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Re: Employee Fired

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Posted by Agent on August 05, 2006 at 10:48:13:

In Reply to: Employee Fired posted by Elizabeth on July 27, 2006 at 20:15:35:

Were they doing something dangerous or illegal when they were fired?

Also keep in mind there is lawsuit risk if you deny them cobra on the basis of gross misconduct.

And you get 102% of the premium, a small management fee to do the paperwork. Unless they were clearly doing something blatantly illegal or endangering other, I would not risk the expense or exposure of a lawsuit, where you could have to cover legal fees, damages and fines per day.

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: We have a small business in Pennsylvania with 4 employees. We recently fired someone, the first person we ever fired. We are not sure if this person qualifies for COBRA since we are a small business. The employee did have health insureace through the business. If you have any helpful information, please let me know. Do I contact our Insurance administator if he does qualify to get the paperwork? Or where do I get the paperwork from?

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: Were they doing something dangerous or illegal when they were fired? : Also keep in mind there is lawsuit risk if you deny them cobra on the basis of gross misconduct. : And you get 102% of the premium, a small management fee to do the paperwork. Unless they were clearly doing something blatantly illegal or endangering other, I would not risk the expense or exposure of a lawsuit, where you could have to cover legal fees, damages and fines per day. : Agent : : We have a small business in Pennsylvania with 4 employees. We recently fired someone, the first person we ever fired. We are not sure if this person qualifies for COBRA since we are a small business. The employee did have health insureace through the business. If you have any helpful information, please let me know. Do I contact our Insurance administator if he does qualify to get the paperwork? Or where do I get the paperwork from?

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