When your job ends, for any reason other than gross misconduct, you may be able to purchase exactly the same benefits you have while employed, through a COBRA policy. COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) is the federal law that requires employers with more than 20 employees to extend group health insurance coverage between 18 and 36 months depending on the type of qualifying event.

A63.When your job ends, usually for any reason other than gross misconduct, you can pay to continue, for a limited time, exactly the same benefits you have while employed, through a federal law called COBRA. Your employer must provide you with detailed information regarding the terms, cost and duration of COBRA benefits upon termination of your employment.

Most private pension plans are covered by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), not by state law. The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for regulations in this area. Call (617) 569-9600 or visit the EBSA website at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa.

An employee who has been discharged from employment shall be paid within 72 hours of the discharge. An employee who voluntarily leaves employment shall be paid on the last regular payday, or if there is no regular payday, on the following Friday.

Generally, you can either pay the outstanding balance in full or you will receive an IRS Form 1099 at the end of the year for the outstanding balance which is subject to regular federal and state taxes, and a 10% penalty if you are not 59�½.

You are only qualified if you have a seven-day layoff between the Impact Date and Expiration Date of the certification. To determine what those dates are see the list of Certifications. If your last layoff was a quit or a discharge, but you had a seven-day layoff within those dates, contact your local TAA Representative for help.

In many situations, if you have been laid-off from your job and not able to obtain employment, you may be able to get your mortgage company to suspend your mortgage payments for a period of time. Or if your new job pays less than your former job, you may be able to get your mortgage company to modify the mortgage to lower your payments. Back to top

Answer: Yes. Once paid time off is made available for an employee's use, any unused balance must be paid to the employee upon separation from employment. Unused sick leave does not have to be paid as long as it is kept in a separate balance from vacation.

Voluntarily leaving your employment while treating with an authorizedworkers' compensation doctor could adversely affect your rights toreceive certain types of lost wage benefits. If you are treating withan authorized workers' compensation doctor and that doctor hasreleased you to return to work with work related restrictions, it isimportant that you at least attempt to return to work for theemployer, within those limitations.

There is no penalty or reduction in UI benefits if you are laid off. Your employer will be sent a notice to verify that you were laid off.

The federal law known as COBRA (sometimes called "continuation coverage") protects the health care rights of workers who are laid off, as well as spouses and dependents in certain situations. It enables you to keep your benefits for 18 months, and sometimes up to 36 months, depending on the circumstances. You will be responsible for paying the full monthly premiums that your employer previously paid, plus a slight administrative fee of up to 2 percent.

Answer: A separated employee's wages become due and payable at the regular payday(s) established in advance by the employer for the period(s) worked by the employee. In other words, payroll should simply follow its normal course.

Yes, both actions are possible. A department is not expected to continue to employ a FWS student whose work performance is unsatisfactory nor is a FWS student expected to keep a job he/she does not want. These situations can create disadvantages for both the employer and employee.

If you quit, you may be eligible to draw benefits if you can show that you quit for good work-connected reason(s). Examples of good work-connected reasons are material change in working conditions, material change in working agreement, nonpayment for work, and similar reasons. You will not be able to draw benefits if your reason for quitting was personal even though the personal reason was a good or compelling one.