Waive Options

Dayforce Implementation Guide

Version
R2025.2.1
ft:lastEdition
2025-12-01
Waive Options

You might need to create waive options so that employees can waive coverage while still meeting the requirement to make an election.

To create waive options, you must create a waived plan for each appropriate type (for example, “Waive Medical”, “Waive Dental”, “Waive Vision”) and then set up waive options under these plans. Ensure that you select the Waived Option checkbox for waive options.

Important: Don’t attach these plans to a carrier and don’t create waive options for other plans that are attached to carriers. Creating waive options under the carrier plans result in the failure of the Dayforce Link export files, requiring reconfiguration of the waive options.

In Benefits Setup > Plans and Options, for each plan type, you must configure certain fields to ensure that the waive option behaves as expected.

Required settings for waive options
Plan Option Type Fields to Set

Health

In the General tab, select the Waived Option and No Cost checkboxes.

Life and Disability

In the General tab, select the Waived Option checkbox.

In the Rates tab, ensure that any effective rates have a value of 0 or remove all rates.

In the Coverage tab, select Flat Amount in the Coverage Based On drop-down list, and then enter 0 in the Flat Amount field.

Reimbursement

In the General tab, select the Waived Option checkbox.

Retirement

In the General tab, select the Waived Option checkbox.

In the Contribution tab:

  • Select Employee Deferral in the Option consists of drop-down list.
  • Select Amount in the Deferral Amount Based On drop-down list.
  • Enter 0 in the Minimum for $ Election and Maximum for $ Election fields.
  • Set the Defer Period to Annual.
  • Enter 1 in the $ In units of field.