Common use of Layoff – Medical Severance Coverage Clause in Contracts

Layoff – Medical Severance Coverage. For employees who continue to be laid off from County service, the County will make its usual medical insurance contribution for the first six (6) pay periods following layoff and one half (1/2) its normal contribution for the next six (6) pay periods following layoff. Eligible employees will be offered the opportunity to continue coverage through COBRA. If/when this medical severance is offered concurrently with COBRA continuation coverage, the eighteen (18) month COBRA continuation period shall be extended by each month of medical severance coverage to a maximum of twenty-four (24) total months.

Layoff – Medical Severance Coverage. ‌ For employees who continue to be laid off from County service, the County will make its usual medical insurance contribution for the first six (6) pay periods following layoff and one half (1/2) its normal contribution for the next six (6) pay periods following layoff. Eligible employees will be offered the opportunity to continue coverage through COBRA. If/when this medical severance is offered concurrently with COBRA continuation coverage, the eighteen (18) month COBRA continuation period shall be extended by each month of medical severance coverage to a maximum of twenty-four (24) total months.eighteen