WELCOME TO YOUR BLUE ORIGIN BENEFITS WEBSITE!!!
View enrollment instructions at the bottom of this page.
At Blue Origin, we are invested in you. That's why we've designed a benefits package that helps to support your total wellbeing—physically, emotionally, and financially.
Use this guide as a tool to help you make the best benefits decisions for you and your family for the 2023 plan year (January 1—December 31, 2023). The information inside this guide can help you review your health coverage options, check out tax savings opportunities, and learn about voluntary benefits options.
ELIGIBILITY
If you are a regular or fixed-term employee scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week, you are eligible for benefits on the first day of the month following date of hire (or coinciding with date of hire if hired on the first).
As you become eligible for benefits, so do your eligible dependents. In general, eligible dependents include:
• YOUR SPOUSE OR PARTNER (SAME OR OPPOSITE GENDER): This includes your legal spouse or domestic partner of at least six months.
• YOUR CHILD(REN):This includes your children to age 26, regardless of student, marital, or tax-dependent status (including a stepchild, child of a domestic partner, legally- adopted child, a child placed with you for adoption, or
a child for whom you are the legal guardian) as well as children of any age who are physically or mentally unable to care for themselves.
DEPENDENT DOCUMENTATION
Blue Origin requires documentation to verify the relationship between the employee and the eligible dependents (family members) enrolled on our plans. Some examples of documentation we accept are listed below.
If you need additional options, please contact Human Resources for assistance:
• SPOUSE:Marriagecertificate
• DOMESTICPARTNER:AffidavitofDomesticPartnership
Form in combination with one of the following:
∙ ID, such as driver's license, showing name of DP and shared address, or
∙ Bankstatementshowingbothnamesontheaccount,or
∙ Mortgage/leasepaperworkshowingbothnames • CHILDRENUPTOTHEAGEOF26
∙ Biologicalchildren:Birthcertificate
∙ Step-children:Birthcertificateshowingspouse'sname (plus marriage certificate if not already submitted for spouse)
∙ Legallyadoptedchildren:Adoptionpapersshowing employee's and children's names
∙ ChildrenofDP:BirthcertificateshowingDP'sname (plus same requirements as DP if not already submitted for DP)
• CHILDRENOVERTHEAGEOF26:Forchildrenovertheage of 26 who are physically or mentally unable to care for themselves who have a documented disability, the same required documents for children under age 26 must be submitted plus the required documentation from their healthcare providers.
ENROLLMENT
You can only sign up for benefits or change your benefits at the following times.
∙ Within30daysofjoiningBlueOriginasanewemployee. ∙ Within30–60daysofaqualifyinglifeevent.
∙ Duringtheannualbenefitsopenenrollmentperiod.
The choices you make at this time will remain in place through December 31, 2023, unless you experience a qualifying life event as described on page 4. If you do not sign up for benefits during your initial eligibility period, you will not be able to elect coverage until the next open enrollment period.
HOW TO ENROLL
• AS A NEW HIRE: Complete the Change Benefits for Life Event task in your Workday inbox.
• DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT: Complete the Open Enrollment Change task in your Workday inbox.
• MIDYEARDUETOQUALIFYINGLIFEEVENT:Accessthe Benefits application in Workday and select the applicable change.
CHANGING YOUR BENEFITS
Due to IRS regulations, once you have made your elections for 2023, you cannot change your benefits until the next annual open enrollment period.
The only exception is if you experience a qualifying life event. Election changes must be consistent with your life event.
Qualifying life events include, but are not limited to:
• Marriage,divorce,orlegalseparation.
• Birthoradoptionofaneligiblechild.
• Deathofyourspouseorcoveredchild.
• Spouse’sworkstatuschangedaffectingtheirbenefits. • Gainorlossofothercoverage.
• Child’seligibilityforbenefitschanged. • QualifiedMedicalChildSupportOrder.
To request a benefits change, notify Human Resources within 30 days (60 days for birth or adoption) of the qualifying life event. Change requests submitted after 30 (or 60) days cannot be accepted. You will need to provide proof of the event, such as a marriage certificate or birth certificate. Please contact Human Resources if you need additional options for documentation.
KEY TERMS TO KNOW
Take the first step to understanding your benefits by learning these four common terms.
COPAY
A fixed dollar amount you may pay for certain covered services. Typically, your copay is due at the time of service.
DEDUCTIBLE
The amount you must pay each year for certain covered health services before your insurance plan will begin to pay.
COINSURANCE
After you meet your deductible, you may pay coinsurance, which is your share of the costs of a covered service.
OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUM
This includes copays, deductibles, and coinsurance. Once you meet this amount, the plan pays 100% of covered services the rest of the year.
ENROLLMENT INSTRUCTIONS
How To Enroll:
NEW HIRES
- Complete the Change Benefits for Life Event enrollment task in your Workday inbox.
- Click Let's Get Started to waive or elect each of the benefits offered to you.
- Elect your plans, add your family members, then click Review and Sign.
- Review your benefits elections.
- Upload any required documentation, read and accept, and click Submit.
- Download and save your Benefits Statement.
MID YEAR CHANGES
- Click the Benefits Application to submit your benefit changes
- Elect your plans, add your family members, then click Review and Sign.
- Review your benefits elections.
- Upload any required documentation, read and accept, and click Submit.
- Download and save your Benefits Statement.