If you are a newly eligible associate or currently contributing 0 - 4% in the Hamilton Retirement Plan, effective July 1, 2015, your new pretax contribution rate will be 5%. You will be automatically enrolled in the plan even if you are not currently participating.
If you wish to contribute the automatic deferral percentage of 5%, no action is required to begin saving for your retirement.
If you wish to contribute a percentage of your compensation different from the automatic deferral percentage of 5%,
- for Hamilton Health Care System Associates, you must elect within one week after your first pay check.
- for HLTC employees, you must elect within day four and day eleven after your first pay check.
To learn more about this important change to the Hamilton Associate Retirement Plan, review your account information, change your contribution election, or opt out of participating, please access: