New Arrival,
New Benefits.
Congratulations! When you have a baby or complete a legal adoption, it’s important to update your benefits to reflect your new circumstances.
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Birth/Adoption
Enter a Birth Event in Workday
This event needs to be completed within 30 days of the birth or finalized legal adoption, with day 1 being the date of birth/adoption. For detailed instructions on how to enter an event, verification options, and how to upload verifications into Workday, see below.
- Log in to Workday and click on the Menu in the upper left corner.
- Select Benefits and Pay, then click Change Benefits.
- Choose the Birth/Adoption Reason and enter the date of birth, adoption, or legal guardianship.
- Click Submit, then Open, and Let’s Get Started.
- Important: The “Submit Elections by” date is the last day you can submit your event and upload verification in Workday.
- Update your elections by clicking Enroll or Manage on each benefit tile you want to change. When finished, click Review and Sign.
- Note: Add the new child as a dependent in the first benefit tile you update. Once added, you can check the box next to their name for the rest of the benefit updates.
- If your elections are correct, review the electronic signature, check I Accept, and click Submit. If you need to change a benefit, click Cancel to go back to the benefit election tiles.
Submit Verification Documents
Verification Needed to Approve Event
- Birth Verification: Typically, you will need to provide the birth certificate showing the partner or verified spouse.
- Adoption/Legal Guardianship Verification: You will need the finalized, dated, court-stamped paperwork.
- If you are adding your spouse and/or other children for the first time through this event, dependent verification will be needed for them as well.
- Dependent verification examples can be found here.
- Instructions to upload verification can be found here.
Review and Update Beneficiaries for All Benefits
Additional Benefits
