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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b>October 10, 2025<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Department Benefits Representatives (DBRs)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Central HR Benefits Office on behalf of the UCPath Center</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Change in Voluntary Disability Plan Premium Payroll Deductions Process</p>
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<u>Do not reply to this email.</u> Please send a separate email with questions to
</b><a href="mailto:benefits@ucr.edu"><b>benefits@ucr.edu</b></a><b>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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This is an important update for Lincoln Financial Voluntary Disability benefits participants regarding how UC will deduct voluntary disability benefit premiums from monthly paychecks effective January 1, 2026.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>What’s Changing?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b>Monthly Employees – Voluntary Disability Premiums</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Currently, UC deducts voluntary disability plan premiums in arrears. Beginning in January 2026, UC will deduct voluntary disability premiums during the current coverage month, aligning with how
we deduct other benefit premiums.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Example: Your January 2, 2026, paycheck will include the deduction for January 2026 coverage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Please note that all other benefit premiums deduct during the current coverage month and will remain unchanged.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">To adjust to this new timing, the December 2025 voluntary disability premium(s) will be split and collected across two paychecks:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">This one-time adjustment ensures your premium deductions will be aligned when the new schedule starts in January.</p>
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