In a one sentence email, President Lloyd Jacobs has advised that the COBRA notice is an IRS requirement.  The UT-AAUP CPA advises the COBRA notice may also be required by the Affordable Health Care Act (aka Obama Care).

The bottom line is that the COBRA notice should not be misinterpreted as a lay-off notice from the Jacobs Administration.

Below is a link provided by UT Human Resources.

See UT HR Webpage: http://www.utoledo.edu/depts/hr/benefits/index.html

 

M.J. Erard, UT-AAUP executive director and member of Publication Committee

The UT-AAUP Bulletin is published occasionally throughout the semester.