CONTINUATION OF INSURANCE WITH PREMIUM PAYMENT GCERT2000 coi-eport 32 FOR FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE Certain leaves of absence may qualify for continuation of insurance under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), or other legally mandated leave of absence or similar laws. Please contact the Employer for information regarding such legally mandated leave of absence laws. AT THE EMPLOYER’S OPTION The Employer has elected to continue insurance by paying premiums for employees who are not Disabled and cease Active Work in an eligible class for any of the reasons specified below: · for the period You cease Active Work in an eligible class due to injury or Sickness, up to 3 months; · for the period You cease Active Work in an eligible class due to an Employer’s approved leave of absence, up to the end of the month You cease Active Work. For purposes of this provision, leave of absence does not include a furlough. At the end of any of the continuation periods listed above, Your insurance will be affected as follows: · if You resume Active Work in an eligible class at this time, You will continue to be insured under the Group Policy; · if You do not resume Active Work in an eligible class at this time, Your employment will be considered to end and Your insurance will end in accordance with the DATE YOUR INSURANCE ENDS subsection of the section entitled ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS: INSURANCE FOR YOU. CONTINUATION OF DISABILITY INCOME INSURANCE 1. If Your Disability Income Insurance ends due to a Plant Closing or Covered Partial Closing, such insurance will be continued for 90 days after the date it ends. 2. If Disability Income Insurance ends because: · You cease to be in an Eligible Class; or · Your employment terminates for any reason other than a Plant Closing or Covered Partial Closing, such insurance will continue for 31 days after the date it ends. Continuation of Your Disability Income Insurance under this subsection will end before the end of continuation periods shown above if You become covered for similar benefits under another plan. Plant Closing and Covered Partial Closing have the meaning set forth in Massachusetts Annotated Laws, Chapter 151A, Section 71A.
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