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2026 Benefits Open Enrollment

Posted in: Benefits News

The New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits (NJDPB) has designated Wednesday, October 1, – Friday, October 31, as Open Enrollment. Open Enrollment is your yearly opportunity to review benefits and make changes for the next calendar year. All changes made during the open enrollment period will be effective on January 1, 2026.

Enrollment

  • No action is required if you do not wish to change or modify your medical or dental plans.
  • Action is required to enroll and re-enroll in Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Beginning, October 1, 2025, employees will be able to log into the Benefitsolver website by accessing a link on MyNewJersey portal or via mynjbenefitshub.nj.gov.

What’s New?

Flexible Spending Accounts

If you would like to participate in the Tax$ave Medical and/or Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) in 2026, you must enroll in the FSA plan(s) during Open Enrollment.

Enrollment in the Tax$ave FSAs do not renew automatically from plan year to plan year.
You must re-enroll every year.

Enroll directly with Horizon online by visiting, HorizonBlue.com/enrollfsa or call 1-866-999-3531.

Questions?

Contact our HR Support team at askHR@montclair.edu or 973-655-7700.