Who Can Enroll in Foster Farms Benefits?
A quick reference on who is eligible to enroll in our plans.
Team Members
You are eligible to participate in Foster Farms’ benefit
plans if you are an active full-time TEAM member
working a minimum of 30 hours per week. Coverage is
effective first of the month following 60 consecutive days
of employment.
Note: A leave of absence during your waiting period will
reset your waiting period.
Dependents
Your eligible dependents have access to many of the
benefits we offer. Eligible dependents include:
- Your legal spouse or registered domestic partner*
- Biological, adopted, or stepchildren, up to age 26
- Disabled dependent child(ren) who are mentally
or physically handicapped and meet certain
requirements.
*Registered Domestic Partner Enrollment: You will pay for your share of your domestic partner’s coverage with after-tax dollars, and the value of the employer-paid portion of that coverage is reported as taxable income to you
and subject to withholding. This is because a domestic partner who is not your tax dependent is not considered a “qualified dependent” by the IRS.
Dependents
Dependent Eligibility
You must provide supporting documentation to complete your dependent’s enrollment. If you do not provide the required documentation by the deadline, your dependent will not have
coverage. Examples of supporting documentation include marriage certificate, birth certificate, or adoption papers. Refer to Definitions and Required Documents below.
Effective Date
If you are enrolling during Open Enrollment,any changes you make will go into effect onJanuary 1, 2027. If you are a new hire, yourbenefits will be effective the first of the month following 60 consecutive days of employment..
About The Enrollment Process
01
Basics
It is important that you be prepared to enroll, whether for open enrollment or as a new hire. Use this enrollment checklist to make sure you are ready:
02
Read & Review
Read and review all benefit materials
provided.
If you are adding new dependents to benefits, you must provide a Social Security Number or INS Alien Number for them. All newly added dependents must be verified. Please reference page 15 in your benefit guide for dependent required documents.
Whether you enroll via self service or by telephone your benefit choices will
be stored in your UKG profile. Within your profile, you will be able to print a confirmation summary detailing your benefit elections . Please review your UKG benefits summary to ensure the coverage you selected is correct.
03
Making Changes
The benefit choices you make during your enrollment will remain in effect for the entire plan year, unless you experience a qualifying life event and request a change
within 30 days from qualifying event. The effective date of coverage will be first of the month following the enrollment date.*
Examples include:
- Marriage, divorce, or legal separation
- Birth or adoption of a child once verified, effective as of the Date of Birth/Adoption
- Death of a dependent
- Loss or gain of other health coverage
- Change in employment status
- Change in residence that impacts plan availability or eligibility.
04
Qualifying Events
If you experience one of the following qualifying life events, you have 60 days to
request enrollment in a medical plan:
- Lose eligibility for Medicaid or CHIP coverage
- Gain eligibility for Medicaid or CHIP premium assistance subsidy
If you experience a qualifying life event visit
or
call the benefits center at 888.659.3572 to update your benefits.
Note: Documentation (whether for dependent verification or QLE) must be submitted prior to the effective date.