You are eligible for benefits if your payroll is U.S.-based and you’re either a regular full-time employee or a benefits-eligible part-time employee (regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week), you’re eligible for coverage under the health and protection benefits.

Eligible employees do not include:

• Temporary, contract, or seasonal employees;
• Employees hired outside of the United States and who work outside of the United States; and
• Employees who are members of a bargaining unit whose agreement does not provide for these benefits.
  

Dependents may be enrolled in BHGE benefits if they meet eligibility requirements.

Spouse

• Legal spouse of opposite or same gender, including common-law spouses in states recognizing common law marriage, or a legally separated spouse in states recognizing legal separation

Children

• ‍Dependent children up to age 26 regardless of whether they are married, full-time students or eligible for other group health plan coverage
• Unmarried dependent children up to any age who are supported because of mental or physical disability; the disability must have occurred during the period in which they were an eligible dependent (up to age 26)

Domestic partners are not eligible for benefits coverage.

All benefits begin on your first day of employment.