What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MD/CA
There is a situation here at work reagrding an employee with whom I have developed a rapport and said I would look into it for him. He is of somewhat limited mental capacity in terms of dealing with these sorts of things.
He had a qualifying event (wife lost her job) and so he wanted to enroll his family in his employer's insurance. He lives in California and the HR office is in Maryland. On the last possibile day (Jan 10) at 11 PM California time, he faxed the enrollment forms to HR in Maryland. So according to the clocks in Maryland it didn't arrive until the next day (Jan 11) because they are 3 or 4 hours ahead. HR is refusing to enroll him in the insurance saying he was a day too late even though according to his fax confirmation sheet it was still Jan 10 in California at the time he sent it.
Is HR required to enroll him? Which clock counts?
I told him several times not to procrastinate but apparently it took him weeks to decide and HR told him several times he had until Jan 10th to fax in the forms.
There is a situation here at work reagrding an employee with whom I have developed a rapport and said I would look into it for him. He is of somewhat limited mental capacity in terms of dealing with these sorts of things.
He had a qualifying event (wife lost her job) and so he wanted to enroll his family in his employer's insurance. He lives in California and the HR office is in Maryland. On the last possibile day (Jan 10) at 11 PM California time, he faxed the enrollment forms to HR in Maryland. So according to the clocks in Maryland it didn't arrive until the next day (Jan 11) because they are 3 or 4 hours ahead. HR is refusing to enroll him in the insurance saying he was a day too late even though according to his fax confirmation sheet it was still Jan 10 in California at the time he sent it.
Is HR required to enroll him? Which clock counts?
I told him several times not to procrastinate but apparently it took him weeks to decide and HR told him several times he had until Jan 10th to fax in the forms.