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Welcome to your 2026 benefits guide

to help you choose the benefits that are best for you

Your benefits are an essential part of your total rewards. They are one part of how we compensate you for the value you contribute to our company. We invest significantly in providing benefits for your health, well-being and financial security.

Understanding this benefits guide

We’ve prepared this benefits guide to help you understand your benefit options. Review the information carefully.

  • The guide is designed to help you make the most of your benefits.
    • Quick-glance summaries at the top of each section of the guide, followed by a deeper look at coverage, premiums, plan provisions and other details
    • Links on each section to plan sites and documents that help you understand each plan and get the most from your coverage
    • One-stop reference section for all your plan contacts and resource documents
  • If you are eligible for benefits from another source, use this guide to help you compare the plans.
    • View this guide from any web-enabled device. No IDQ login required, so it is easy to review your options with a spouse, family member or adviser.

Learn more in this section

  • Understand your health care cost sharing.
  • Review your eligibility for benefits and options for including family members in your coverage.
  • Know when to enroll for benefits or change your elections.

    Employee Hub > DQ4U > HR & Payroll Toolbox > Menu > Myself > Benefits > Manage My Benefits > Benefits > Current Benefits

Throughout the guide

  • Visit the section for each benefit type to learn more.
  • Looking for something specific? Use the search tool at the upper right side of the navigation menu.
  • Read the plan documents available in the Contacts and Resources section of this guide.
  • Questions? Contact the IDQ Benefits Contact Center.

Deeper look: your cost sharing, eligibility and enrollment

Your health care cost sharing

The health care benefits we offer include plans for medical care, dental care and vision care. We pay the majority of the costs of the plans we offer. You pay a portion of the costs of your coverage. Be sure you understand your costs for premiums as well as your costs for care when you compare our plans with your other options (such as plans your spouse/domestic partner's employer may offer).

Health care plan administrators

Our plan administrators give us access to provider networks. They also provide administrative services.

Three factors affect your costs

Our health care plans are designed to encourage you to take care of your health. The cost structure of our plans shares responsibility for your care. It helps protect you financially when you need care. Three factors affect how much you will pay for health care: your fixed costs, your variable costs and your safety net.

Your fixed costs: premiums

You pay a fixed amount of money for coverage. That cost is called your premium. It is part of the funding we use to pay claims for everyone enrolled in our plans. The amount of your premium depends on the plan options you choose, including the network (for the medical plan) and whether you enroll dependents.

Your medical, dental and vision premiums for the plans you choose are deducted from your pay before taxes. That reduces the amount of income that is subject to payroll taxes (federal, state, and Social Security and Medicare (FICA)). To help you understand your costs, the tables in this guide list your health care plan premiums per pay period and annually. When you enroll, the per-pay-period premium will be listed next to each benefit option.

Your variable costs: deductibles,
coinsurance and copayments

You share the costs of your care through deductibles, coinsurance and copayments, depending on the care you need. We pay the full cost of preventive care (medical and dental).

Deductibles. A deductible is a fixed dollar amount you pay for care before the plan (IDQ) begins sharing the cost of your care. You do not pay a deductible for preventive care.

Coinsurance. Coinsurance means you pay a percentage of the cost of your care after you have paid the deductible.

  • There is no coinsurance for network medical care. After you pay your deductible, we pay the full cost of your network medical care. If you choose care outside of your network, you will be responsible for coinsurance for that care.
  • There is no coinsurance for covered prescription medications from network pharmacies. You will have a copayment for some prescriptions.

Copayments. A copayment is a fixed dollar amount you are responsible for paying for some prescriptions, for vision care services and for some vision correction (such as eyeglasses). There are no copayments for medical care or dental care.

Your safety net: out-of-pocket maximum and no cap on care

There is a limit on how much you will pay for your medical care. This is called the out-of-pocket maximum.

