Eligibility

​If you’re classified as a regular full-time employee or a part-time employee and you regularly work 20 or more hours per week, you can participate in this benefit from the first day of work.

Benefit Eligibility Requirement
Employee Assistance Plan First day of work
Medical & Dental Insurance First day of work
Flexible Spending Accounts First day of work
Life Insurance and AD&D First day of work
Business Travel Accident Insurance First day of work
401(k) Plan First day of work
Sickness & Accident 1 year from date of hire
Long Term Disability 5 years from date of hire
Voluntary Life Insurance First day of work (available for purchase)
Pension An employee is fully vested after 5 years of service

Your Dependents

Only eligible dependents may be covered under our health plans.  You will be required to submit documentation to show proof of the dependent relationship within 31 days of your event. If you do not submit the required documents to Human Resources by the deadline, your dependent(s) will be dropped from your coverage.  Any falsification of this information will result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. If your spouse, child, or parent also works for EVRAZ, note that you cannot be covered under our health plans as both an employee and a dependent.

Eligible Dependent Required Verification Forms*
Spouse/Common Law Spouse One document from Section A and one from Section B. See below for more information.

Children under the age of 26

  • Biological
  • Adopted children or those under legal guardianship
  • Step
  • Disabled, if they became incapable of self-support due to mental or physical disability prior to age 26
  • Birth Certificate
  • Legal Guardianship forms
  • Birth Certificate with the name of the mother or father that is listed on the initial marriage certificate
*We can only accept official marriage and birth certificates issued by the state. Copies are acceptable.

Documentation Required

Two documents are required, one from Section A and one from Section B:

Section A

  • Government-Issued Marriage Certificate including date of marriage
    • Document from Section B not required if married in past 12 months
  • Notarized Affidavid of Common Law Marriage
  • Government-Issued Certificate of Civil Union Partnership
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Section B

  • Federal Tax Return within last 2 years listing your spouse or partner
    • Send only the first page of prior year Federal Tax Return (Form 1040) that shows dependents, black out all financial information and Social Security Numbers
  • Proof of Joint Ownership issued within the last 6 months
    • Includes mortgage statements, bank statements, credit card statements, rental/lease agreements or property tax statements with both parties' names as co-owners.

A document from Section A will confirm for us that at some point in time, the parties were joined in marriage, common law marriage, or civil union partnership.  A document from Section B will confirm that the relationship substantiated by the document in Section A is current.

NOTE: Domestic Partners and children of domestic partners are not considered eligible for coverage.