Open Enrollment for Benefits 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018
This page is intended to provide basic information about the process of open enrollment and basic information about popular benefits. If you have additional questions or need further assistance please contact hr@hendrix.edu or call 501-450-1494
ALL full-time benefits eligible employees need to complete one of the open enrollment options by the close of business 11/15/2017, unless you have made other arrangements with the Human Resources Office.
Options for Completing Open Enrollment
In-person: Come ask questions of vendors and HR staff, complete your open enrollment process and add any benefits available as an employee during the in-person enrollment.
Tuesday, November 14 - Wednesday, November 15 in Worsham Hall (SLTC) from 8:30am - 4:30pm.
Vendors present include: HealthSmart, VSP, Delta Dental, Unum, MetLife (home & auto), Legal Shield, Aflac, Stephens Inc, Consolidated Admin Services (Medical and Dep Childcare FSA), TruService Credit Union, and Sam's Club.
Online: Visit your self-service portal at
https://tpc.myisolved.com and login to complete the online process.
What you CAN’T do in the online version of open enrollment:
- Add any coverage other than dental, vision, health or short-term disability
- Change/drop Unum Long Term Care or Whole Life, AFLAC Critical Illness, or Central United Cancer
- Increase voluntary life insurance coverage amount for individuals or spouses
What you CAN do in the online open enrollment:
- Let us know you’re continuing coverage as-is
- Set/change your FSA Medical and Dependent Childcare pre-tax deduction amounts
- Change coverage levels and/or drop coverage for any benefits not specifically listed in the second bullet above.
- Add coverage for dental, vision, health, or short-term disability insurance
Benefit Information
Retirement: The IRS has increased the cap on employee contributions from $18,000 to $18,500 for 2018. Those over 50 years of age are eligible to make catch-up contributions up to $6,000 per year for a total limit of $24,500.
Flexible Spending: The IRS has increased the limit for pre-tax medical flexible spending accounts to $2,650 for 2018. There has been no change to the $5,000 (if married filing jointly) cap on (pre-tax) dependent childcare deductions.
Health: There have not been changes to the health plan or TPA (HealthSmart) for 2018. There has been a slight increase in premiums for 2018 which can be viewed on
this chart. As a reminder, you can search providers online
here (choose "PPO, Choice Fund PPO" as plan). You can also view summary documents for our
High Deductible and
Core Plan.
Dental: No premium or plan changes for Delta Dental coverage in 2018. Search providers
here (choose "Delta Dental PPO Plus Premier")
Vision: No premium or plan changes for VSP coverage in 2018. Search providers on the "VSP Signature" network
here.
Anything Else?
For other benefits and HR information please visit
our primary webpage.