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 If the employee is part of an employer-sponsored

group health plan, he or she must also be provided

with notice of the right to continue participating in

that plan for a period of time (“COBRA”). The

employer is not required to continue contributing

toward the premiums.

Chapter 2

Employee Illness and Disability

This can be one of the most difficult areas to

navigate for both employees and employers. Illness and

disability present obvious and often significant

challenges to the individual employee, but can also create

challenges for the employer, and the rules are not always

straightforward. In this chapter, we provide a quick

guide to four of the rules that are most important to

understand: (i) the laws against discrimination based on

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