of the new hire and annual enrollment periods. Depending on the event, you’ll have 31 or 60 days to report it and make changes.
How and when you can make changes
Which medical plan is right for you?
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What benefits you can change
For most life events, you can change your medical, dental, and vision coverage. If you have a health care flexible spending account (FSA) or dependent care FSA, you may be able to change your contributions. You may also be able to add or remove coverage for life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
Qualifying life events and the eligible changes are determined by the federal government and the benefit plans. The changes you make must be related to the life event. Select your life event below to see what you can change.
Marriage
Medical, dental, and vision
- Add coverage for you, your new spouse, and any eligible children.
- Change plan.
- Cancel coverage for you and any children.
Health Care FSA
- Add, increase, or decrease plan contributions.
Dependent Care FSA
- Add, increase, decrease, or stop plan contributions.
Supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Add your new spouse and any eligible children.
- Add, increase, or decrease your own coverage.
Legal insurance
- Add coverage, change between employee-only and family coverage, or cancel coverage.
New domestic partnership
Medical, dental, and vision
- Add coverage for you, your new partner, and eligible children.
- Change plan, and add your new partner and eligible children.
- Cancel coverage for you and any children.
Supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Add your new partner and eligible children.
- Add, increase, or decrease your own coverage.
Divorce or dissolution of domestic partnership
Medical, dental, and vision
- Add coverage for you and eligible children.
- Change plan, and add eligible children.
- Cancel your children's coverage.
- Must cancel your former spouse/partner’s coverage.
Health Care FSA
- Add, increase, decrease, or stop plan contributions.
Dependent Care FSA
- Add, increase, decrease, or stop plan contributions.
Supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Add, increase, or decrease coverage for you or your children.
- Must cancel your former spouse/partner’s coverage.
Legal insurance
- Add coverage, change between employee-only and family coverage, or cancel coverage.
Birth, placement for adoption, legal guardianship
Medical, dental, and vision
- Add coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and eligible children.
- Change plan, and add your spouse/partner and eligible children.
- Cancel coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.
Health Care FSA
- Add or increase plan contributions.
Dependent Care FSA
- Add or increase plan contributions.
Supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Add, increase, or decrease coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.
Legal insurance
- Add coverage, change between employee-only and family coverage, or cancel coverage.
Loss of coverage elsewhere
Medical, dental, and vision
- Add coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and eligible children.
- Change plan, and add eligible dependents.
Health Care FSA
- Add or increase plan contributions.
Dependent Care FSA
- Add, increase, decrease, or stop plan contributions.
Supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Add or increase coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and eligible children.
Legal insurance
- Add coverage, change between employee-only and family coverage, or cancel coverage.
Gain of coverage elsewhere
Medical, dental, and vision
- Cancel coverage for you, your spouse/partner, or children.
Health Care FSA
- Decrease or stop plan contributions.
Dependent Care FSA
- Decrease or stop plan contributions.
Supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Decrease or cancel coverage for you, spouse/partner, or child.
Legal insurance
- Add coverage, change between employee-only and family coverage, or cancel coverage.
Employee turns 26
Medical, dental, and vision
- Add coverage.
Death of spouse/domestic partner
Medical, dental, and vision
- Add coverage for you and eligible children.
- Change plan, and add eligible children.
- Remove spouse/partner.
Health Care FSA
- Add, increase, decrease, or stop plan contributions.
Dependent Care FSA
- Add, increase, decrease, or stop plan contributions.
Supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Add, increase, or decrease coverage for you and eligible children.
Legal insurance
- Add coverage, change between employee-only and family coverage, or cancel coverage.
Death of child
Medical, dental, and vision
- Remove child.
Health Care FSA
- Decrease or stop plan contributions.
Dependent Care FSA
- Decrease or stop plan contributions.
Supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- Decrease coverage for you, your spouse/partner, and children.
- Remove child.
Legal insurance
- Add coverage, change between employee-only and family coverage, or cancel coverage.
Change in dependent care costs
Dependent Care FSA
- Add, increase, decrease, or stop plan contributions.
Address change
First, change your address in Workday. Address changes are then automatically sent to the insurance carriers on the weekly file feed.
Medical and dental
If your address change affects your available plans, you will receive an email from Workday with instructions to change plans.
If you are currently enrolled in Kaiser and/or the Aetna dental DMO and want to know if coverage will still be available in your new ZIP code, contact AskPPL via Autodesk One for assistance.
Leaving Autodesk
It’s important to know what happens to your coverage when you leave Autodesk. In some cases, you’ll have the option to continue or convert your coverage.
When coverage ends
Long-term disability insurance: Coverage ends on the last day you perform your regular work duties.
Dependent Care FSA: You can incur claims through the end of the calendar year in which your employment terminates. You have 90 days from the end of the year to submit claims.
Health Care FSA: Participation ends at the end of the month in which your employment terminates. You must submit claims within 90 days of the date you leave Autodesk.
Commuter benefits: Participation ends on the day you leave Autodesk. Any unused pretax credits in your account will be forfeited. The Commuter Check Mastercard will remain active through your most recent benefit month and will close on the first day of the following month. You will lose any unused pretax funds that are left on your Mastercard once the card is closed.
All other benefits: Coverage ends at the end of the month in which your employment terminates.
Make sure your contact information is up to date in Workday prior to leaving Autodesk!
Continuing health coverage under COBRA
COBRA is a federal law that entitles you and your eligible family members to extend health care coverage for up to 18 months should you leave Autodesk (or otherwise lose eligibility for Autodesk benefits, including when your dependent turns 26).
5 things to know about COBRA
- HealthEquity WageWorks administers COBRA for Autodesk.
- Under COBRA, you can continue coverage for medical, dental, vision, the health care flexible spending account, Employee Assistance Program, Included Health, and CareCounsel.
- If you’re eligible for COBRA, you’ll receive a letter at your address listed in Workday. This letter is typically mailed within two weeks of your coverage termination.
- You pay 100% of the premium, plus a 2% administrative fee.
- You must enroll in COBRA coverage through HealthEquity WageWorks within 60 days of receiving your election notice or the date you lose coverage, whichever is later.
Find out more information about COBRA in the Benefits Coverage after Autodesk article on Autodesk One.
Continuing other coverage
When you leave Autodesk, you’ll receive information in your Workday termination notice that provides details about continuing life insurance and legal insurance, flexible spending account termination rules and claim deadlines, and stock and 401(k) information. You can also view this information in the Benefits Coverage after Autodesk article on Autodesk One.
Health insurance exchanges
Health insurance exchanges, otherwise known as the health insurance marketplace, provide a place to shop for affordable health insurance that meets the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Find out more about the exchanges.
Retiree Health Access (RHA)
If you are leaving Autodesk and age 65 or older, you and your family members may sign up for medical and dental insurance coverage through the Health Care Policy Roundtable's multicarrier program. The program, referred to as the Retiree Health Access program, is administered by eHealth.
You pay the full cost for this insurance; the RHA is not an earned or vested benefit.