What are Benefit Categories?

Use benefit categories to further define plans. Categories enable the application to default benefits. Categories are also used for reporting. For example, you can further define employee life plans with the categories life or Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D). You can define a default life plan and a default AD&D plan.

The table below lists the predefined categories.

Profit sharing Short term disability (STD)
Money purchase Long term disability (LTD)
ESOP Life
401(k) Sell vacation
403(b) Medical
457 Long term care
Thrift or Savings Vision
Registered retirement savings plans Medical reimbursement
Deferred profit sharing Dependent care
Legal account Buy vacation
Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D)

In addition to the predefined categories available in the Benefits Administration application, you can define your own categories.