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For those employees that were originally auto-enrolled at $50, if you do not make any changes to your investments, contribution rate(s), or take any other actions to manage your 403(b)(9) account with Principal, Reliant will automatically increase your auto-enrollment each year. Each year starting with the January 15th paycheck, if you have not made any changes to the auto-enrollment, you'll see the auto-enrollment contribution raised by $10. This yearly increase will continue until you have reached $150. You have the option to change your contribution rate at any time if you do not want the auto-increase to be in effect. (See Principal Changes to Contributions for how to change your contribution.)

This *Class of employees are immediately eligible to participate in the 403(b)(9) Plan - starting with their first regular paycheck (pre-hire bonus checks excluded). 

Employee contributions are managed by you on the GuideStone site; they are deducted from your monthly pay and are excluded from support goals (since they come off your wages).

• Want to contribute from your paycheck? (Think: employee) If you would like to take part in employee contributions by adding to your retirement fund from your gross compensation.
  • Taking action on the personal side has two steps! Note: It can take up to three paychecks to see your paycheck contributions depending on the timing of your response to this request, timeliness in registering your GuideStone account, and the normal processing timeframe of the GuideStone/Reliant information exchange for payroll contributions.
    • First, complete this form by the 20th of the month.

• • • You will receive an email from payroll@reliant.org once Reliant has enrolled you within the GuideStone plan. This email lets you know it is time to register your account and to set your contribution amount on my.guidestone.org. 
    • GuideStone will relay your payroll contribution information to Reliant and we will process that contribution (depending on timing of receipt) on the next available paycheck.

The employer contribution is something you opt in for via your support goal; this is deducted from the MTD fund you're responsible for. (See Order of Pay for more details.)

As a Class 2 fixed-term employee, Reliant won't automatically match your employee contribution with an employer match. These options are separate decisions and you can do one without the other. Here's how to engage with each...

• What's in your goal? (Think: employer) If you elect to raise the funds for a monthly employer contribution, it will be reflected in the Other Information portion of your paystub (not deducted from your compensation), and watch your retirement account balance grow!
  • 403(b)(9) employer contributions are excluded on start-up bonuses.
  • If you don't see "Monthly 403(b)(9) Employer Contribution" in your goal's monthly costs, you will not be enrolled for a GuideStone retirement account. You can submit a fresh goal or reach out to fixedterm@reliant.org if you'd like to change that!