Temporary Employee Benefit Eligibility
Recently, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) has provided further clarification on how eligibility for insurance benefits is determined for non-permanent employees, which at WSU are our non-student temporary hourly employees (refer to BPPM 60.26 Temporary Employment Program and BPPM 60.27 Temporary Employment Processing).
Employees who work 480 hours or more over a consecutive 6 month period become benefit eligible at the beginning of month 7.
Note: An employee must report a minimum of eight hours in month 7 to receive the insurance benefits. After establishing eligibility, if an employee does not work a minimum of eight hours in any month, the employee will lose benefit eligibility and must reestablish eligibility by working a minimum of 480 hours or more over a new 6 consecutive month period.
As a reminder, the employer contribution for insurance premiums for non-student temporary hourly employees is funded by their employing department, and not through central funding.
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