Changes After Enrollment (QLEs)

While you can only enroll in benefits during your initial eligibility period when first hired or during the Annual Benefits Enrollment period, you may have the opportunity to change your benefits during the year if you experience a Qualifying Life Event (QLE).

It is your responsibility to notify the People Resources Benefits Team at benefits@shakeshack.com within 30 days of a qualifying life event. Failure to do so may result in an inability to change your benefit election(s).

Here are some examples of qualifying life events:

• Birth of a child, legal adoption, or placement for adoption
• Marriage, divorce, or legal separation
• Dependent child reaches age 26
• Spouse or dependent loses or gains coverage elsewhere
• Death of your spouse or dependent child
• Spouse or dependent becomes eligible or ineligible for Medicare/Medicaid or the state children’s health insurance program
• Change in residence that changes coverage eligibility
• Court-ordered change
• Spouse’s annual enrollment that occurs at a different time than yours