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.

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.