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Health Benefits
General information
Benefits are not optional.
- There is a 30 hour/week minimum requirement.
- There is a 3-month waiting period for benefits; however, it can be waived via the Status Update Form.
- See below for Staff changes.
1) New hires
- Complete the Status Update Form on our website.
- If you are waiving the 3-month waiting period, select “No” when it asks, “Apply Benefits Waiting Period?” This means benefits will become effective on the hire date. Once processed this cannot be changed.
- Employee packages will be sent directly to the employee.
2) Beneficiaries
- If an Employee wants to change their beneficiary, please send an email to finance-benefits@thewcd.ca and we will send a Canada Life Change Form to be completed.
- Be sure to have a named beneficiary and it is a good idea to have a contingent beneficiary.
- If the beneficiary is under 18 years of age, a trustee must be identified.
3) Salary changes
4) Family changes
- Marriage, name change, birth of a child, dependant, separation, divorce.
- Please email finance-benefits@thewcd.ca for a Canada Life Change Form to be sent to you. Once completed and returned the changes will be made.
5) Terminations
- It is very important we receive this information immediately as there is a time-sensitive conversion period.
- Notify us by completing a Status Update Form.
- Benefits are terminated at 11:59pm the same day as the employment termination date unless an extension is requested.