Benefits Eligibility

Pfizer’s benefits are available to most U.S. full-time and part-time colleagues and their eligible dependents, including same and opposite-sex spouses (including common-law spouses) or domestic partners and children, including domestic partner’s children who meet Pfizer’s eligibility requirements*.

Domestic Partner Eligibility

  • At least 18 years of age;
  • Not related to you by blood to a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal marriage;
  • Residing with you and has done so for the prior 12 months with the intent to do so indefinitely;
  • Not married to someone else or engaged in another domestic partnership or civil union, as applicable; and
  • Financially interdependent with you.

For additional details on coverage for your domestic partner, review the Domestic Partner Enrollment Kit located in the Reference Library on netbenefits.com. The kit includes the Affidavit and Tax Status Declaration forms. Pfizer relies on your attestation and does not require additional notarization or approval. However, occasionally Pfizer will randomly select colleagues participating in our health and insurance coverage to verify the eligibility of their covered dependents.

Dependent Child(ren) Eligibility

Your children generally include your biological and adopted children, stepchildren and your domestic partner’s children, children placed with you for adoption or foster care, as well as other related children who live with you and primarily rely on you for support.

* IRS rules require Pfizer to impute income on the value of any company-paid benefits such as medical and dental coverage (if applicable) for your covered domestic partner and children of your domestic partner who are not your tax dependent. If you subsequently marry your domestic partner, be sure to call Fidelity at the Pfizer Benefits Center to report this change; once you are married and you report this change, this imputed income will no longer apply.

This guide contains information about the U.S. Pfizer benefit plans, programs and policies; however, it is not intended to provide every detail. More information can be found in the Summary Plan Descriptions, and complete details will be included in the plan document. In all cases, your benefits at Pfizer are subject to the terms and conditions of the plan documents. In the event there is a conflict between the information you read in this brochure and the official plan document, the plan document will control. While Pfizer expects to continue the benefits described in this guide, it reserves the right to amend, modify, suspend or terminate