Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment 2025
October 04, 2024 - October 18, 2024
All benefits changes will be effective 01/01/2025
During this Open Enrollment, employees and retirees will be able to make updates to their medical, dental and vision plans as well as make dependent changes. The new plans will be effective January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025.
While it is always recommended to take this opportunity to review your benefit elections, no action is required unless:
You waive County medical insurance. You are required to take action during Open Enrollment to provide proof of other coverage to continue to waive.
If you participate in a Health or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA). Your FSA or HSA election amounts need to be selected each plan year.
| What | When | Details |
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| Open Enrollment Begins | Oct. 04 |
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| Open Enrollment Ends | Oct. 18 |
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Employee Open Enrollment Information
The 2025 Employee Benefits Brochure is live! Use the button below to review your 2025 employee benefits.
To review the 2025 medical, dental, and vision premiums as well as the 2025 County Cafeteria Contribution Rates, navigate to the County's premiums/rates webpage. Find the 2025 information listed at the bottom.
2025 Premiums and Cafeteria Contributions
The County provides a cafeteria contribution (employer contribution) towards your medical, dental, and vision premiums. Below is a link to download an Excel Spreadsheet benefits calculator. Follow the below steps to utilize it:
- Download the 2025 Benefits Cafeteria and Premiums Calculator.
- Open the Excel spreadsheet.
- You may need to select "enable content" to access the spreadsheet content.
- Do not attempt to edit any of the cells in the spreadsheet, you will receive an error message.
- You will see error #VALUE! in the calculator if you have not entered all the necessary information.
- Use the dropdowns to select your information.
- Select your bargaining unit.
- Select your intended 2025 medical plan and medical enrollment tier.
- Select your intended 2025 dental plan and dental enrollment tier.
- Select your 2025 vision enrollment tier.
- The calculator will automatically populate the appropriate Cafeteria contribution and medical, dental, and vision premiums and it will provide you with your monthly out of pocket cost.
| Event | Date and Time | Details |
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| 2025 Benefits Overview |
Oct. 2
1:00 PM
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Join the County Benefits Team for an overview of the 2025 benefits offerings and to review important Open Enrollment actions.
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| Tax Savings Account Overview | Oct. 3 9 AM |
The County offers a variety of pre-tax accounts to help you manage expected health and dependent care expenses. Join this webinar to learn about healthcare Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (DCFSA), and Health Savings Accounts (HSA). Presentation will include updates for 2025.
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| HDHP and HSA Overview | Oct. 8 2 PM |
Considering the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) for 2025 but unsure of how this plan and a Health Savings Account (HSA) work? Sign up for this webinar, which will include an overview of the HDHP, and how you can pair an HSA. An HSA is a tax-advantage personal savings or investment account that you can use to pay for qualified health expenses or fund as a health emergency fund. Sign up!
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| Event | Date | Details |
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New Government Center
1055 Monterey St. Room 161/162 SLO, CA 93408 |
Sept. 24 | Stop by to get your annual flu shot and/or participate in a finger-prick Biometric Health Screening from 10 AM to 2 PM!
By participating in a flu shot, biometric health screening, and/or the benefits presentation, you can pick up a bag of goodies from our benefits vendors!
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Department of Social Services
3433 S. Higuera St. Room 101 SLO, CA 93401 |
Sept. 26 |
Stop by to get your annual flu shot and/or participate in a finger-prick Biometric Health Screening from 10 AM to 2 PM!
By participating in a flu shot, biometric health screening, and/or the benefits presentation, you can pick up a bag of goodies from our benefits vendors!
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Health Agency
2180 Johnson Ave. Room 214 (Library Conference) SLO, CA 93401 |
Oct. 1 |
Stop by to get your annual flu shot and/or participate in a finger-prick Biometric Health Screening from 10 AM to 2 PM!
By participating in a flu shot, biometric health screening, and/or the benefits presentation, you can pick up a bag of goodies from our benefits vendors!
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County Benefits will be hosting a couple different types of appointments to assist employees with their benefits during Open Enrollment. Sign up for a 1:1 appointment to discuss your benefits questions or join the Benefits Team at the Kimball Computer lab for help completing your online BenXcel elections.
| Appointment | Dates | Details |
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| Employee 1:1 Appointments Microsoft Teams or Phone
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Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 23 |
Meet virtually or via phone with a County Benefits Representative to:
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| BenXcel Workshop Kimball Computer Lab
1144 Monterey St. Suite C SLO, CA 93408 |
Oct. 9 Oct. 15 Oct. 17 |
BenXcel is your online enrollment portal to make any Open Enrollment changes. If you need assistance with completing your BenXcel Open Enrollment elections, schedule an appointment at the Kimball Computer Lab. A Benefits Representative will be available to assist you with:
Sign up HERE
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You must take action in BenXcel and complete your Open Enrollment, if you waive County medical insurane or if you would like to enroll in a tax savings account. Review the Mandatory Open Enrollment Actions webpage for more details.
| Resource | Details |
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| BenXcel Workshops | If you need help with your BenXcel Open Enrollment tunnel, considering stopping by the Kimball Computer Lab on Oct. 9, Oct. 15, or Oct. 17 for a BenXcel Workshop. The Benefits Team will be able to help you with logging into BenXcel, completing your enrollments, uploading documents, and printing/saving your confirmation statement. Go to the Employee Appointments section above for more information! |
| BenXcel Support | The BenXcel Support webpage includes:
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| Department HR Support | If you are having trouble with your BenXcel, reach out to your Department HR team for assistance. They can help you troubleshoot problems and help direct you to additional resources. |
Retiree Open Enrollment Information
The 2025 Retiree Benefits Brochure is live! Use the button below to review your 2025 retiree benefits.
To review the 2025 retiree medical, dental, and vision premiums as well as the new 2025 County Contribution, navigate to the County Retiree premiums/rates webpage. Find the 2025 information listed at the bottom.
Sign up for a 1:1 appointment to discuss your benefits questions.
| Appointment | Dates | Details |
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| Retiree 1:1 Appointments Microsoft Teams or Phone |
Sept. 30 Oct. 2 |
Meet virtually or via phone with a County Benefits Representative to:
Sign up HERE
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