Friday, December 12, 2008

Is it Illegal to provide health insurance to one employee and not give any health insurance to the others

Is it Illegal to provide health insurance to one employee and not give any health insurance to the others?
We have 6 Ladies working in our office, and the Boss decided to give only the manager Health insurance after working here 5 years.

Ive been working here 3 years, they finally offered to give us health insurance..and now the subject isnt talked about anymore.
Insurance - 10 Answers
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1 :
YESSSS YESSSS
2 :
I would say it isn't illegal. They could use the excuse that your manager gets it because she is in a managerial position and you are not. Manager's perks. How infuriating.
3 :
uhh yeah thats pretty bad u should tell some1 about that.
4 :
The employer can have approved plans in such a way that only select employees are covered.
5 :
YES EVERY ONE NEEDS HEALTH insurance!!!
6 :
not really shes the manager
7 :
No, it isn't. Benefits are a part of your pay package. You are only paid what you can convince your employer that you are worth. If you think that you deserve a raise in the form of health insurance, go negotiate for it. You need to bring something to the table to back you up though. What are you doing for your employer that makes you worth an enormous raise like that? Whatever you do, don't try negotiation tactics like whining, saying it isn't fair, saying you need the health insurance, or saying that you deserve it. This isn't about you. It's about your value to your employer.
8 :
No it isn't illegal. If you felt that you were being discriminated against based on your race or religion you might have a case. Higher ranking people within a business having more perks/benefits is pretty normal thouhg.
9 :
Benefits are required to be administered evenly to all employees within the same class. The employer has the right to define the class. As an example, it could be all full-time employees, with Full-time being those who work greater than 32 hours per week. It could also be a certain class of employees, like managers. Whatever the employer defines the eligibility to be, it must be fairly administered across all members of that class. If not, they could be subject to fines from the Department of Labor.
10 :
Maybe. If they have a policy of giving insurance to people who have been here five years or more its okay. But if they just offer it to one person because they like her, it would be illegal.

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