{"id":3526,"date":"2018-10-08T10:27:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T17:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=3526"},"modified":"2023-08-09T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:23:12","slug":"measurement-periods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/measurement-periods\/","title":{"rendered":"ACA Benefits – Measurement periods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Measurement periods<\/h1>\n

Measurement period is a one-year period that a variable hour employee’s weekly average hours are measured. Employees are measured over two types of measurement periods.<\/p>\n

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Standard<\/div><\/div><\/h3>\n

Employees who are considered “existing employees”.<\/p>\n

Mid-October of one year through mid-October of the following year.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Initial\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/h3>\n

Employees who started employment after the start of the SMP.<\/p>\n

Employee’s service date through one year.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Dual\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/h3>\n

Employees who are measured on an IMP and SMP at the same time.<\/p>\n

The IMP and SMP measurement periods run concurrently.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Look back<\/h3>\n

Both the standard and initial measurement periods are on a 12-month “look back” measurement method to determine the weekly average hours for variable hour employees. This measurement method accounts for break in service.<\/p>\n

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\n If an employee is determined to have exceeded the 30 hours per week threshold after completing their standard or initial measurement period, they have met the full-time definition under the ACA rule and they may be offered medical benefits.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/em><\/p>\n

For assistance in determining your variable hour employee’s measurement period, please contact HR<\/a> for help.<\/p>\n

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Definitions<\/div><\/div><\/h2>\n
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  • Existing employees<\/strong> work continuously without a break in service of 26 weeks in the measurement period.<\/li>\n
  • Dual-measured employee<\/strong> is a variable hour employee who is measured on the IMP will eventually be measured on the SMP. This is referred to as “dual-measured” because the employee will become an existing employee.<\/li>\n
  • The administrative period<\/strong> is the period no longer than 90 days that is between an employee’s IMP and SMP and the date and eligible employee is offered coverage.<\/li>\n
  • The stability period<\/strong> is a one-year period during which the employee is offered medical coverage. It is also referred to as the “Plan Year”.<\/li>\n
  • The plan year <\/strong>refers to the calendar year stability period from January 1 through December 31 of the same year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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