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Growing my family

Growing my family

Growing my family

Giving birth or adopting? Congratulations on the newest addition to your family! Iron Mountain offers benefits that can support you and help you and your loved ones thrive during this exciting (and tiring!) time. Learn what you need to know and do about your benefits before and after you welcome your child.

Adding a new child to your family through birth or adoption is considered a qualifying life event, an event that affects your benefits coverage or the coverage of your dependents. This means that you can make changes to your current benefits coverage within 30 days of the event. If you miss the 30-day deadline, you’ll have to wait until the next Open Enrollment period or another qualifying life event to make changes.

  • Review Your Benefits

    Before you have your baby or adopt your child

    - Review your time off and leave of absence policies

    Consider how much time you might want to take off after your baby is born or for the adoption. Understand your time off and leave options. Meet with your manager to discuss your plans and keep them informed about when your leave begins and your anticipated return-to-work date.

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    - Sign up for the LiveWell New Expectations program

    This program can help you evaluate care providers, build a support team, and prepare for physiological changes.

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    - If you’re adopting a child, find out if you’re eligible for our Adoption Assistance program

    Iron Mountain helps offset the cost of adopting children under age 18 by offering a one-time $5,000 benefit once the adoption has been completed. In addition, we provide Parental Leave of Absence during the transition. 

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    - Get family building support through Maven

    If you’re enrolled in one of Iron Mountain’s plans administered by Aetna, you have access to Maven, a virtual program that provides family building support for every path to parenthood. Through Maven, you can video chat or message about topics like fertility, IVF, pregnancy, adoption, surrogacy, and more.

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  • Important information about medical cost deductions

    If your benefit elections are effective on a date that reverts to prior pay periods, you’ll incur retroactive deductions back to the due date. These retroactive deductions will be taken from your subsequent paychecks for the number of pay periods that your elections revert to, up to a maximum of four.

  • Iron Mountain benefits to help you transition to parenthood and for your new child

    Iron Mountain offers you benefits to help you transition to parenthood and for your new child

    - Receive free preventive care for your baby/child and virtual support.

    If you’re enrolled in an Iron Mountain medical plan administered by Aetna:

    • Well-baby checkups are covered at no cost to you when you use an in-network provider.

    • You have access to online and telephone health support resources 24/7 for non-emergency medical care when you can’t make it to the doctor’s office.


    - Learn how to care for your new child

    The LiveWell New Expectations and Parental Fundamentals programs can help you and your family prepare for caring for a new child.   


    - Explore additional resources that can help you care for your baby

    • Lactation support:

    Iron Mountain locations in Boston, MA; Collegeville, PA; and Royersford, PA, offer lactation rooms, which provide a comfortable and private place to express milk during the workweek. If you work at another location, contact your manager or Global HR Service Support for more information or guidance.

    These additional resources offer lactation support:

    • Phone apps:

      • Baby Connect. Track nursing and feeding schedules or keep track of diapers changes.

      • My Kid’s Health. Keep track of doctor visits, vaccination schedules, and more.

      • Parenting Ages & Stages. Learn about normal child development and parenting issues.

      • WebMD Baby. Find trusted information from doctors to keep your baby healthy.

    • Babysitters and child care:

    Get help finding quality providers with these resources:


    - Take care of your own health and wellbeing, too

    LiveWell offers you a variety of tools, resources, and incentives for participating in health and wellness activities.     


    - Start saving for your child’s future

    Start saving for your child’s future educational expenses tax-free with our 529 College Savings Plan.


  • Additional checklist

    - Review your tax-withholding elections

    Make updates in Workday, if needed. Consult your tax advisor to determine what’s right for you. 


    - Update your beneficiary information

    Review and update information about beneficiaries for your Life and AD&D insurance, FSA, HSA, and 401(k) plan.

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    - Consider changing your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and/or Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution

    Make allowable changes to your FSA and/or HSA, as needed.

    You must make changes to your FSA within 30 days of birth or adoption. You can change your HSA contributions anytime.

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  • Get support from Resources for Living

    Use Resources for  Living to get emotional support — for you and all members of your family as you navigate changes in your life. This free and confidential service offers 24/7 online information and counseling sessions.

    Connect with a care partner online through the live chat feature on the Resources for  Living member website.

  • Aetna one advisor (A1A)

    Contact Aetna One Advisor (A1A) for help. Advisors can answer questions and help you resolve issues related to all your Iron Mountain benefits, including medical, disability, and the 401(k) plan.

    You can contact an advisor by phone or online chat through the Aetna member website. To reach an advisor by phone, call 888-216-8573 Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 8 pm ET.