Tag: COBRA

July 12, 2023

COBRA allows workers to continue to receive health benefits for a limited time after experiencing a qualifying event at their company, such as voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in the hours, job transition, death, divorce and other life events. […]

March 13, 2023

We’ve all heard about the “Great Resignation” triggered by the post-COVID environment. Workers are deciding to voluntarily exit the workplace in search of other options. Separately, we have seen the news about a possible economic recession in the near future […]

November 29, 2022

All of the 2,700 workers at a US furniture company were fired at midnight two days before Thanksgiving, according to multiple reports. United Furniture Industries’ texted or emailed those terminated while they were sleeping, telling them not to come to […]

October 24, 2022

It is that time of year again—time to plan for and implement annual open enrollment processes. At least it is that time for the typical group health plans that operate on a calendar-year basis. For most plans, this means it […]

September 8, 2022

Letting go of employees never gets easier. The longer your tenure spans, the more you understand the demoralizing ramifications of a layoff. Whether the person about to be let go deserves it or not, they are still human and should […]

December 3, 2021

In Greek mythology, Panacea was the goddess of universal remedy. She supposedly had a potion of herbs to cure almost any ailment. From the fabled goddess, the English language has adopted the word “panacea” to mean a cure-all or solution […]

July 9, 2021

Under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), if an employee willfully and knowingly disregards company policy, is she not voluntarily terminating her employment? Also, in that same vein, when does misconduct move from violating company policy and arrive at “gross […]

May 3, 2021

When President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), one of the effects was to make COBRA continuation coverage free for certain qualifying individuals and their families from April 1 to September 30, 2021. The free […]

April 22, 2021

Technically, continuation coverage rules under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) apply to employees of state and local governments. Often, however, the problem is one of enforcement. It is not always easy to prevail in a case alleging continuation coverage […]

October 9, 2019

COBRA benefits provide continued group health plan coverage after certain qualifying events, like termination of employment, and are a health care safety net for employees until benefits from a new job kick in. But for employers, staying compliant with COBRA […]