Benefits Enrollment Resources
Benefits Information for HR & People LeadersOpen Enrollment Period:
May 12–23, 2025
Benefits Plan Year:
July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026
Prepare for the New Benefits Plan Year
Open Enrollment is May 12–23, 2025
At Michaels, we offer Team Members and their family programs and resources that support and encourage a healthy lifestyle. When needed, our benefits can ease the financial burden of health care services, physicians, and medications.
The right benefits can look different from year to year. Open Enrollment is Team Members’ once-a-year opportunity (unless they experience a qualifying life event) to select or update their benefit coverages for themselves and their eligible family members that will start July 1, 2025.
This year, Open Enrollment is May 12–23, 2025.
Team Members have choices when it comes to benefits. There is a wide array of plans and options available to suit their changing needs. We encourage Team Members to review their needs for the coming year and select the benefits that will best meet their situation.
Beginning the week of May 5, 2025, Team Members will be directed to the Open Enrollment Resources for Team Members page for an overview of Open Enrollment, plan changes and resources, and step-by-step instructions on how to enroll online in Workday.
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Medical, Dental, Vision & More
Michaels Team Members have access to a range of benefits to meet their needs. There’s a lot to understand, so to help Team Members make the best decisions for themselves and their family, detailed benefits information is available on this website.
Team Members can get started by reviewing this page and the Benefits Enrollment Guide, and then navigate to the Benefits tab in the menu at the top of every page.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Select Networks
Michaels partners with BCBSTX for our high-quality medical plans and broad network of providers to choose from. Effective July 1, 2025, BCBSTX and Michaels will implement new networks in the locations listed below. The same Michaels benefit plans will continue to be offered across all networks.
Depending on their location, Team Members will have access to either the BCBS Select Network or the BCBS BlueCard PPO Network. Team Members located in the below locations can go to the specific websites to search for their provider. While some providers may no longer be considered in network, a majority of Team Members should not experience disruption in their healthcare services. For Team Members located outside of the locations below they will continue to access the BCBSTX.com/Michaels website to search for their provider.
BCBSTX Select Network Provider Finder Links
- California – Tandem PPO
- Colorado – Pathway
- Florida – Network Blue
- Georgia – Blue Open Access POS
- Illinois – Blue Choice PPO (BCS)
- Minnesota – High Value Network
- Kansas City, Missouri – Preferred Care
- St. Louis, Missouri – Blue Access Choice
- New Jersey – Horizon Managed Care Network
- Wisconsin – Blue Preferred POS
Annual Wellness Exam
If Team Members and/or their spouse/domestic partner were enrolled in a Michaels medical plan on or before March 1, 2025, they each must complete an annual physical exam sometime between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, to avoid paying $30 surcharge per paycheck, per person, on their medical premiums beginning in August 2025.
Learn More: How to Fulfill Your Annual Wellness Exam Requirement
Tobacco Cessation Program
If Team Members and/or their spouse/domestic partner are a tobacco user (including e-cigarettes and non-nicotine vaporizers) while enrolled in a Michaels BCBSTX or Kaiser medical plan, they will pay a $30 fee per person, per paycheck, added to their medical premiums beginning in August 2025.
Team Members can qualify to have this fee removed by completing a Tobacco Cessation Program available to them free of charge.
Pet Insurance
Team members have the option to enroll in pet insurance, with payment conveniently accepted via credit card.
Learn More: Wishbone Pet Health Insurance
What Team Members Need to Do
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If you do not take action during the annual open enrollment period, your current benefit elections will continue at the new 2024-2024 rates for the 2024-2025 plan year, which begins on July 1, 2024 and ends on June 30, 2025.
You can only change your benefit elections outside the annual open enrollment period if you experience a qualifying life event. For more information about qualifying life events, please visit this link: Change in Status.
Dependent Eligibility Verification Will Be Required
If Team Members add a new dependent to their coverage, they will receive instructions from Consova, Michaels third-party partner, on how to verify their dependent’s eligibility to participate in our plans. As part of the verification process, they will be asked to provide documentation for their new dependent, such as a birth certificate, court order, or marriage license.
