Eligibility

Employees who work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for medical insurance, and employees who work at least 20 hours per week are eligible for all other company benefits.

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Most benefits are effective on the first of the month following or coinciding with date of hire. The following dependents are also eligible:

  • Your legal spouse
  • Your domestic partner
  • Your children up to age 26

Other Coverage?

Spouses/domestic partners with access to other employer coverage

If your spouse or domestic partner is eligible for medical coverage through their employer, and you cover them on our medical plan, you will be required to pay a surcharge of $100 per month in addition to your regular medical premiums.

This surcharge encourages working spouses and domestic partners to explore the medical plan options available through their employer and helps to keep the organization’s medical plan costs reasonable.

If you cover your spouse or domestic partner in the ALA medical plan, you must complete the Spousal Surcharge Waiver Form to have the spousal surcharge waived. The ALA will automatically apply the spousal surcharge if you do not complete and return this form after making your benefit elections.

Changes to your benefits

Generally, you may only make or change your existing benefit elections as a new hire or during the annual benefits open enrollment period. However, you may change your benefit elections during the year if you experience a qualified life event. 

Dependent Verification

You must provide documentation establishing dependent status relationship for each dependent you cover in any ALA benefit plan.

Sample documents include: