Category: Announcements

Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) Update

Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) will be available for the duration of the Public Health Emergency declaration.   Full-time employees may be eligible for up to 80 hours of PHEL beginning January 10th, the start of the new leave year (the 160 hours will end on January 9, 2021).  Please note that the federal FFCRA leave […]

Benefit Premiums Holiday

We are pleased to announce that there will be a premium holiday for the month of December for those enrolled in the State Health Benefits Program (not including TRICARE Supplement enrollees). The premium holiday will also apply to retiree group participants (retirees, survivors, LTD participants) and Extended Coverage/COBRA participants. This means that there will be […]

Additional Life Insurance Special Enrollment

The below message is from New York Life Insurance Company.  You may recall they ran a special enrollment in 2015 and are running it again to deliver benefits to state employees through voluntary payroll deduction.  A website has been dedicated for Virginia’s state employees as a substitute for the benefit fairs that aren’t happening this […]