To enroll an employee using an RPA:As an HR administrator, you can enroll employees when you process an Appointment, Conversion to Appointment, or Extension RPA action. Later, the employee can manage benefit elections through self service or you can manage that person's benefit elections using the benefits user interface. For example, if an employee wishes to switch from after tax to pre-tax deductions, you can initiate an After Tax Deduction life event and make that change for the employee.
Use the Request for Personnel Action window for Appointment enrolments:
To enroll an employee using an RPA:Process an Appointment action.
If you process an Appointment action, the application automatically generates an Initial Opportunity to Enroll life event. If you process a transfer or rehire action, the application processes an appropriate life event based on the information entered for the employee, such as a Continuing Coverage life event or Change in Location life event.
See: Appointment, Conversion, and Extension Enrolments, Administration of Specific Life Events, Processing a Request for Personnel Action (RPA)
Click Extra Information, select the US Federal Benefit RPA extra information, click in the Details field to display the extra information, and enter the benefits information.
Complete, approve, and update the Appointment action following your agency's practices.
To manage benefits using the benefits user interface:Initiate a potential life event, if required.
Manually initiate a life event when RPA actions or updates to the employee information such as a change in primary address do not automatically initiate one. For example, you might initiate an open season life event or a life event for an employee who now qualifies for medicare.
See: FEHB Administration, Manually Creating a Potential Life Event for a Person
If you initiated a life event, run the Participation Process: Life Event concurrent manager process.
Use the Non Flex Enrollment to change benefit options.