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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please make sure to read the yellow highlighted area even if you have no changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> Robin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Cc:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Everyone List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Open Enrollment ends Friday<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Open Enrollment ends at 11:59 p.m. this Friday, December 2. Please remind faculty and staff to make their 2012 benefit elections before then to ensure they have the coverage
they want for 2012. Benefit elections can be made online at </span><a href="http://hr.osu.edu/oe/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">hr.osu.edu/oe</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">or via paper enrollment forms that can be downloaded from the same web site.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">If faculty and staff choose not to make any changes to their benefits for 2012, the only action required is for them to make an online
designation of their life insurance beneficiary(ies), as the university is changing life insurance vendors effective January 1. This is their opportunity to electronically update their life insurance beneficiary(ies). For those who wish to continue participation
in Flexible Spending Accounts, re-enrollment is required for 2012.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To designate a life insurance beneficiary(ies), log in to eBenefits at
</span><a href="http://hr.osu.edu/oe/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">hr.osu.edu/oe</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> and click
<b><i>Edit</i> </b>beside Group Term Life. You may designate individuals as Primary Contingent beneficiaries by allocating a percent value beside each beneficiary(ies’) name you would like to designate. A zero value will result in no beneficiary election.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Once faculty and staff have made changes to their benefits and/or designated their life insurance beneficiary(ies), remind them to click Authorize and Submit to complete
their changes. </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To Authorize and Submit benefits changes for 2012, click
<b><i>Continue</i></b> on the Enrollment Summary page, read the Authorize Elections statement, and click
<b><i>Authorize and Submit</i></b> at the bottom of the page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Faculty and staff can review the coverage they are set up to have in 2012 through eBenefits. Once they log in from the eBenefits Home Page, there is a link to “<b><i>View Confirmation
Statement;</i></b>” click on this link to view and print the information that was submitted to the Benefits department during the Open Enrollment period, or what will automatically default from their 2012 elections if no changes were made. The ability to view
and print this benefit confirmation page will be available until December 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Faculty and staff will be receiving e-mails this week to remind them to designate a life insurance beneficiary(ies),
<b><i>Authorize and</i> <i>Confirm</i></b> any benefits changes that were made, and remind them Open Enrollment is closing December 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information about Open Enrollment, go to the
</span><a href="http://hr.osu.edu/oe/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Open Enrollment website</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">. Here you can find plan and rate information, in addition
to online presentation for those who didn’t attend a forum and tutorials on making elections using eBenefits. As always, we are here to support you; please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990000"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kerry Francis, APR - B.A. '97<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Ohio State University Office of Human Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1590 N. High Street, Suite 410 Columbus, OH 43201-2190<br>
614.247.8737 <b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:francis.57@osu.edu"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">francis.57@osu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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