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  • What’s up?
    • What do I need to know?
    • What’s new for 2016?
  • Medical benefits
    • What are the medical plan choices?
    • How do the medical options compare?
    • What about prescription drugs?
    • How can I save money on qualified expenses?
  • Other benefits
    • Dental
    • Vision
    • Spending and savings accounts
    • Life and AD&D
    • Disability
    • Vacation purchase
    • Legal Plan
    • Voluntary benefits
    • Shopping programs
  • Newly hired?
  • About retirement
    • Hired BEFORE
      January 1, 2004?
    • Hired ON or AFTER January 1, 2004?
    • Will you have enough $$$ to retire?
    • Planning to retire in 2016?
  • Okay, GO!
    • Who is eligible?
    • What do I need to do?
    • What if I change my mind?
  • Medical
    Starting with your first year’s Annual Enrollment in the fall, you and your spouse or same-sex domestic partner will need to complete your plan’s Wellness requirements by March 31 of the following year to qualify for the Enhanced Benefit Level — and enjoy significantly lower out-of-pocket costs for the rest of the year.
    and prescription drugs
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Retirement benefits
    Two retirement plans are available to you: the Retirement Plan (RP) and the Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees (SSIP). You’re automatically enrolled in both as of your date of hire.
  • Health Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Health Savings Account
  • Company-provided basic employee life insurance and AD&D
  • Optional employee and dependent life insurance
  • Optional AD&D
  • Optional critical illness insurance
  • Legal plan
  • Voluntary benefits
    You also can take advantage of Ford’s Voluntary Benefits program, which provides a variety of offerings so you can choose what best fits into your life and family situation. Plus, you can save money with shopping programs that offer substantial discounts from many leading companies.
  • Beginning January 1:
    Vacation purchase program
    As a new hire, you are not immediately eligible to enroll in the vacation purchase program.

    If you wish to purchase additional vacation days to be used during your FIRST FULL CALENDAR YEAR with the Company, you may do so during the next Annual Enrollment period in the fall. Your purchased vacation will be available beginning the following January 1.

    Here’s more information about the vacation purchase program.
Your email also will include instructions for signing in to myfordbenefits.com, which contains all things benefits. You can access it via @Ford Online or HR ONLINE.
The benefits you elect during your new hire enrollment will be effective until the end of this year. You’ll have an opportunity to enroll for next year’s benefits during Annual Enrollment in the fall.
Call the NESC at 1-800-248-4444 to speak with a Benefits Representative between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. TIP: To avoid long wait times, call between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.
After you set up your benefits account on myfordbenefits.com:
  1. Learn about each plan’s benefits, costs and eligibility rules, and decide which benefits will be right for you. In addition to this Enrollment eGuide, you can take advantage of the
    valuable tools and resources
    • Prefer hard data to gut instinct? Check out the interactive Health Plan Comparison tool. It uses your own claims history to compare the plans based on the types of care you’ve received in the past.
    • Like watching movies? Our brief and informative (yet fun!) video hits the highlights of Annual Enrollment.
    • Rather kick it old-school? You can peruse a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) for each medical plan. The SBCs are provided in a standardized format for easy comparison.
    available on myfordbenefits.com.
  2. If you have a
    spouse or same-sex domestic partner
    If your significant other has other coverage available (for example, through his or her employer) but chooses to enroll in Ford coverage, you’ll pay a monthly surcharge of $110 for medical and/or $11 for dental.
    , be sure to share this information with your significant other BEFORE finalizing your decisions. (Just saying.)
  3. Use the Annual Enrollment Checklist in this eGuide. It will help guide you through the process, every step of the way.
  4. Enroll
    Be sure to complete your new-hire benefits enrollment before the deadline indicated in your email.
    ! There are two ways to do it.
    • If you want to get the job done using the easiest, fastest way, sign in to myfordbenefits.com and follow the instructions.
    • If you’d rather enroll by phone, call the
      National Employee
      Call the NESC at 1-800-248-4444 to speak with a Benefits Representative between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. TIP: To avoid long wait times, call between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.
      Services Center
      Call the NESC at 1-800-248-4444 to speak with a Benefits Representative between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. TIP: To avoid long wait times, call between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., Tuesday through Friday.
      to speak with a real, live human.