Life Events & Changing Your Benefits

When & How You Can Change Your Benefits

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Outside of initial enrollment or the annual open enrollment period, you cannot change your benefit elections unless you experience a qualifying life event. Benefit changes will take effect on the first day of the calendar month following the date of your qualifying life event, with the exception of birth or adoption, which are effective as of the date of birth or adoption.

Qualifying Life Events

If you experience a change in your situation – such as getting married, having a baby, or losing health coverage – this may be considered a qualifying life event, giving you the opportunity to enroll in or update your existing benefits.

This list of qualifying life events details the following for each situation:

An explanation of the life event.
Which Team Members are eligible to make changes.
The amount of time you have to make changes (i.e. the special enrollment period).
What coverage you can elect or change.

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Adding a Dependent Resulting from Birth, Adoption or Guardianship

Birth of a child: when a Team Member is the biological mother or father of a child (60-day special enrollment period)
New dependent (not a birth): if a Team Member has adopted a child or has been identified as a legal guardian (31-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: All benefits-eligible Team Members

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, and/or HSA

If you have a baby and/or adopt a child and notify BBI of the change within 31 days (60 days for the birth of a child), your child’s coverage will take effect on the birth and/or adoption date.

Removing a Dependent

When a dependent obtains coverage elsewhere (31-day special enrollment period)
When a child reaches 26 years of age and is no longer eligible under their parent or guardian’s plan (31-day special enrollment period)
When a child is no longer a dependent of the Team Member (31-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: All Team Members enrolled in benefits

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, and/or HSA

Change in Marital Status

When a Team Member wants to add or remove a spouse due to a marriage, divorce, legal separation, or annulment (31-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: All benefits-eligible and Team Members

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, and/or HSA

Change in Non-Bloomin' Spousal Coverage

If you or your spouse has lost or gained coverage outside of Bloomin’ Brands benefits coverage (31-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: All benefits-eligible Team Members

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, and/or HSA

Change in HSA Contribution

If a Team Member wishes to change their payroll contribution toward their Health Savings Account (HSA), not their health coverage

Who is eligible to make this change: All Team Members who have a Health Savings Account (HSA)

Coverage you can elect or change: HSA

This does not apply to or initiate a change in coverage already elected.

Change in Beneficiary

If a Team Member wishes to change their beneficiary for their Group Term Life/AD&D

Who is eligible to make this change: All enrolled Team Members

Coverage you can elect or change: Beneficiary Designation(s) for Group Term Life and AD&D

This does not apply to or initiate a change in coverage already elected.

Job Change with Bloomin' Brands

When a Team Member has been promoted from an hourly to a salaried position, or to an hourly position with salaried benefits, becoming eligible for additional benefits (45-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: Hourly Team Members promoted to a salaried position (i.e. Salaried, MIT, Sous Chefs, PDD, GEDM, or Flex Manager)

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA, Employee and Spousal Supplemental Life, Employee and Spousal Supplemental AD&D, Child Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability Buy-Up Insurance, and/or Long-Term Disability Buy-Up Insurance

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Adding a Dependent Resulting from Birth, Adoption or Guardianship

Birth of a child: when a Team Member is the biological mother or father of a child (60-day special enrollment period)
New dependent (not a birth): if a Team Member has adopted a child or has been identified as a legal guardian (31-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: All benefits-eligible Team Members

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA, and/or Child Life Insurance

If you have a baby and/or adopt a child and notify BBI of the change within 31 days (60 days for the birth of a child), your child’s coverage will take effect on the birth and/or adoption date.

Removing a Dependent

When a dependent obtains coverage elsewhere (31-day special enrollment period)
When a child reaches 26 years of age and is no longer eligible under their parent or guardian’s plan (31-day special enrollment period)
When a child is no longer a dependent of the Team Member (31-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: All Team Members enrolled in benefits

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA, and/or Child Life Insurance

Change in Marital Status

When a Team Member wants to add or remove a spouse due to a marriage, divorce, legal separation, or annulment (31-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: All benefits-eligible and Team Members

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA, Dependent Life Insurance, and/or Spouse AD&D

Change in Non-Bloomin' Spousal Coverage

If you or your spouse has lost or gained coverage outside of Bloomin’ Brands benefits coverage (31-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: All benefits-eligible Team Members

Coverage you can elect or change: Medical, Dental, Vision, Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and/or HSA

Change in HSA Contribution

If a Team Member wishes to change their payroll contribution toward their Health Savings Account (HSA), not their health coverage

Who is eligible to make this change: All Team Members who have a Health Savings Account (HSA)

Coverage you can elect or change: HSA

This does not apply to or initiate a change in coverage already elected.

Change in Beneficiary

If a Team Member wishes to change their beneficiary for their Group Term Life/AD&D, Supplemental AD&D, or Supplemental Life

Who is eligible to make this change: All enrolled Team Members

Coverage you can elect or change: Beneficiary Designation(s) for Group Term Life and AD&D, Supplemental Life Insurance, and/or Supplemental AD&D

This does not apply to or initiate a change in coverage already elected.

Job Change with Bloomin' Brands

When a Team Member has been promoted from an hourly to a salaried position, or to an hourly position with salaried benefits, becoming eligible for additional benefits (45-day special enrollment period)

Who is eligible to make this change: Hourly Team Members promoted to a salaried position (i.e. Salaried, MIT, Sous Chefs, PDD, GEDM, or Flex Manager)

How to Make Changes

Submit Your Change in BBI Connect

Make sure you have the Social Security number and date of birth for each dependent or beneficiary, if applicable.

Log into BBI Connect.
Locate the Myself tab and select Life Events
Select which life event applies.
Submit your change.
Email your supporting documentation to bbiconnect@bloominbrands.com.

Supporting Documentation

Any changes that you make must be consistent with your qualifying life event. Supporting documentation is required within 31 days of the qualifying life event date, or within 60 days when adding a newborn child to your coverage.

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Life Event	Documentation Needed
Gain of other coverage	Document showing the new coverage and the effective date of this coverage, making sure that each dependent for whom you are removing coverage is listed on the documentation.
Loss of other coverage	Document showing the loss of coverage and the termination date of coverage, making sure that each dependent for whom you are adding coverage is listed on the documentation.
Divorce, annulment, or legal separation	A copy of your divorce, annulment or legal separation papers. For a marriage: A copy of your marriage certificate.
Adding a dependent as a result of birth, adoption, etc.	A copy of the birth certificate or hospital records, adoption paperwork, court order, etc.