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Introducing Effective Date for Tobacco and Health Check
General Availability Info Only Automatically On Impact: Medium AI Enriched
Description

The Review Family Members screen now includes an effective date field for the Tobacco User and Health Check information. This allows employees to update theirs and their family members' health information as of a particular date for the insurance benefit enrollment.See More

Detailed Description

When the employee chooses Edit on the Review Family Members screen, it opens the Edit dialog box, where they can change the Tobacco User and Health Check information of their dependents (Family Members). Here, they can also set the date from which they want the tobacco and health check information to be considered for the insurance benefit enrollment, through the When should these changes take effect? field where they can set the required date from which their Tobacco User and Health Check information should be considered.

Impact Assessment

This feature may require configuration review, user communication, and regression testing of related processes in Global Benefits implementations. When the employee chooses Edit on the Review Family Members screen, it opens the Edit dialog box, where they can change the Tobacco User and Health Check information of their dependents (Family Members). Here, they can also set the date from which they want the tobacco and health check information to be considered for the insurance benefit enrollment, through the When should these changes take effect? Implementation teams should verify that existing configurations remain valid and test core business scenarios after the upgrade to confirm correct behavior.

Test Recommendations
• Verify the feature is enabled and accessible from the expected navigation path or configuration area in a test environment. • Test the end-to-end scenario with representative test data covering both happy paths and error conditions. • Validate correct behavior across all relevant user roles and permission configurations (admin, manager, employee). • Test edge cases: empty or missing values, boundary conditions, concurrent users, and large data sets. • Confirm that existing integrations, workflows, and downstream processes are not affected by the change. • Validate People Profile display and data accuracy across multiple employee records.
Product: Employee Central
Modules: Global Benefits
Feature: Global Benefits
Reference: BEN-18449
Version: 2H 2025
Valid as Of: Nov 14, 2025
Latest Revision: Oct 03, 2025
Affected Areas:
AI & Joule Employee Central Global Benefits People Profile