Legal Notices

Terms of Use:

Eligibility — In General

The health and insurance benefits described in this microsite (https://microsite.ehr.com/merckbenefitsonassignment) are provided under various plans and programs sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc. or its wholly owned subsidiaries and are available to:

U.S. Expatriates on assignment outside the U.S., except for those on assignment in a U.S. territory,
Non-U.S.-based employees of the wholly owned subsidiaries of Merck & Co., Inc. (excluding Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, LLC; Antimicrobial Stewardship, LLC; and each of their subsidiaries) who are on assignment outside their home country, including in the U.S., other than those who are residents of U.S. territories on assignment in the U.S.,
Non-U.S.-based employees of the wholly owned subsidiaries of Merck & Co., Inc. who are working and residing within their country of citizenship or permanent residence, excluding the US, and are designated by the employer as essential to the management of that country’s operation, and
Former non-U.S.-based employees of the wholly owned subsidiaries of Merck & Co., Inc. (excluding Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, LLC; Antimicrobial Stewardship, LLC; and each of their subsidiaries) who were on assignment outside their home country on the date their employment ended and, who on that date, satisfied the plan’s requirements for retiree medical benefits, and who do not reside in the U.S. or a U.S. territory.

Also note that you may not be eligible for all of the benefits described in this microsite. To determine your eligibility, please refer to the applicable summary plan descriptions (SPDs) or other benefits descriptions.

Information on how to access the SPDs and benefit descriptions is provided below.

Conflicts with Other Information

This microsite is not an official plan document, SPD or other official description for any of the plans and programs described in this microsite. If any information included in this microsite or any website or any verbal representation conflicts in any way with the official plan document, which includes any applicable contract(s) of insurance, the provisions of the official plan document, as amended, will govern.

Right to Amend/Terminate

Merck (and its subsidiaries, as applicable) reserves the right to amend the benefits described in this communication (and the plans and programs under which they are provided) in whole or in part or to completely discontinue them at any time and nothing in this communication in any way limits that right.

SPDs

For detailed information on the plans described in this communication, see the applicable health and insurance SPD or benefit description, which can be found on Sync > About Me > About Me Home > Health > Tools > Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs), or by logging into NetBenefits. You can also receive a hard copy of the health and insurance SPDs at no cost to you by contacting the Benefits Service Center at 800-66-MERCK (800-666-3725).

Only certain benefits described herein will be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and other laws of the United States (“U.S.”). For more information about whether a plan or program is governed by ERISA or U.S. law, please contact the Benefits Services Center at 800-66-MERCK (800-666-3725).

The information herein has been provided by Merck & Co., Inc. (and its wholly owned subsidiaries) and is solely their responsibility.