Careers at Briggs & Stratton (BASCO)

Briggs & Stratton strives to provide you and your family with a comprehensive and valuable benefits package. We want to make sure you’re getting the most out of your benefits. Briggs & Stratton provides certain benefits — such as life insurance, disability coverage, paid time off and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) — at no cost to you. You have the opportunity to choose from a variety of optional benefits for which you either share the cost with the Company or pay the entire amount.

WHAT BENEFITS ARE AVAILABLE TO ELECT?

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision  
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Employee Life and AD&D Coverage
• Voluntary Life Insurance for your Spouse and/or Dependents
• Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

If you’re a Briggs & Stratton full-time or part-time employee who works 30 or more hours per week, you’re eligible to enroll. In addition, the following family members are eligible for coverage:

• Legally married opposite-sex or same-sex spouse. (You cannot be covered as both an employee and a dependent. Our medical plan requires that working spouses elect coverage through their employer before they can be enrolled with secondary coverage under our plan)
• Eligible children through the month they turn 26 — your natural child, legally adopted child, child placed in your home for legal adoption, stepchild or a child for whom you have legal guardianship.
• Eligible children who are disabled as long as the child is declared disabled before reaching their 26th birthday and the request for extended coverage is submitted no later than 31 days after their 26th birthday.
• Dependent children cannot be covered by more than one employee. 

WHEN CAN I ENROLL?

There are certain times throughout the year when benefit-eligible employees may enroll in health care and voluntary insurance benefits, or make changes to coverage. Once you make your elections, by law you cannot change your elections, unless you have a qualifying change in family status or until the next Annual Enrollment period, whichever comes first. 

Annual Enrollment: You have the opportunity to enroll in or make changes to your benefit elections during our annual enrollment period held in the fall of each year. The benefits you elect will become effective the following January 1. Watch for postcards, posters and email notices announcing the dates of enrollment. 

New Hires: New employees are eligible for most benefits on the 32nd day of employment. You have 30 days from your hire date to make your benefit elections. If you don’t enroll within 30 calendar days, you will be enrolled in the default benefits:

• Basic Life and AD&D coverage
• Disability benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employees will be eligible to participate in the Briggs & Stratton 401(k) Retirement Plan on the 45th day of employment.  

Qualified Life Events: You may make changes to certain benefits if you have a Qualified Life Event. Examples of Qualified Life Events are:

• Marriage, divorce or legal separation
• Birth or adoption of a child
• Change in child’s dependent status
• Death of a spouse, child or other qualified dependent
• Change in employment status or a change in coverage under another employer-sponsored plan
• Termination from Medicaid or CHIP Coverage
• Significant change in cost or coverage options

To change your benefit elections after a Qualified Life Event, you must make the change within 30 days of the life event. Otherwise, it will not be accepted.