Benefit Elections - Employee page

(Required) Select one of the following options for who can be covered by the benefit plan:

• No Election Options: The employee is covered by the plan but there are no additional amounts or variables that would change the cost.
• Choose Election Codes: The employee is required to select an election option. You must then select the Election Codes that apply.
• Amount Entry Only: The employee is required to enter a flat amount or percent of pay for the election. You then select either Amount or Percent.

(Required) Type a description (no more than 30 characters) for this election.

This description displays to the employee on the Benefits page when they select their elections for this plan.

See Sample page showing location of the election description

Example: For a 401K plan, use My Contribution ($) = for the description so that employees know they must enter a dollar amount— or use My Contribution (%) = so that employees know they must enter a percentage.

If you selected Choose Election Codes, select one of the following options for where in Sage HRMS you want to store the value you entered on the Election Codes page.

• None: The election value is not stored.
• Other Calculated Amount: The election value must be an amount that is ten characters or less with 2 decimal places.
• Coverage Type: The election value must be 14 characters or less.
• Coverage Amount: The election value must be an amount that is seven characters or less (with no decimals).
• User Defined 1, 2, 3 and 4: The election value must be ten characters or less.

Note: This item is not available for a savings plan. For savings plans, election values are always stored as an amount or percent (Be.b_401eamt or Be.b_401epct in HRMS Employee Self Service's Employee Benefit table.

Select this check box if the employee must enter data during enrollment.