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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b>October 29, 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">Open Enrollment Communication for New Hires and Benefit Billing Participants</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b>DBRs, please share this information via your internal listserv.
<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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The UCPath Center has advised they will provide newly hired employees and employees on leave of absence or short work break with
the following communications and attached materials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New Hire Communication</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Mailing lists for Open Enrollment
(OE) packets were generated using UCPath data as of October 17, 2025. Employees hired after this date and before the start of the new plan year will receive a separate Open Enrollment packet by mail, which includes the attached New Hire Flier.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Benefit Billing Communication</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> During the Open Enrollment
period, employees enrolled in benefit billing will receive the attached letter by mail. This letter provides instructions on how to access the OE Leave Without Pay Enrollment Form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please contact the UCPath Center should you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">UCPath<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">(855) 982-7284<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><a href="https://ucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">ucpath.universityofcalifornia.edu</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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