• Whether a woman has children or not, there is no difference in her desire to take on jobs with more responsibility.
•  Men are taking more responsibility for the care of children.
• Among Millennials (under 29), women are just as likely as men to want jobs with greater responsibility.
• Men and women are both less likely to embrace traditional gender roles.

• Parental insurance will cover a newborn's initial medical expenses while the baby is still in the hospital, but action must be taken to continue coverage.
• To insure your newborn, you must complete and submit the Benefits Change Form to the Benefits Division within 31 days of the child's birth.
• You may enroll in dependent child life insurance with coverage up to $10,000 in $2,000 increments. Underwriting is not required for this plan. If you have already enrolled other children in dependent child life insurance, then your newborn will be added automatically.
• The birth of a child can be used as an IRS qualifying event to apply for additional life insurance, modify your FSA elections, change enrollment in disability plans, or even add or drop health insurance. You must use the Benefits Change Form mentioned above to make these changes. The Evidence of Insurability Form is also required if you are enrolling in, or increasing, basic, supplemental or spouse life insurance.
• You cannot change the health or dental plan in which your family is enrolled.
• If both you and your spouse are employed full-time or are full-time students, you may be eligible for the Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account to cover childcare expenses, including daycare.
• Depending on your gross household income, you may also be eligible for the Employer Match. Use the Dependent Care Match Application and include your most recently filed 1040 federal tax form to apply.
• Insurance premiums are not prorated. Regardless of the date your child is born, you are financially responsible for the entire month of insurance premiums. These may be retroactively deducted on future paychecks.
  

As always, please contact the Benefits Division at 847-491-7513 if you need more information.