Human Resources for the main campus announced help desk hours for open enrollment, plus a Medical Plan Overview and a class on Health Insurance After You Retire.

Open enrollment starts at 8 a.m. Monday (Oct. 29) and runs through 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. As in previous years, open enrollment is an online process.

The UC Office of the President put the 2013 open enrollment booklets in the mail (to home addresses) on Oct. 19 — so yours may have already arrived or should be arriving soon (or you can read the booklets, one for employees, one for retirees, on the open enrollment website).

If you have open enrollment questions, or need help with computer access, you are invited to come to the HR Administration Building (on Orchard Road, just west of La Rue Road) for help desk hours (first-come, first served):

• Wednesday, Nov. 7 — 1:30-4 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 14 — 1:30-4:30 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 19 — 8:30 a.m.-noon

The Health Care Facilitator Program announced these programs:

• Medical Plan Overview — Summaries and comparisons of your medical plan options. 8-10 a.m. Tuesday (Oct. 30), Ballroom B, the Activities and Recreation Center. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Help desk hours are scheduled after the program, from 10:15 a.m. to noon in Ballroom B.

• Health Insurance After You Retire — Suggested for employees who are retiring within the next year or so. Noon-1 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 30), Ballroom B, ARC.

Online

• UCOP news release on open enrollment

• At Your Service: Open Enrollment — UC's systemwide open enrollment website. Look under the "2013 Health Benefits Open Enrollment" banner for the main index, where you can select "Employees," "Retirees" and "How to Make Changes."

The employee and retiree pages include comprehensive indexes, including employee and retiree links to the UC Medical Plan Chooser with which you can price and compare medical plans, and check medical plan availability by ZIP code.