COBRA NOTICE
COBRA
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) provides terminated employees and their covered dependents the opportunity for a temporary extension of health coverage at group rates (plus 2% service fee) in certain instances where coverage under the plan would otherwise end. You and your covered dependents have the right to choose continuation coverage if group health coverage is lost under the health plan for any of the following reasons: (1) death of the employee; (2) a termination of the employee’s employment (for reasons other than gross misconduct) or a reduction in the employee’s hours of employment; (3) divorce or legal separation from employee; (4) employee becomes entitled to Medicare; or (5) the dependent child ceases to be a “dependent child” by definition under the plan. Under the law, you or the covered dependent has the responsibility to inform us, as the employer, within 30 days of a qualifying event such as divorce, legal separation, or a child losing dependent status under the plan. We, as the employer, have the responsibility to notify you and your covered dependents of the right to continue coverage should coverage end due to death, employment termination, reduction in hours of employment, or Medicare entitlement.
WELLNESS NOTICE
NOTICE REGARDING WELLNESS PROGRAM
Colonial Distributing is a voluntary wellness program available to all employees. The program is administered according to federal rules permitting employer-sponsored wellness programs that seek to improve employee health or prevent disease, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as applicable, among others.
Protections from Disclosure of Medical Information We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your personally identifiable health information. Although the wellness program and Colonial Distributing may use aggregate information it collects to design a program based on identified health risks in the workplace, Colonial Distributing will never disclose any of your personal information either publicly or to the employer, except as necessary to respond to a request from you for a reasonable accommodation needed to participate in the wellness program, or as expressly permitted by law. Medical information that personally identifies you that is provided in connection with the wellness program will not be provided to your supervisors or managers and may never be used to make decisions regarding your employment. Your health information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or otherwise disclosed except to the extent permitted by law to carry out specific activities related to the wellness program, and you will not be asked or required to waive the confidentiality of your health information as a condition of participating in the wellness program or receiving an incentive. Anyone who receives your information for purposes of providing you services as part of the wellness program will abide by the same confidentiality requirements. In addition, all medical information obtained through the wellness program will be maintained separate from your personnel records, information stored electronically will be encrypted, and no information you provide as part of the wellness program will be used in making any employment decision. Appropriate precautions will be taken to avoid any data breach, and in the event a data breach occurs involving information you provide in connection with the wellness program, we will notify you immediately.
You may not be discriminated against in employment because of the medical information you provide as part of participating in the wellness program, nor may you be subjected to retaliation if you choose not to participate.
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