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COBRA Administration
Questions? We have
Hillary Bob
Meyers answers. Penwell
In today’s complex and data intense healthcare coverage. Is the employee
business climate, it is no easy task for eligible for COBRA? Are the employee’s
a Benefits Officer or Human Resource dependents eligible for COBRA and for how
professional to remain 100% current on long? What notices must be sent to the
changing regulations and deadlines within terminated employee and what are the time
a group benefits program. The job of frames and deadlines for notification? What
administering all aspects of a benefits program are the employer’s legal responsibilities
is challenging for a full-time Director, but many regarding: required notifications forwarded
smaller banks and businesses cannot afford to the employee, the collection of premiums
an employee(s) to exclusively manage the and meeting COBRA eligibility periods, etc.?
intricacies of a group benefits program. Rest assured the ILFI group insurance Trust
HR Directors are accustomed to the provides complete COBRA administration as
regulatory conditions placed on an employer part of our service provisions to Trust members
that require action or notifications within at no additional cost to your account.
the workplace. Keeping current of those COBRA administration is just one of the
requirements is an essential job function. value-added services provided by the ILFI
Those agencies include: the Equal Trust group insurance program. This article is
Employment Opportunity Commission (the the first in a series designed to communicate
EEOC), the Illinois Department of Human the suite of services provided by the Trust. As
Rights (the IDHR), the National Labor always, should you have questions specific
Relations Board and the State and Federal to your institution, please contact our Trust
Departments of Labor. As noted in a previous Manager, Hillary Meyer’s at 217.522.5575 x
edition of the Illinois Reporter, (see Illinois 216 or hmeyers@ilfi.org.
Reporter Vol. 32, No.2, second Quarter
2015 article by Aaron R. Gelb). We strongly
encourage Trust members to continue to Warm Up
utilize our assistance when questions or issues
to Wellness!
surrounding benefits administration arise.
COBRA questions are some of the main
complications HR professionals may face.
The termination of an individual triggers a
number of questions regarding their continued
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