Military Leave

HRGirl

How does everyone else handle the military reserves two week military leave? Do you pay your employee? If you don't how do you handle insurance premiums, etc.?

mushroomHR

We make up the difference in pay between their military pay and the pay they would have received from us. As for their insurance premiums I have them pay me directly with a check if they are going to be away and not collecting a paycheck through us.

hhaynal

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 10-26-04 AT 07:18AM (CST)[/font][br][br]The following is an except from our Military Leave Policy:

"Health care coverage shall be provided to employees who are on military duty for less than 31 days as if the employee had remained employed. Employees who are on military duty for a period greater than 30 days and who have coverage under a Company-sponsored health plan may elect to continue such coverage for themselves. Employees may also elect to continue coverage for their families, if their families were covered under a Company-sponsored plan at the time that the military leave began."

In short, reservists who are out on their annual two-week duty are covered at the company's expense as if they were actively working.

Edit

Forgot to mention that under the Company policy, reservists are provided up to fifteen (15) paid days of absence per calendar year for this purpose; i.e. weekend drills, 2-week training,etc.

pork1

HRGIRL: A two week ADT (Active Duty for Training) is an authorized absence and the individual in our company can request "vacation pay" or no pay due because there was no work performed.

Medical coverage is a responsibility of the employee to pay the employee premium. We either allow the individual to write a check in advance or we can adjust his/her premium payment up to pick up the two weeks premium, the company therefore pays the whole premium on those weeks with no pay due. If the absence is greater than 6 weeks, the MLA must chose COBRA, if he/she wants coverage; however, the military/ee may choose not to take COBRA and be serviced by the military system and immediately rejoin our plan upon re-enrollment back into our payroll system.

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