Team Members can review the Eligibility Requirements to determine whether their dependent is eligible to be added to their coverage.
Important Note: If Team Members previously added a dependent to their coverage and verification was not completed, verification will be required.
Benefits for Peace of Mind: Life and AD&D Coverage
Michaels offers Basic and Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance to help protect Team Members’ income if they and/or their spouse/domestic partner are injured, disabled, or pass away. During Open Enrollment, Team Members will have the option to enroll in or update this coverage.
Evidence of Insurability (EOI), or proof of good health, may be required based on the amount of any coverage changes. Enrollment in a Michaels medical plan is not required to enroll in Life and AD&D coverage.
How Team Members Can Increase Their Voluntary Life Coverage Amount
- Team Members can increase their Voluntary Life Insurance coverage amount by up to $40,000 during Open Enrollment without being required to submit EOI for approval.
- They can also increase spouse/domestic partner coverage by up to $5,000 without EOI, or up to $30,000 with EOI.
- Any increase that causes the total coverage amount to be $500,000 or more will require EOI.
FSA & HSA Elections
Team Members will have the opportunity to make Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and/or Health Savings Account (HSA) elections in October 2025 for the 2026 calendar year. If Team Members change from one Michaels medical plan type to another (i.e. PPO to HSA), this can affect their current FSA or HSA election for the remainder of the calendar year.
Below are FSA, HSA, and HRA scenarios that may be helpful for Team Members to understand when making benefit elections. As a reminder, FSA and/or HSA elections for the 2025 calendar year were made in October 2024.
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| Medical Benefit Election Effects on FSAs, HSAs and HRAs | Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) | Kaiser Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) | Health Savings Account (HSA) | Health Savings Account (HSA) |
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| Enrolled in: PPO Change to: Choice HSA | If you are currently enrolled in the Health Care FSA, your current account and the pretax contributions to the account will be automatically transitioned to the Limited Purpose FSA effective July 1, 2025. You can opt out of the Limited Purpose FSA during the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. | Cannot enroll | HSA: Eligible to enroll during May 2025 Open Enrollment period. The 2025 HSA pretax contribution you elect will stay in place for the remainder of 2025, unless you change it during the year. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax HSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. Bonus! You can change your HSA election amount any time during the year. This is different from the FSAs, which cannot be changed during the year unless you have a qualifying life event as described in your Summary Plan Description (SPD). You will be eligible for an HSA contribution from Michaels depending on whom you cover. | HSA: Eligible to enroll during May 2025 Open Enrollment period. The 2025 HSA pretax contribution you elect will stay in place for the remainder of 2025, unless you change it during the year. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax HSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. Bonus! You can change your HSA election amount any time during the year. This is different from the FSAs, which cannot be changed during the year unless you have a qualifying life event as described in your Summary Plan Description (SPD). You will be eligible for an HSA contribution from Michaels depending on whom you cover. |
| Enrolled in: Choice HSA Change to: PPO | If you are currently enrolled in a Limited Purpose FSA, your current account and the pretax contributions to the account will be automatically transitioned to the Health Care FSA effective July 1, 2025. You can opt out of the Health Care FSA during the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. | Cannot enroll | Required to stop contributing to your HSA. Your unused funds will remain available to use. | Required to stop contributing to your HSA. Your unused funds will remain available to use. |
| Enrolled in: PPO No change (This includes Basic & Enhanced PPO moves within the two plans) | If you are currently enrolled in the Health Care FSA, your 2025 pretax contributions will stay in place for the remainder of 2025. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax Limited Purpose FSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. | Cannot enroll | Cannot enroll | Cannot enroll |
