The Open Enrollment period begins on Monday, October 25, 2021, and ends on Friday, November 12, 2021.
The New School has designed a benefits plan to meet the needs of our diverse employees. Please review this important information regarding your elections. A thorough understanding of your benefits options can help you ensure that you have the appropriate
level of coverage for your and your family's needs and that you have chosen the most cost-effective plan for your needs. Below is a snapshot of the benefits available to you. Please review the sections listed below on the website for more information.
- Health Insurance: Aetna Open Access — Aetna Select EPO
- Dental Insurance: Aetna DHMO and Aetna PPO
- Qualified Transportation Expense
- The New School Retirement Plan (employer contributions)
- The New School Voluntary 403(b) retirement plan (employee contributions)
Important Reminder
The benefits elections you make during the open enrollment period may not be changed until January 1, 2023, unless you experience a qualifying event such as marriage, divorce, birth, adoption or gain or loss of coverage. Benefits that are governed by
this rule include all medical and dental elections and flexible spending. You must notify the benefits office within 31 days of a qualifying event for changes to become effective; otherwise, you will not be able to make changes until the next open
enrollment period. You must also submit documentation to support the qualifying event. For example, if you are adding a newborn, you must submit the birth certificate within 31 days of the child's birth in order for the coverage to be effective on
the child's date of birth.
Here's What to Do
- Review all of the information on this webpage.
- Review your current benefit elections and costs in MyDay. Type myday.newschool.edu into your browser and log in with your regular username and password.
Click on the Benefits worklet (circle). Under View, select Benefit Elections. Download this into Excel or print a PDF for your records.
- Review this guide for instructions for navigating the MyDay Open Enrollment Benefit Event.
Qualified Transportation Expense and Tax Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan changes can be made outside of the Open Enrollment Benefit Event. The 2022 limits are not known at this point, but we will advise when limits have been set.