Learn more about employee and dependent eligibility for benefits.
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).
Eligible employees do not include:
You can cover your legal spouse of the opposite or same gender, including common law spouses in states recognizing common law marriage, or a legally separated spouse in states recognizing legal separation.
Baker Hughes covers domestic partners under eligible Health & Protection benefits. You are required to submit supporting documentation to verify your domestic partner’s eligibility, just as you do for any dependent.
Note: You may add your domestic partner’s children to your benefits, but your domestic partner must also be covered under that same benefit.
To be eligible, you and your domestic partner must meet the following requirements:
Domestic partners and their children are not tax dependents under IRS rules. You must pay the premium for their health benefits on an after-tax basis. The employer portion of the premium is subject to imputed tax. See the Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
You can cover your eligible dependent children up to age 26 regardless of whether they are married, full-time students or eligible for other group health plan coverage. In addition, you can cover unmarried dependent children up to any age who are supported by you 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) and must previously be covered under the Baker Hughes medical plan prior to age 26.
Your eligible children include:
In general, every eligible employee may enroll eligible dependents. However, if both you and your spouse or domestic partner are Baker Hughes employees, you may:
Eligible children may be enrolled as dependents of either you or your spouse or domestic partner, but not both.
All Baker Hughes employees are required to provide proof of dependent eligibility for any new dependents added to coverage under the Baker Hughes Health & Protection benefit plans. If you add dependents to your coverage, you will receive a notification and information on the required proof of eligibility. If you do not submit acceptable documentation by the deadline provided, those dependents will be removed from the plans for which they were enrolled and will not have coverage. Additionally, if a dependent becomes ineligible, you must notify the Benefits Center immediately. Intentionally covering ineligible persons under these plans may be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.
Note: If you are a foreign national on a US work visa, a translated and legalized marriage or birth certificate is required.
For 401(k) Plan eligibility, see the 401(k) Plan page in this guide.