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Who should be the only sources of communication regarding benefits issues?
Who should be the only sources of communication regarding benefits issues?
- Supervisors
- The benefits administrator (correct)
- The handbook
- Senior management
What is the role of senior management in relation to benefit plan documents?
What is the role of senior management in relation to benefit plan documents?
- To communicate benefit plan information
- To draft benefit plan documents
- To interpret the benefit plan
- To ensure benefit plan documents are properly drafted (correct)
What is the supervisor's job in relation to benefit plan information?
What is the supervisor's job in relation to benefit plan information?
- To communicate benefit plan information (correct)
- To answer employee questions about benefits
- To interpret the benefit plan
- To draft benefit plan documents
Why should supervisors avoid interpreting the benefit plan?
Why should supervisors avoid interpreting the benefit plan?
Why did employees start asking their supervisors about severance pay in the example given?
Why did employees start asking their supervisors about severance pay in the example given?
What is the potential issue with the Company A severance policy?
What is the potential issue with the Company A severance policy?
What does the Company A severance policy state?
What does the Company A severance policy state?
What is the potential argument against providing severance pay in the example given?
What is the potential argument against providing severance pay in the example given?
Why should an employee be given a copy of the documentation?
Why should an employee be given a copy of the documentation?
What is the best advice a manager or supervisor can give an employee regarding benefits and termination?
What is the best advice a manager or supervisor can give an employee regarding benefits and termination?
Why is it important for supervisors not to give advice on benefit questions?
Why is it important for supervisors not to give advice on benefit questions?
What could happen if a supervisor interprets the plan to provide benefits where none were intended?
What could happen if a supervisor interprets the plan to provide benefits where none were intended?
What should be the answer to questions about severance pay and health insurance coverage?
What should be the answer to questions about severance pay and health insurance coverage?
Why should an employee's acknowledgment be obtained upon receipt of the copy of the documentation?
Why should an employee's acknowledgment be obtained upon receipt of the copy of the documentation?
Why is it important for an employee to express disagreement with the documentation?
Why is it important for an employee to express disagreement with the documentation?
