Life Events

• Review the company’s paid leave policies, such as Parental Leave.
• Notify your manager about the timing of your leave and then later about return to work.
• Call IPMG at 877.737.0032 to begin processing your leave.
• Review Lurie Children’s benefits, such as back-up family care, which you can call at 877.242.2737 or visit their website and use: username: luriechildrens and password: backupcare. You should also review the Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Get a Social Security number for your new child, if an application has not yet been submitted.
• Add your new child to your benefits coverage and make any other applicable benefit changes within 30 days of birth or adoption or placement in your home. Upload a copy of the birth certificate or record of birth within 30 days of birth/adoption. 
• Consider updating your life insurance beneficiary information.
• Consider updating your retirement plan beneficiary information.
  
• Get help with questions about your health benefits by calling the Benefits’ Call Center at 312.227.5500. Hours are 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. CT, Mon. – Fri.
• Complete any required return to work forms through employee health.
• Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.

This is a qualified life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as adding a new child to your family, you have 30 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Benefits' portal website or call 312.227.5500 to adjust your benefits coverage.

• Update your personal information, if necessary, by referring to the How to Guide and upload a copy of the marriage license/certificate.
• If you’re changing your name, get a new Social Security card.
• Change or update your benefits coverage within 30 days.
• Update your life insurance beneficiary information.
• Update your retirement plan beneficiary.
  
• Update your tax withholdings and/or direct deposit by contacting mypay@luriechildrens.org.
  

This is a qualified life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as getting married, you have 30 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Benefits' portal website or call 312.227.5500 to adjust your benefits coverage.

• Update your personal information, if necessary, by referring to the How to Guide.
• If you’re changing your name, get a new Social Security card.
• Change or update your benefits coverage within 30 days of the finalization of the divorce & upload a complete copy of the decree to the portal. If removing a spouse from coverage, please include an updated address for the COBRA notice.
• Update your life insurance beneficiary information.
• Update your retirement plan beneficiary.
  
• Update your tax withholdings and/or direct deposit by contacting mypay@luriechildrens.org.
• Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.

This is a qualified life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as getting divorced, you have 30 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Benefits' portal website or call 312.227.5500 to adjust your benefits coverage.

• Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program. Please contact 888.371.1125.
• Review the company’s funeral and bereavement time off policy and personal leave policies.
• Update your benefits coverage, if necessary, within 30 days of the death and upload a copy of the death certificate.
• Contact the Social Security Administration to end benefits received by the deceased (if disabled or retired) and to determine if benefits are available to the surviving spouse and dependent children.
• Follow up with HR to submit life insurance claims if applicable.
• Update your life insurance beneficiary, if necessary.
• Update your retirement plan beneficiary, if necessary.
• Update your tax withholdings by contacting mypay@luriechildrens.org.

This is a qualified life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as a death in your family, you have 30 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Benefits' portal website or call 312.227.5500 to adjust your benefits coverage.

• Contact the Benefits’ Call Center at 312.227.5500 to receive answers to questions you may have about your change in work status.
• Adjust your benefits coverage, if your eligibility for benefits has changed, within 30 days of your work status change and upload documentation within 30 days of the change.
• Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.
• Update your tax withholdings and/or direct deposit by contacting mypay@luriechildrens.org.
  

This is a qualified life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as a change in employment status, cancellation or change of other employer’s benefits plans, you have 30 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Benefits' portal website or call 312.227.5500 to adjust your benefits coverage.

• Contact the Benefits’ Call Center at 312.227.5500 to receive answers to questions you may have about your change in dependent status.
• Adjust your benefits coverage, within 30 days of this change in dependent status of child. Upload documentation to confirm event.
• Update your tax withholdings and/or direct deposit by contacting mypay@luriechildrens.org.
  

This is a qualified life event. When you experience a qualifying life event, such as a change in dependent status of a child, you have 30 days to make benefits changes related to your event. Visit the Benefits' portal website or call 312.227.5500 to adjust your benefits coverage.

• Notify your manager.
• Review this General Retirement FAQ to prepare.
• Learn more about your Retirement Savings Plan 403(b) and Value Growth Pension.
• Look at the company’s retiree COBRA benefits.
• Learn about your options for receiving Social Security benefits, if eligible.
• Apply for Medicare, if eligible.
• Decide when and how to access retirement savings.
• Convert supplemental life insurance to individual policy, if desired. Visit The Hartford website for more information. Forms will be mailed to your home after termination.
• Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.

This is a qualified life event. After you’ve retired, you may be eligible for Medicare and/or Social Security benefits. Learn more on the Social Security website. You may also have the option of enrolling in other coverage, such as COBRA coverage or your spouse’s benefits. Ask your spouse’s employer for their enrollment process and deadline.

• Get help managing your condition and using your health benefits.
• Review paid sick and disability leave policies.
• Notify your manager of your expected absence or discuss flexible work arrangements.
• Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.

This is not a qualified life event. You are not able to change your benefits coverage due to this event.

• Review paid sick and disability leave policies.
• Notify your manager of your expected leave.
• To apply for a Leave of Absence or to file a short term disability claim, please contact IPMG, our Absence Management partner at 877.737.0032 or apply online. When creating an account for the first time, your user name is your Lurie Children’s email address, and your password is your birthdate in mmddyy format.
• Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.
• Get help with questions about your health benefits by calling Cigna One Guide at 800.244.6224 or visiting Benefits' Portal.

This is not a qualified life event. You are not able to change your benefits coverage due to this event.

• Notify your manager immediately.
• Review Workers’ Compensation.
• Review the company’s disability and leave of absence policies.
• Get help with questions about your health benefits by calling Cigna One Guide at 800.244.6224 or visiting Benefits' Portal.
• Talk to your manager about time off options.
• Access free, confidential counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.

This is not a qualified life event. You are not able to change your benefits coverage due to this event.