Managing Premium Payments and Health Coverage During Employee Medical Leaves
This discussion focuses on best practices for maintaining premium payments for employees on leave. Topics include processes for continuing premium payments, handling premium waiver requests during medical leave, and coverage extensions for medical and dental benefits beyond FMLA. Insights are shared from various companies, including Agilent, Intel, KLA, and VeriSign, regarding their handling of leaves in HRIS and how they categorize different types of leave. The roundtable session aims to provide clarity and unified practices to enhance employee support during leave periods.
Managing Premium Payments and Health Coverage During Employee Medical Leaves
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Presentation Transcript
Rehash: Premium Continuation • What are your processes for continuing the premium payments while your employees are on leave? • Roundtable Questions • How do you handle Premium waiver process when someone goes on medical leave? • Do you extend medical and dental coverage for someone on medical related leave past FMLA?
Process:HRIS • Company Sharing • Juniper • CA
From the LOA Survey • Notes: • Agilent only enters non PFL or disability leaves into HRIS • Intel leaves hold “pending status” marker until 1st day of leave, at which point they become “active leave” • KLA enters all leaves (except PLOA) with FMLA default until instructed otherwise. • VeriSign does not enter LOAs into HRIS • Less than a third of mbrs do “non-specific” coding. Generally those who code for MLOA also code for PLOA (note exceptions) • Some additional coding for pd/not pd
