Employer Not Required To Provide COBRA Notification, 6th Circuit Says In Reversing

Mealey's (September 17, 2019, 10:36 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 13 reversed a district court’s ruling in a health insurance coverage dispute after determining that an employer did not violate the Comprehensive Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) because the employee’s reduction in work hours did not constitute a COBRA qualifying event that required the employer to provide her with COBRA notification (Rebecca Morehouse, et al. v. Steak N Shake Inc., No. 18-4186, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 27640)....