It has been a long held belief that providing such benefits helps a company attract and retain good employees.
The true benefit of employee health insurance is that you usually do not have to pay for the insurance. But, if you do have to pay, it is only a small percentage.
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Typically, if a person is insured under a company's group insurance plan it is up to the company as to how much of the premium the company wants to pay toward the employee's insurance. If the employee has a spouse it is also the choice of the company as to how much, IF ANY, the company will pay toward the spouse's premium. The company is not required to pay anything toward the cost of the spouse or children. In many cases, the spouse and children. or more precisely, the employee him/herself. must pay the additional premium.
Yes, your employer can pay for your health insurance premium as part of your employee benefits package.
The health insurance carrier the person was with when she was in the hospital would help to pay for the stay.
Pay for it yourself.
Firstly your company usually pays for it when you are an employee (part of your employee benefits) while outside, you have to pay the premiums yourself. There may also be differences in the type of cover provided, but to know this for sure you would have to read the two contracts and compare them.
Most companies pay for health insurance by sharing the cost with their employees through a combination of employer contributions and employee payroll deductions.
In most cases, the company's insurance carrier will pay for damages, as long as the fault causing the accident was not caused by the employee. The employee here is representing the company in this case - if the employee is charged with negligent driving and was cited for causing the accident, the company insurance carrier will most likely pay, but will seek restitution from the employee. Could get into a real sticky situation.
we should see wether the employee has any cobra benifits....
Not in all cases. Upon retirement most companies require the employee to pay the full cost of health insurance premiums. Health insurance is never free.
It is possible. Some companies allow this if the employee shows that they are covered by another medical insurance policy. The company has a vested interest in keeping healthy employees. Under the new Health Care Reform laws, this may no longer be possible.