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WHAT IF I...?
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Get Married
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IMPORTANT: Be sure to enroll your
spouse and any eligible dependent children for benefits within 31 days
of your marriage. Otherwise, you will have to wait until the next open
enrollment period.
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Review your spouse’s benefits. If your spouse
is covered under a benefit plan, you should review his or her benefits
for coordination of coverage and determine which plan best meets
your family needs.
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Enroll your spouse and/or dependents for benefits.
Your spouse and any eligible dependents can receive:
- Review FSA contributions. You may begin, stop or
change the amount of your contribution to a:
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Health Care Spending Account, and/or
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Dependent Care Spending Account. (If you join this plan, Valassis
will match your contributions, dollar-for-dollar, up to the
first $600 you contribute for a total annual contribution of
$5,000 if you are single and file as head of household or married
and file jointly; $2,500 if you are married and file separately).
You must be hired by 10/1 to be eligible for the company contribution
for the next year. Company contributions are made on a quarterly
basis.
- Consider adjusting your voluntary life insurance coverage
(evidence of insurability is required to increase coverage
more than one level).
- Review your designated beneficiaries. You may change
your beneficiaries for:
- Basic and Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Retirement Savings Plans
To designate or change a beneficiary for your life insurance, complete
the beneficiary
designation form and submit it to the HR Solution Center. To designate
or change a beneficiary for the Retirement Savings Plan, complete
the beneficiary designation form and submit it to JP Morgan (via www.retireonline.com).
You may also chose to sign onto www.valassisbenefits.com
and choose the "Enroll or Make Changes" option in the upper
right hand corner. You are automatically the beneficiary for any life
insurance you elect for your spouse and children.
- Consider changing tax withholdings.
Make changes to your W-4
and submit it to payroll. You can also complete it electronically
through the Web using Employee Self Service (ESS), which is accessible
through myValassis, Human Resources, Helpful Links, Employee Self
Service.
- Consider changing Retirement Savings Plan contributions.
You may change your contribution amount or begin contributing to the
Retirement Savings Plan. You may use the online option by going to
www.retireonline.com or by telephone
at 1-800-345-2345.
 
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