Benefits Staff and Contact Information
Benefit/HRIS Question or Issue | City Contact | Phone # |
Benefit plan enrollment and changes • Benefit plan deductions • Enrollment/eligibility (new hires) • Coverage changes (marriage, divorce or birth/adoption of a child, life insurance coverage and beneficiary changes) • Insurance verification requests and medical support orders from various social services agencies | Mary Whitaker | 612-673-2031 |
Deferred compensation plans • Enrolling in a plan, changing contribution amounts, transferring between providers, stopping contributions • Emergency withdrawals (call deferred comp plans directly) • Divorce/domestic relations orders | Chris Dejarlais | 612-673-3891 |
Life insurance and disability plans • Life insurance claims • LTD claims (to report a claim, call 1-800-362-4462) • Short-term disability enrollment or cancellation (1-800-373-3771) • STD claims (to report a claim, call 1-800-537-5024) Continued medical/dental/life coverage following termination of employment, leave/layoff, divorce or over-age dependents • Eligibility, return to work and reinstatement of coverage • Monthly payments for continued coverage Retiree medical coverage • Eligibility, enrollment and monthly payments • Benefit coverage questions | Michelle Howard | 612-673-3347 |
HRA/VEBA and Minneflex • Questions on contribution amounts (for all other questions call OptumHealth 763-421-5510) Metropass and Pre-tax Parking Program | Nancy Skogrand | 612-673-3761 |
Pension plan and benefits-related HRIS issues • Pension plan enrollment • Sick leave, vacation, comp time, & floating holiday accruals • Union contract, policy or employee changes requiring benefit program adjustments (on HRIS) • System-generated forms, reports and queries | Patty Benkusky | 612-673-3348 |
Wellness Programs | Sue Dufloth Amy Friedman | 612-673-2095 612-673-2592 |
Questions about plan design and coverage, service issues, complaints Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (Union Central) | Joyce Traver | 612-673-3120 |
Last updated Dec. 8, 2011