COBRA takes effect
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COBRA, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, requires employers to extend health insurance coverage to terminated employees and their dependents at group rates enjoyed by current employees for up to 18 months following termination. However, such continuation elections can be accompanied by employee payments of as much as 102 percent of the premiums paid by nonterminated group plan members. The employee will, in most cases, be allowed 60 days from the date of normal termination of coverage within which to decide whether to make the continuation election. As part of COBRA's passage, certain amendments had to be made to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code; among these revisions is the ability of courts to assess penalties at the rate of $100 per day to plan administrators who fail to issue required plan notices.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1987
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Pre-employment test invades privacy and discriminates
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California Court of Appeal has ruled Dayton Hudson Corp's use of 'Psychscreen' in screening job applicants to be unlawful. 'Psychscreen' is a psychological test consisting of true or false questions taken from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the California Psychological Inventory. The test contains some questions pertaining to the religious attitudes and sexual orientation of applicants, which the court found to be unrelated to the job and irrelevant to the psychological health of applicants. The court of appeal concluded that Dayton Hudson violated the California Labor Code and the state's constitutional right to privacy.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1992
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