Extend Benefits Coverage for an Individual Employee

You can extend benefit coverage beyond the Workday-calculated end date for an event and coverage type.

Workday uses the

End Date

associated with an event and coverage type on the

Create Enrollment Event Rule

task to calculate the last day of coverage. If there’s a grace period associated with the event, Workday adds the grace period to the end date to determine the last day of coverage.

You can extend benefits only to employees that are losing eligibility for the benefit plan.

You can't extend benefits for an event if an employee has another enrollment event that falls at a later date. If necessary, you can rescind the later event and then extend lost benefits from the earlier event.

You can't extend benefits beyond the current benefit plan year for a terminated employee. Workday lets you select a coverage end date in a future plan year. But, it drops their coverage at the end of the current plan year. To avoid dropping the terminated worker's coverage, work directly with your benefit provider.