{"id":620,"date":"2014-10-06T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/?page_id=620"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:52:06","slug":"getting-married","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/life-career-events\/getting-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Married?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you get married, please consider the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Things to Consider<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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What You Need to Do<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

You may cancel your coverage or enroll your new spouse (and any dependents)\u00a0in the following plans within 30 calendar days of your marriage:<\/p>\n

Health<\/a> and Dental<\/a> Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Personal & Family Accident Insurance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flexible Spending Accounts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Supplemental<\/a> Life Insurance<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n

Request the change through Employee Self Service at\u00a0BUworks Central<\/a>\u00a0by selecting the option \u201cManage my Benefits \u2013 Life or Career Events\u201d\u00a0within 30 days following the date of your marriage to complete your request.<\/strong>
\nYou will be required to provide a copy of your marriage certificate and your spouse’s birth certificate.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Update Beneficiary Designations for:<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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Life Insurance<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Accident Insurance<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n

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BU Retirement Plan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Supplemental Retirement & Savings Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n

Complete an online Beneficiary Change Form for<\/p>\n
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Make a change to:<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Contact Human Resources.<\/a>
\nRequires supporting documentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Address<\/li>\n
  • Emergency contact<\/li>\n
  • Employee withholding (W-4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Done through BUworks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Apply for:<\/h4>\n

<\/a>Tuitio<\/strong><\/a>n Remission<\/strong> Benefit for your Spouse<\/a><\/td>\n

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Once you have satisfied the service requirement, your spouse will be granted 50% Tuition Remission each semester for courses taken at Boston University, subject to eligibility requirements.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you get married, please consider the following: Things to Consider What You Need to Do You may cancel your coverage or enroll your new spouse (and any dependents)\u00a0in the following plans within 30 calendar days of your marriage: Health and Dental Plans Personal & Family Accident Insurance Flexible Spending Accounts Supplemental Life Insurance Request […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8774,"featured_media":0,"parent":614,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8774"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24570,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/620\/revisions\/24570"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}