Marriage

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Marriage

Need assistance? Call the HR Support Center 1-417-873-4357 (option 2) or email.

A marriage is a “Qualifying Life Event.” You are allowed to make changes to your benefit plans within 30 days of the date of marriage.*

Your changes are effective on the date of marriage, documentation is required and premiums are collected as of the event date.

BENEFIT CHANGES

Here is a list of benefit changes you might consider based upon your current enrollment situation:

  • Add your spouse to your plan – If you are currently enrolled in Bass Pro Shops benefits, you may choose to add your new spouse to your medical plan, dental plan or other plans where spousal coverage is offered.
  • Join your spouse’s plan – If your spouse has other coverage available, you may decide to drop your Bass Pro Shops coverage and add yourself to your spouse’s coverage.
  • Enroll in coverage – If you are not enrolled in a Bass Pro Shops plan, you might decide to enroll yourself and/or your spouse at this time.

WHAT TO CONSIDER 

  • This is a good time to review your beneficiary designations. 
  • In addition to your legally married spouse, you may also add any newly-acquired dependents, such as step-children, as part of the marriage life event.
  • Based on your Medical Plan choice, you may want to add to or start a Health Care and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, or Health Savings Account. 
  • Need more Life Insurance? You might consider adding coverage for yourself and/or your spouse. Your new spouse will be eligible for guaranteed-issue coverage. As a newly-eligible dependent, this is the only time guaranteed-issue coverage will be available. Life insurance options include:
  • Dependent Basic Life – $5,000 for spouse and $2,500 benefit per child at NO COST to you, but you must select it and add your covered spouse and dependent(s).
  • Outfitter or Dependent Supplemental Life – This is term coverage you may add (or increase) for yourself with approved Evidence of Insurability. Your new spouse will be eligible for guaranteed issue coverage. Child coverage may be selected without Evidence of Insurability. Rates are shown when you select coverage.

SPOUSE CARD

Contact your site HR to obtain a card for your spouse for your Outfitter discount.

Your changes are effective on the date of marriage.

Documentation is required.
Premiums are collected as of the event date.

LIFE NAVIGATOR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PLAN

Life Navigator has free resources to help build a healthy marriage, review your finances, or make a will. You can talk with a counselor online or by calling 877-240-6863. Life Navigator services are available to all Bass Pro Shops Outfitters, spouses, children, parents and parents-in-law, all at no cost and regardless of health plan enrollment.

Visit Life Navigator

READY TO MAKE YOUR CHANGES?

All changes are made in Workday in the Benefits worklet, Change, Benefits, and select “Marriage.”

*After the 30-day life event window closes, your next opportunity to make changes to your benefits will be the annual Open Enrollment period or a subsequent life event.