  • Your premiums do not count toward your out-of-pocket maximum.
  • The deductible does count toward the out-of-pocket maximum.
  • The out-of-pocket maximum is the same as the deductible for network medical care.
  • Once you have paid the deductible in full, you will not pay any other costs for care you receive from network providers in that calendar year.
  • The out-of-pocket maximum is higher than the deductible for nonnetwork care. You will pay coinsurance up to the amount of the out-of-pocket maximum for care you receive from nonnetwork providers.
  • There is no annual cap (limit) and no lifetime cap on how much the medical plan will pay for your care.

Your benefits eligibility

Be sure you understand your eligibility for benefits and your options for changing your benefit elections under certain conditions.

  • Refer to the eligibility guide for your role (corporate, field, restaurant management, or restaurant shift leads and crew).
  • The eligibility guide also outlines your responsibilities for documenting your relationship to anyone you add to your coverage.
  • Review your options for changing your benefits elections due to a change in your life during the year (such as a change in marital status or addition of a child to your family).
  • If you plan to add anyone to your coverage, be prepared to provide proof of the person's eligibility for coverage by documenting your relationship.

Eligibility – Corporate and Field Employees, Restaurant Management

  • To qualify for benefits, you must work at least 30 hours per week.
  • You are eligible for benefits on the first day of the month after you have completed 30 days of full-time employment.
  • Eligibility for the 401k plan and eligibility for LegalShield/IDShield differ from eligibility for other benefits. Review the eligibility document for details.

Eligibility – Restaurant Shift Leads and Crew

  • To qualify for benefits, you must work an average of 30 hours or more per week for a full year. Read the document to learn how we calculate your eligibility.
  • You are eligible for benefits after you have completed a year of qualified service.
  • Eligibility for the 401k plan and eligibility for LegalShield/IDShield differ from eligibility for other benefits. Review the eligibility document for details.

Enrollment tiers

You must enroll in our plans if you want dependent coverage for your spouse or children.

  • Our medical, dental and vision plans offer three enrollment tiers. Each tier offers the same benefits but differs in the premium you pay for coverage.
    • employee only
    • employee + 1 (one eligible dependent)
    • employee + family (as many eligible dependents as you wish to enroll)
  • Many of our other benefit plans also allow you to elect coverage for your spouse and/ or eligible children, within the rules for each benefit. 

How to enroll for benefits

New to IDQ

  • Full-time employees must enroll for benefits within 31 days of your date of hire. Your benefits will begin on the first day of the month following 30 days of service. Part-time employees must complete enrollment within 31 days of becoming eligible (meeting the requirements of the initial measurement (period for hours of service).
  • Review the benefits eligibility documents above for information about your benefits eligibility.
  • When you’re eligible, visit Manage My Benefits.
    Employee Hub > DQ4U > HR & Payroll Toolbox > Menu > Myself > Benefits > Manage My Benefits (Access requires an IDQ employee login.)

Current employees

  • Your current benefit elections will remain in effect throughout the year. You can review them at any time by visiting Manage My Benefits. 
    Employee Hub > DQ4U > HR & Payroll Toolbox > Menu > Myself > Benefits > Manage My Benefits > Benefits > Current Benefits (Access requires an IDQ employee login.)

  • Review the benefits eligibility documents for information about life events that qualify you to change your elections — such as a change in marital status or the addition of a child to your family.

About this guide and your benefits

This guide outlines the benefits program we offer. It is designed to help you understand your benefits and enrollment options. It is not a complete description of each benefit plan. It is not a contract of employment. It is not an obligation to maintain any benefit program, practice or policy. Consult the benefits eligibility documents above for details about your eligibility to enroll in benefits and to enroll your spouse or dependent child(ren).

Our plan documents define the terms and conditions of each plan. We encourage you to read the plan documents. They are available in the Contacts and Resources section of this site.

We may change the plans, programs, practices and processes at any time. We may change eligibility criteria at any time. We are not required to give you prior notice or seek your consent to make these changes. If we make any changes to the plans, we will notify you and update the plan documents.

This guide also provides an overview of some benefits that are described in full in the employee handbook. Refer to the handbook for details.

All dollar amounts in this guide are U.S. dollars.

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