Benefit Effective Date Calculator

One tricky part of benefits is knowing when your employees will be eligible for benefits. All employers set a probationary period when they set up a benefit plan. A probationary period is the amount of time an employee must work for you before benefits can start.

To know the proper effective date, you will need to know what your company probationary period is. One of the most common probationary periods is first of the month following date of hire. Click the calculator image below to be redirect to an interactive calculator. Enter your employee hire date in yellow and then press enter!