Qualifying Life Events
Outside of annual enrollment, you cannot change your benefits unless you experience a qualifying life event.
What is a qualifying life event?
If you experience a change in your situation — like getting married, having a baby, or losing health coverage — you can become eligible for a special enrollment period which allows you to enroll in benefits outside the annual enrollment period.
Life events available in BBI Connect
Click on the life event for more information, the amount of time you have to make a change, and who is eligible.
When a Team Member is the biological mother or father of a child.
- Enrollment period: 60 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
When a Team Member is the biological mother or father of a child.
- Enrollment period: 60 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
If a Team Member has adopted or has been identified as a legal guardian.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
If a Team Member has adopted or has been identified as a legal guardian.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
When a child reaches 26 years of age and is no longer eligible under their parent’s plan, when a dependent obtains coverage elsewhere, or when they are no longer a dependent of the Team Member.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: All enrolled Team Members
When a child reaches 26 years of age and is no longer eligible under their parent’s plan, when a dependent obtains coverage elsewhere, or when they are no longer a dependent of the Team Member.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: All enrolled Team Members
When a Team Member wants to add/remove a spouse due to a marriage, divorce, legal separation, or annulment.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
When a Team Member wants to add/remove a spouse due to a marriage, divorce, legal separation, or annulment.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
If you or your spouse has lost or gained coverage outside of our coverage.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
If you or your spouse has lost or gained coverage outside of our coverage.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
If a Team Member wishes to change their HSA payroll contribution, not their health coverage.
- Enrollment period: No limit
- Who is eligible: All Team Members that have HSA
If a Team Member wishes to change their HSA payroll contribution, not their health coverage.
- Enrollment period: No limit
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members that have HSA
If a Team Member wishes to change their beneficiary for their Group Term Life/AD&D, Supplemental AD&D, or Supplemental Life, not their actual coverage.
- Enrollment period: No limit
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
If a Team Member wishes to change their beneficiary for their Group Term Life/AD&D, Supplemental AD&D, or Supplemental Life, not their actual coverage.
- Enrollment period: No limit
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
When an hourly Team Member is promoted to Field Management (Salaried or Hourly with Salaried benefits), they would use this life event to add Salaried benefits.
- Enrollment period: 45 days
- Who is eligible: Hourly Team Members promoted to Salaried, MIT, Sous Chefs, PDD, GEDM or Flex Manager
Team Members that move from HI to another location within the U.S.
- Enrollment period: 31 days
- Who is eligible: Team Members that move to or from HI
If you are a new Team Member.
- Enrollment period: 45 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
If you are a new Team Member.
- Enrollment period: 45 days
- Who is eligible: All benefits-eligible Team Members
Contacts
BBI Resource Center
General benefits information and eligibility
