About This Guide
This section summarizes certain information for the health care and insurance plans. Please retain this section for your records. Other sections may be needed in addition to this section to provide a complete summary plan description (SPD) and/or plan document for a plan, including the sections that describe the benefits the plan provides.
These summaries/SPDs/plan documents do not include all of the details contained in the applicable insurance contracts, if any. For plans with applicable insurance contracts, if there is a discrepancy between the insurance contract and the summary/SPD/plan document, the insurance contract will control.
This Guide serves as the summary plan description (SPD) for the following plans of the JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program, effective as of January 1, 2022:
- The JPMorgan Chase U.S. Retiree Benefits Program (this document does not include information related to the JPMorgan Chase U.S. Retiree Benefits Program; see the PDF available at www.jpmcbenefitsguide.com for the entire SPD for the JPMorgan Chase U.S. Retiree Benefits Program)
- The JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan (this document does not include information related to the JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan; see the PDF available at www.jpmcbenefitsguide.com for the entire SPD for the JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan)
An SPD is a legally required document that provides a comprehensive description of benefit plans and their provisions. The SPD includes the following sections:
Your primary contact for matters relating to plan benefits is each plan's claims administrator or service provider. Contact HR Answers for information about general administration issues such as enrollment and eligibility for the plans.
Your benefits as a participant in the plans are provided under the terms of this document and insurance contracts, if any, issued to JPMorgan Chase. If there is a discrepancy between the insurance contracts and this document, the insurance contracts will control.
Please Note: No person or group (other than the plan administrator for the JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program) has any authority to interpret the plans (or official plan documents) or to make any promises to you about them. The plan administrator for the JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program has complete authority in his or her absolute discretion to construe and interpret the terms of the plans and any underlying insurance policies and/or contracts, including the eligibility to participate in the plans, and to make factual determinations.
All decisions of the plan administrator for the JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program are final and binding upon all affected parties. The plan administrators delegate their discretion to interpret the plans to the claims administrators, and to decide claims and appeals, including making factual determinations, to:
The plans are used exclusively to provide benefits to you and, in some cases, your survivors. Neither you nor JPMorgan Chase can assign, transfer, or attach your benefits, or use them as collateral for a loan. You may not assign your right to file actions under ERISA regarding the plans, or use power of attorney or similar arrangements for that purpose.
Please Note: You may assign certain employee life insurance benefits and may assign to a health care service provider the right to payment. Please contact HR Answers for more information.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. expressly reserves the right to amend, modify (including cost of coverage), reduce or curtail benefits under, or terminate the benefit plans and programs at any time for any reason, by act of the Benefits Executive, other authorized officers, or the Board of Directors. In addition, the plans and benefits described in this Guide do not represent vested benefits.
JPMorgan Chase also reserves the right to amend any of the plans and policies, to change the method of providing benefits, to curtail or reduce future benefits, or to terminate at any time for any reason, any or all of the plans and policies described in this Guide.
If you have any questions about this plan, please contact HR Answers.
Neither this Guide nor the benefits described in this Guide create a contract or a guarantee of employment between JPMorgan Chase and any employee. JPMorgan Chase or you may terminate the employment relationship at any time.
The JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program is available to most employees on a U.S. payroll who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours or more a week and who are employed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. or one of its subsidiaries to the extent that such subsidiary has adopted the JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program. This information does not include all of the details contained in the applicable insurance contracts, plan documents, and trust agreements. If there is any discrepancy between this information and the governing documents, the governing documents will control. JPMorgan Chase & Co. expressly reserves the right to amend, modify, reduce, change, or terminate its benefits and plans at any time. The JPMorgan Chase U.S. Benefits Program does not create a contract or guarantee of employment between JPMorgan Chase and any individual. JPMorgan Chase or you may terminate the employment relationship at any time.