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City of Eugene <br />Human Resource and Risk Services Policies <br />Medicare to help pay remaining eligible expenses. The City does not pay <br />Medicare premiums. <br />3-713 Coverage While on Leave of Absence (Revised os/os/o2) <br />Regular, limited duration and BTR employees who are on approved leave of <br />absence without pay (LWOP) may continue their health insurance coverage by <br />remitting the premium cost to HRRS by the first (1st) of each month. If payment <br />has not been received by the 30th of the month coverage will lapse retroactive to <br />the first of the month, and cannot be re-established while employees are on <br />LWOP. Upon return from LWOP, the City resumes the premium payment, <br />effective the first of the month in which the employee returns to a regular <br />schedule of at least 20 hours per week. <br />SEE: 3-872.1 <br />3-714 Health Insurance After Termination of Employment (Revised o1/23/04) <br />Employees' health coverage through the City ceases at the end of the month in <br />which they terminate employment. Employees who terminate employment, <br />spouses and dependent children of deceased, terminated or divorced employees <br />and children who no longer qualify as dependents, may have rights to portability <br />coverage, or may elect and pay for continued insurance coverage as required by <br />state and federal law. Under federal law, employees terminated for gross <br />misconduct are not entitled to continuation of their health insurance coverage <br />under COBRA. In addition, spouses and dependents of employees terminated <br />for gross misconduct are not entitled to COBRA continuation benefits. At the <br />end of the COBRA continuation coverage period, employees may have rights to <br />portability coverage. Some restrictions apply. <br />3-714.1 Gross Misconduct (New o1/23/04) <br />The City will look at the specific circumstances surrounding each <br />disciplinary termination in order to determine whether the termination was <br />for gross misconduct. Gross misconduct means conduct that reflects a <br />willful disregard of the City's interests or of the employee's duties and <br />obligations to the City. Examples of gross misconduct include, but are not <br />limited to, willful violations or disregard of City policy; theft, fraud, official <br />misconduct, and other acts that constitute a violation of the law; and <br />Human Resource and' Risk Services <br />Revised: 01 /23/04 <br />