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themittenabides
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Hello,
Summary:
My girlfriend decided to resign 3 days early in order to be able to enroll in health insurance for December. Since she is undergoing cancer treatments, she cannot afford to be without health insurance. But her boss is attempting to block her from doing so, thus preventing her from having insurance coverage for December. Is this illegal for him to do?
Details:
About 1 month ago (11/9) my girlfriend had to tell her boss that she was looking for a job and that she would probably be getting a new job within 2-4 weeks. Last Friday she got a job offer, and then Monday (11/28) turned in a resignation letter that said she was going to be done at the end of this week (12/2). Since she told him 3 weeks prior that she was looking, she figured a 1 week notice was sufficient instead of the typical 2 week notice.
In her email she asked to discuss health insurance with her boss to determine if the insurance would cover her for the next month, even after she was done. Her boss said that the insurance wouldn't cover her because the company is too small to fall under the COBRA rule (or whatever it's called). So she went to go apply to government Marketplace plans and realized that if she resigned on 12/2, the new insurance would not be able to cover her until Jan 1st, therefore resulting in her having to go get cancer treatment with no health insurance, which would cost her a ton of money. So she spent 6 hours trying to get a hold of her boss to discuss this, and possibly figure out if she could stay with the company for an extra month so that she would not lose coverage. But her boss ignored her, so she had to make a tough decision and decided to quit yesterday (11/29) instead, so that she could apply for insurance. Since the boss decided to ignore her, she basically had to choose between working for the company for 3 more days and going an entire month without insurance, or quitting early and getting insurance.
So she sent an amended resignation letter explaining her decision. The boss, still ignoring her, decided to fax over her original resignation letter to the insurance company, so that their official date of her quitting is 12/2. He then told her it was unacceptable for her to quit 3 days early for any reason. He did not even address the health insurance issue.
So basically it seems like he is intentionally trying to block her from getting health insurance for the month of December when he is well aware of her cancer treatments and the reason for having to resign 3 days early. This really seems illegal to me. Any advice for us?
Summary:
My girlfriend decided to resign 3 days early in order to be able to enroll in health insurance for December. Since she is undergoing cancer treatments, she cannot afford to be without health insurance. But her boss is attempting to block her from doing so, thus preventing her from having insurance coverage for December. Is this illegal for him to do?
Details:
About 1 month ago (11/9) my girlfriend had to tell her boss that she was looking for a job and that she would probably be getting a new job within 2-4 weeks. Last Friday she got a job offer, and then Monday (11/28) turned in a resignation letter that said she was going to be done at the end of this week (12/2). Since she told him 3 weeks prior that she was looking, she figured a 1 week notice was sufficient instead of the typical 2 week notice.
In her email she asked to discuss health insurance with her boss to determine if the insurance would cover her for the next month, even after she was done. Her boss said that the insurance wouldn't cover her because the company is too small to fall under the COBRA rule (or whatever it's called). So she went to go apply to government Marketplace plans and realized that if she resigned on 12/2, the new insurance would not be able to cover her until Jan 1st, therefore resulting in her having to go get cancer treatment with no health insurance, which would cost her a ton of money. So she spent 6 hours trying to get a hold of her boss to discuss this, and possibly figure out if she could stay with the company for an extra month so that she would not lose coverage. But her boss ignored her, so she had to make a tough decision and decided to quit yesterday (11/29) instead, so that she could apply for insurance. Since the boss decided to ignore her, she basically had to choose between working for the company for 3 more days and going an entire month without insurance, or quitting early and getting insurance.
So she sent an amended resignation letter explaining her decision. The boss, still ignoring her, decided to fax over her original resignation letter to the insurance company, so that their official date of her quitting is 12/2. He then told her it was unacceptable for her to quit 3 days early for any reason. He did not even address the health insurance issue.
So basically it seems like he is intentionally trying to block her from getting health insurance for the month of December when he is well aware of her cancer treatments and the reason for having to resign 3 days early. This really seems illegal to me. Any advice for us?