Benefits Coverage

Coverage begins the first of the month following or coincident with date of employment. Faculty and Staff have 30 days from date of hire to elect benefits.

Faculty Eligibility Criteria

Staff and Post-Doc Eligibility Criteria

Dependent Eligibility

If you plan to cover a spouse and/or a dependent child(ren) on the medical, dental, and/or vision plan(s), during your new hire period, qualifying event, or annual benefits enrollment, you will need to provide dependent verification documentation to ensure dependents meet the plans’ eligibility criteria.

A spouse and/or a dependent child(ren) under the Wake Forest health plan(s) must meet at least one of the following criteria:

Domestic partners are not eligible for coverage on the WFU benefit plans. Individuals that are not eligible for coverage under the WFU plan, can review potential health care options on the healthcare.gov website.

Dependent Verification Requirements

Submit required documentation to Workday within 30 days of your hire date, within 30 days of the event, or by the annual benefits enrollment deadline by uploading to Workday by completing the following steps:

  1. Click on the Personal Information worklet.
  2. In View section, click Worker Documents (you may need to click the More link).
  3. Click Add.
  4. Click Select Files and choose your dependent verification documentation file(s).
  5. Select Benefits Documents for the Document Category.
  6. Once all documents have been uploaded, click OK.
  7. Click Done.

Wake Forest University Human Resources

P.O. Box 7424, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 
askHR@wfu.edu |  P 336.758.4700 |  F 336.758.6127