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Procedure for New Employee Benefit Enrollment

The New Employee Enrollment System (NEES) now requires a UIN. You should generate a UIN or obtain one from your departmental UIN Manager before entering new employees into NEES.

Download our Tips for Using the NEES pdf document.

Following are instructions for setting up your new benefits-eligible employees to enroll in insurance online.

1. Obtain a UIN for the new employee
• If there is no existing BPP record, a skeleton BPP record will be created
• If there is an existing BPP record, you should use the existing UIN


2. Log in to Single Sign On and click on the HRConnect Administrator button


3. Under HR Connect Systems, choose New Employee Enrollment from the drop down menu


4. Click on Connect to Selected System


5. Enter the UIN
   NOTE: If an EPA has already been created you can enter the EPA Document # and information from the EPA will populate many of the NEES data fields for your convenience. An EPA Document # is not required.


6. The UIN, Employee Name, and Employee Birthdate fields will be populated by the skeleton BPP record


7. Enter the following information:
1. Pay Rate (annual budgeted or hourly)
2. Pay Amount (annual budgeted salary or hourly pay rate)
3. Annual Term (months)
4. Percent Effort
5. Graduate Student Flag (Employee is NOT or IS a Graduate Student)
6. Work Zip Code
7. Starting Date (up to 60 days before start date/20 days after start date)
8. State Contribution Start Date (indicate whether there will be a waiting period)
9. Remarks (optional information for the employee)


8. Print the instruction page that appears after you have entered the employee data and give it to the new employee along with a copy of the New Employee Enrollment Booklet ( English/Spanish).