continuation of healthcare premiums

mushroomHR · February 2004

What does your company do as far as payment of insurance premiums, if an employee has exhausted their FML but is still out on short-term disability? Do you notify the employee of their COBRA rights at the end of the 12 weeks, or do you continue to pay the employer's portion of their premium until their short-term disability expires? Thanks.

Carey · March 2004

We continue the insurance on the normal cost-sharing basis during the employee's entire disability leave. As long as the employee is disabled by a doctor, we will continue this for up to one year (the max STD in CA). I'm surprised we haven't changed this yet. We are outsourcing most of our benefits admin, so I imagine this might change in the process. It would save a ton of money.

mushroomHR · March 2004

Thank you for responding Carey, I didn't think anyone was going to.

continuation of healthcare premiums

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