Employee Help
Looking for Insurance Information?
Are you an employee looking for insurance information, such as the items listed below? Please contact your HR administrator, or your insurance provider. ID Cards Claims Information Explanation of Benefits Referral Information Member Number(s) If ...
How to Enroll in Benefits
Enrolling in benefits in BerniePortal is easy and informative, but employees may need help from time to time. How employees enroll in BerniePortal: Employees will begin enrollment from their BerniePortal home page by clicking either the blue “Make ...
How to View and Update Beneficiaries
It’s important for employees to keep beneficiary information up to date. BerniePortal stores this information for your employees, and makes it easy to update throughout the year. To assist employees with updating beneficiary information: On the ...
How to View Current Elections
One of the greatest benefits of BerniePortal is the ability for employees to view all of their benefit elections, as well as any supporting documentation or websites, in one place at any time. To help employees view their current elections: From the ...
How to View SPD and General Enrollment Documents
Employees can easily view Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs) and any General Enrollment Documents in their BerniePortal account. To help employees view SPDs and General Enrollment Documents: From the employee’s home page, select the “Benefits” tab in ...
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Login Instructions - Administrator Help
It's important for employees to know how to log in to BerniePortal. An employee’s initial username and password depend on how they were added to BerniePortal. Employees can be added to BerniePortal several different ways, listed below: Via census ...
Understanding the Complete Benefits Lifecycle
Effective benefits administration requires navigating a comprehensive lifecycle. This includes creating materials for potential hires, ensuring compliant onboarding documentation, supporting active employee enrollment, managing ongoing compliance ...
Onboarding Document Categories
Say goodbye to endless paperwork! BerniePortal comes pre-loaded with five essential onboarding documents: W-4, W-9, I-9, State Withholding, and Direct Deposit forms. Beyond these standard documents, you can create custom onboarding categories to ...
Hiring Managers, Hiring Influencers, and Their Capabilities
BerniePortal’s Recruiting feature ensures that the right people within your organization have the access they need to effectively manage and fill open positions. Two role types are available: Hiring Managers and Hiring Influencers. Hiring Managers: ...
Splitting Your Bill by Billing Subgroup
Streamline your billing management by generating separate monthly bills for each primary billing subgroup. This feature is perfect for organizations that handle payments separately by division, department, or location. To access: Log in to ...