This year, Benefits Open Enrollment begins at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 and ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 for eligible faculty and staff. This is your once-a-year opportunity to choose the benefits that are right for you (and your family) for the coming year.
What’s Changing for 2022
For the most part, your benefit plans are remaining the same next year. However, you’ll see a few changes and enhancements for 2022.
HSA Changes
- HSA maximum contributions have increased to $3,650 for employee-only coverage and $7,300 for family coverage.
- HSA catch up contribution limit age 55 or older remains $1,000.
FSA Changes
- The Health Care and Dependent Care FSA carryover for the 2021 plan year will continue into the 2022 plan year. This means, for the second year in a row, any Health Care or Dependent Care FSA balance remaining at the end of 2021 will carry over, which you can use to pay for eligible expenses in 2022.
The carryover amount does not count against your Health Care FSA election for the following plan year. You may still elect the maximum of $2,750 per plan year. Keep all of this in mind as you decide how much money you plan to contribute to your HCFSA and DCFSA in 2022.
- In 2022, the Dependent Care FSA reimbursement maximum age limit will revert back to age 13.
However, you can still get reimbursed for eligible dependent care expenses incurred in 2021 for children who attained age 13 in 2020.
You may still elect the maximum of $5,000 per plan year. You can contribute a maximum of $2,500 annually to a Dependent Care FSA if you are married but file separate tax returns.
Carrier Change for Group Auto and Home Insurance
As a reminder, Farmers Insurance has replaced MetLife as the administrator for Group Auto and Home Insurance. This is a change in name only; if you have Group Auto and Home coverage, the details of your policy remains the same.
Read the 2022 Open Enrollment Newsletter for details about all the changes.
Stay Tuned
Keep an eye out for more tools to learn about your 2022 benefits, sent via email and available on MyLMU (my.lmu.edu) in the coming weeks.
How to Enroll (available starting Nov. 1)
NEW for 2022! You’ll make your 2022 Open Enrollment elections through WorkDay. Just follow the steps below.
- WorkDay can be accessed via MyLMU. Simply click on the WorkDay icon in the primary navigation bar (note: Duo is required to access WorkDay)
- Click the Inbox icon.
- Click the Open Enrollment Change task.
- Click Let’s Get Started.
- Click Manage to update your medical elections. Click Enroll to enroll in a new benefit plan.
- Choose Select or Waive for each Medical election. The system defaults to your current elections.
- Click the Plan Details links to review.
- Modify your coverage, if needed.
- To add additional benefits, add/modify dependents, and designate beneficiaries, go to https://admin.lmu.edu/hr/totalrewards/benefits/, then click on Group Health Care and then Enrollment Instructions.
Note: If you have pending qualifying event status change (i.e. Hire, Birth, Adoption or Legal Guardianship, Divorce or Dissolution of Domestic Partnership, Employee or Dependent Gains/Loses Other Coverage, and Marriage or Domestic Partnership) you will receive the Open Enrollment life event once you have finalized your qualifying event status change.
Selecting “I accept” will finalize your open enrollment changes. If you wish to continue making changes throughout the open enrollment period please click “Save for Later” until you are ready to finalize your changes.
Attend a Virtual Benefits Webinar — Oct. 25–Oct. 28
Using your computer, smart phone or tablet, attend one or more virtual benefits webinars to learn more about your benefits and ask questions from our plans’ representatives. Webinar information subject to change.
For an up-to-date schedule and log in information, please go to https://admin.lmu.edu/hr/totalrewards/benefits/, click Group Health Care and then click Virtual Benefits Webinars.
During open enrollment, Nov. 1–12, the LMU Benefits Team will host Q&A sessions to answer all of your open enrollment and benefits questions. Look for times and dates in upcoming open enrollment emails to register, or visit https://admin.lmu.edu/hr/totalrewards/benefits/, click Group Health Care and then Benefits Q&A Sessions.
Do you need to enroll for 2022?
Even if you don’t want to make changes to your LMU benefits, you may still need to enroll.
FULL-TIME FACULTY AND STAFF
YES, you should enroll if you want to:
- Change your medical and/or dental and vision coverage for 2022
- Enroll in a Heath Care and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for 2022
- Enroll in a Health Savings Account (HSA) and/or make additional contributions to the HSA
- Enroll in or change hospital indemnity insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance and/or group legal coverage with MetLife
- Add or drop a dependent from your coverage
PART-TIME FACULTY AND STAFF
YES, you should enroll if you want to:
- Change your medical, dental and/or vision coverage for 2022
- Enroll in a Heath Care and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for 2022
- Enroll in a Health Savings Account (HSA) and/or make additional contributions to the HSA
- Add or drop a dependent from your coverage
QUESTIONS?
Westchester Campus/Law School:
- LMU Human Resources: 310.338.2723
- LMU Benefits: 310.338.5757
