We have certain groups of employees who are under WRS but due to the limited number of hours we haven offered them health insurance coverage. Can we offer them coverage now?
First, all WRS eligible employees must be offered health insurance coverage and any other insurance administered by ETF. Coverage cannot be limited to a particular department, a classification of employee, special interest group, part-time versus full-time, or union contract group. If an employer failed to offer health insurance coverage to an otherwise eligible employee, the employee is limited to the Standard Plan with a 180 day waiting period for pre-existing conditions and hospitalization, unless some enrollment event occurs. There’s no employer error provision for health insurance.
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