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Employee Benefits open enrollment

Employee Benefits Open Enrollment ended at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024. All changes made during Open Enrollment will be effective January 1, 2025. Scroll down for links to 2025 benefits information.

If you made a change to your benefits during Open Enrollment, you should have received confirmation of your changes while still logged in to the Benefits Enrollment System. In addition, you should have received a confirmation email in your MCPS Outlook account.

You can confirm your Wellness Initiatives participation status through November 21, 2024*, by visiting the Employee Self-Service (ESS) web page. From the ESS web page—

  1. Click on My current benefits,
  2. Read the information provided and click on Log in to My current benefitsat the bottom of the screen,
  3. Log in with your Outlook username and password,
  4. Change the effective date in the upper left corner of the screen to a date in 2025, and
  5. Review your Wellness Initiatives participation status in the upper right corner. The letter "Y" next to biometric health screening and/or health risk assessment indicates you participated in the Wellness Initiatives program for 2025, and the items have been updated for 2025.

If you completed a biometric health screening and/or a health risk assessment between October 9, 2023, and October 4, 2024, and do NOT see the credit(s) indicated on the My current benefits screen by November 21, 2024, please email ERSC the following:

  • Your name and employee ID number
  • The dates you completed your biometric health screening and/or health risk assessment
  • Where your biometrics health screening was held

Remember, to receive the rate reduction(s) in 2026, you will need to complete a biometric health screening and health risk assessment between October 7, 2024, and October 3, 2025.

learn more about your 2025 benefits

Your Benefits at a Glance

2025 Employee Benefit Summary
Contains a detailed summary of all benefits options effective January 1, 2025.

2025 Health Plan Rates
Informs you of the monthly cost to employees of all health plans, factoring in Wellness Initiatives credits or charges, effective January 1, 2025.

2025 Leave Health Plan Rates
Informs you of the cost of all health plans for employees currently on leave, effective January 1, 2025.

Wellness Initiatives
The Wellness Initiatives program provides incentives to help you reduce your health insurance costs. This link takes you to a page with information about the program so you will be ready to take advantage of the rate reductions for 2026.

Flexible Spending Accounts: Save Money on Healthcare and Dependent Care!—This online booklet, effective January 1, 2025, contains details about FSAs, including the types of expenses for which you can receive reimbursement from an FSA, deadlines for submitting expenses, and the IRS "use it or lose it" rule.

*After this date, our systems will be in blackout until HUB+, the new human capital management system, launches in mid-December.