Workplace Benefits & Open Enrollment Watch

Why this is recommended

Forfeited FSA dollars, an unclaimed match, a missed HSA catch-up or the wrong plan tier costs a household $500 to $3,000 a year. One well-timed reminder with the numbers filled in pays for the membership.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Anyone with an employer plan, especially during the October to December enrollment season.

When it runs

Employers and benefit administrators publish enrollment windows and plan changes late in the week; run before the weekend the member reads them

Scope

IRS limits for 401(k), HSA, FSA, dependent-care and commuter benefits; enrollment windows and plan changes at the 100 largest US employers; FSA grace and carryover deadlines; match, vesting and auto-enrollment changes; Department of Labor rules; Workday, ADP, Fidelity NetBenefits, Vanguard and Empower

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Open enrollment windows, HSA and FSA limits and deadlines, 401(k) match and vesting changes at the largest employers, dependent-care and commuter benefit changes, and the benefits most people leave on the table, with what to elect and by when.

Track US workplace benefits. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: IRS limit announcements for 401(k), HSA, FSA, dependent-care and commuter benefits; open enrollment window dates and plan changes disclosed by the 100 largest US employers; FSA grace-period and carryover deadlines; 401(k) match, vesting or auto-enrollment changes; new benefits regulations with effective dates; and enrollment errors or outages at Workday, ADP, Fidelity NetBenefits, Vanguard and Empower. Prefer IRS notices, Department of Labor releases, employer communications and established benefits reporting; ignore vendor marketing. Put the benefit or employer first in the title. Use high severity for a deadline within 14 days or a limit change that affects everyone. Return no more than 5 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to elect, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.