Benefit entry rules

Benefits requires plan entry rules for employee, retiree, and COBRA participant enrollment in benefit plans.

Entry rules are the criteria used to calculate the date that an individual is eligible to enroll in a plan. You define a plan's entry rules to specify the waiting period requirement, if any, an employee must satisfy before they are eligible to enroll in a plan. This is the Waiting Period entry rule type. The Change Rule entry rule type applies if there are changes that are to be implemented after an individual is enrolled. The Life Event entry rule type can also be used to determine the start and stop dates of benefit plans. They can be defined for specific life events or without a life event specified. All plans must have at least one entry rule defined.

We recommend that separate entry rules be created for employee benefits, retiree benefits, and COBRA participants.