YOU AND YOURS Who’s a Domestic Partner? According to our attorneys, “anyone Love Your Benefits. Share Your Benefits. over the age of 18 of the same or We’re sure you’ll love your CPK benefits, and we wish you could share them with everyone, but rules opposite sex, engaged in a spouse-like are rules and there are some limits on who’s eligible. relationship that is characterized by mutual caring and dependency.” Who You’re All In says lawyers can’t be sentimental? You’re eligible for benefits as a salaried or RSC full-time employee after one month of employment, effective on the first day following that month. Domestic Partners Share the Love: Covering Dependents and Your Taxes What could make your CPK benefits even better? Sharing them with your loved ones. You’re welcome to enroll dependents including: While we recognize domestic partners l Your legally married spouse or domestic partner and their dependents as part of your l Your kids: biological, adopted, stepchildren, dependents of your domestic family, the IRS may not. In that case, the partner — up to age 26, we’ll take them all value of their coverage may be treated as income for the purpose of your tax l Disabled dependents over the age of 26 withholding and employment taxes. Keep in mind that you’ll need to show proof of dependent status the first time you enroll each dependent; if you don’t, you risk termination of your dependent’s coverage. Coverage Levels To help you pick the right coverage, you can choose from four levels: l Yourself only l You plus your spouse or partner l You plus any number of children l Your whole family or partner plus family Everybody needs to enroll in the same plan. For example, you can’t have your kids in the Kaiser HMO while you’re in the PPO Choice. Consider it one less thing you have to keep track of. 4