Leaving Sysco

Benefits Available After You Leave Sysco

If you leave Sysco, you can continue the following benefits:

  • Health Savings Account
  • Supplemental Life and Voluntary AD&D Insurance
  • Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Plans
  • Legal Insurance
  • Identity Theft Protection Plan
  • Pet Insurance
  • Home and Auto Insurance

You will pay the full cost of these benefits, though your costs may be different than what you were paying as a colleague. To learn more, visit the Contacts page and contact the benefits provider directly.

When Coverage Ends

The date you or your covered dependents’ benefits coverage ends varies based on the reason you leave Sysco or how your employment ends.

Select the reason coverage ended to see details about the end date.

Your dependent turns age 26

The last day of the month your dependent turns age 26 (at 11:59 p.m.).

You have a qualifying life event that involves ending your coverage (i.e., like getting married and joining your spouse’s plan)

The date of the qualified status change. Learn more about qualifying life events here.

You retire from Sysco
  • ‍If you have met the 10 years of service requirement for retiring, coverage ends the last day of the month you retire. ‍
  • If you haven’t met the retirement eligibility requirements, coverage ends on your last day of employment.
You pass away

On the date of your date of death; coverage for enrolled dependents remains in effect until the end of the month.

You leave Sysco

Your last day of employment at 11:59 p.m.‍; you will be eligible to continue health plan coverage through COBRA for up to 18 months.

COBRA

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) allows you and your enrolled dependents to maintain your health insurance after you leave Sysco. You will be responsible for the full premium amount and must enroll in coverage via the online Sysco Benefits Center within 60 days of your termination date. You will be contacted directly if you are eligible for COBRA. You can find more information about COBRA here.

FSA Balances

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) are "use it or lose it," so if you leave Sysco and you have not incurred any expenses as an active colleague, your FSA funds will be forfeited.

You will have 90 days from your termination date to submit claims for reimbursement of services incurred during your active employment.