| Enrolled in: Choice HSA No change | If you are currently enrolled in the Limited Purpose FSA, your 2025 contributions will stay in place for the remainder of 2025. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax Limited Purpose FSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. | Cannot enroll | HSA: Eligible to enroll during May 2025 Open Enrollment period. The 2025 HSA pretax contribution you elect will stay in place for the remainder of 2025, unless you elect to change your contribution during the year. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax HSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. Bonus! You can change your HSA election amount anytime during the year. This is different from the FSA which cannot be changed during the year unless you incur a Change in Status as described in your Summary Plan Description (SPD). Michaels HSA contribution to your account will continue. | HSA: Eligible to enroll during May 2025 Open Enrollment period. The 2025 HSA pretax contribution you elect will stay in place for the remainder of 2025, unless you elect to change your contribution during the year. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax HSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. Bonus! You can change your HSA election amount anytime during the year. This is different from the FSA which cannot be changed during the year unless you incur a Change in Status as described in your Summary Plan Description (SPD). Michaels HSA contribution to your account will continue. |
| Enrolled in: Kaiser HRA Change to: PPO | If you are currently enrolled in the Health Care FSA, your 2025 contributions will stay in place for the remainder of 2025. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax Health Care FSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. If not currently enrolled in an FSA, you may enroll during the October FSA/HSA enrollment period for the 2026 calendar year. | Michaels HRA contribution will stop | Cannot enroll | Cannot enroll |
| Enrolled in: Kaiser HRA Change to: Choice HSA | If you are currently enrolled in the Health Care FSA, your current account and the pretax contributions to the account will be automatically transitioned to a new Limited Purpose FSA effective July 1, 2025. You can opt out of the Limited Purpose FSA during the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026 | Michaels HRA contribution will stop | HSA: Eligible to enroll in this plan during May 2025 Open Enrollment period. Your 2025 HSA pretax contribution you elect will stay in place for the remainder of 2025, unless you elect to change them during the year. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax HSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. Bonus! You can change your HSA election amount any time during the year. This is different from the FSA, which cannot be changed during the year unless you have a qualifying life event as described in your Summary Plan Description (SPD). You will be eligible for a Michaels HSA contribution to your plan. | HSA: Eligible to enroll during May 2025 Open Enrollment period. The 2025 HSA pretax contribution you elect will stay in place for the remainder of 2025, unless you elect to change it during the year. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax HSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. Bonus! You can change your HSA election amount any time during the year. This is different from the FSAs, which cannot be changed during the year unless you have a qualifying life event as described in your Summary Plan Description (SPD). You will be eligible for a Michaels HSA contribution to your plan. |
| Enrolled in: Kaiser HRA No change | If you are currently enrolled in the Health Care FSA, your 2025 contributions will stay in place for the remainder of 2025. During the Michaels October FSA/HSA enrollment period, you will elect your 2026 pretax Health Care FSA contribution amount, with the effective date of Jan. 1, 2026. If not currently enrolled in an FSA, you may enroll during the October FSA/HSA enrollment period for the 2026 calendar year. | Michaels HRA contribution will stop | Cannot enroll | Cannot enroll |
The enrollment deadline is 11:59 p.m. CT on Friday, May 23, 2025.
Team Members don’t have to do anything to keep their current coverage. However, they must complete enrollment to: 1) change their current benefit elections, 2) add new dependents to their coverage, and/or 3) remove dependents from their coverage.
If Team Members take no action during Open Enrollment, their current benefit elections will continue automatically at the new 2025–2026 rates. Outside of Open Enrollment, they will only be able to change their benefit elections if they experience a qualifying life event.
Open Enrollment Webinar & Meeting Schedule
All of the scheduled Open Enrollment webinars and meetings have passed. You can still access the Benefits Orientation video and presentation.
Team Member Communications
Below are the communications that have been, or are scheduled to be, distributed to Team Members regarding Open Enrollment.
Home Mailer Announcement: English | Spanish
Open Enrollment Overview Page: English | Spanish
Benefits Enrollment Guide: English | Spanish
Emails: May 7 (Coming Soon), May 12 (Now Open), May 16 (One Week Left), May 22 (One Day Left), and May 23 (Last Day)
Know Where to Go for Answers
Call Team Member Services at 855-432-MIKE (6453), option 2, or submit a ticket through the Knowledge Zone.
