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WHAT IF I...?
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Get Divorced or Legally Separate
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Here's what you need to do:
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Review your spouse’s and/or dependents’ benefits
coverage. Benefits may continue for dependent children,
if you have custody of the children or are under the terms of a
Qualified Medical Child Support Order. Make your benefits changes
by contacting your Human Resources Representative if you are a Valassis
Communications, Inc. or NCH associate paid through ADP. Valassis
Direct Mail and Sales & Marketing associates paid through PeopleSoft
should enter the necessary information on the www.valassisbenefits.com
web site or contact the Associate Resource Center at 1-877-238-6847.
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Consider continuation coverage. If they are no
longer covered under your Valassis benefit plan, your spouse and/or
dependents may be eligible for continuation of medical, vision and
dental benefits under the provisions of COBRA.
Your spouse and/or dependents may also be able to convert any dependent
life insurance to an individual policy.
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Review FSA contributions. You can begin, stop
or change the amount of your contribution
to a:
Valassis Communications, Inc. and NCH Associates Paid Through ADP
- To designate or change a beneficiary for your life insurance, complete
the beneficiary
designation form and submit it to your HR Representative. To designate
or change a beneficiary for the Retirement Savings Plan, complete
the beneficiary designation form and submit it to your HR Representative.
Valassis Direct Mail and Sales & Marketing Associates Paid Through
PeopleSoft - To designate or change a beneficiary, sign onto www.valassisbenefits.com
and choose the "Enroll or Make Changes" option in the upper
right hand corner. You are automatically the beneficiary for any life
insurance you elect for your spouse and children. You may also complete
a life
insurance beneficiary designation form or one for the retirement
plan and submit it to the Associate Resource Center.
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Consider changing Valassis Retirement Savings Plan contributions.
You may change your contribution amount or begin contributing to
the Valassis Retirement Savings Plan.
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Comply with a Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO).
You may be required to continue medical coverage for one or more
dependents under a QMCSO. If Valassis receives a notice of judgment
or decree, you will be notified.
- Comply with a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO).
You may be required to distribute all or part of your vested retirement
account balance to your spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent
to meet marital, alimony or child support obligations imposed on you
by law. If Valassis receives a notice of judgment or decree, you will
be notified.
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Consider counseling through the Employee
Assistance Program.
- Consider changing tax withholdings.
Valassis Communications, Inc. and NCH Associates Paid Through ADP
- Make changes to your W-4
and submit it to your HR Representative.
Valassis Direct Mail and Sales & Marketing Associates Paid Through
PeopleSoft - Make changes to your W-4
and submit it to payroll. You can also complete it electronically
through the Web using Employee Self Service (ESS), which is accessible
through the associate portal.
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Notify Valassis of emergency information. You
should inform Valassis of any changes in your name, address or emergency
notification information by contacting your Human Resources Representative.
Valassis Direct Mail and Sales & Marketing associates paid through
PeopleSoft should contact the Associate Resource Center at 1-877-238-6847.
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Consider revising or drafting a will.
- Consider your rights under your spouse’s pension
or savings accounts.
 
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