Long time lurker. First time poster.
Background: My husband passed away in January. I'm a stay-at-home mom. Hence he had us covered under his work insurance. Insurance expired on the last day of January. Last week I got a new check from the company, reimbursing his unused vacation. Check was dated February 14. The check was for less than a typical paycheck because he only had 14 hours of vacation time left. (Which makes me happy that he was able to effectively use that time while he was alive and not leave too much on the table unused.)
Issue: The check had $300 in deductions for 401(k) savings plan (prorated down from regular hours), dental (same amount as having worked a full paycheck), health insurance (same amount), and HSA account (same amount). I asked HR why were these deductions taken in February when my son and I no longer had access to the benefits. They responded with:
All employees pay benefits thru the end of the month of termination date.
Dear PF redditors, is this legit? Can corporations ding you for back dated benefits and at full price even for less than 2 days of vacation?
EDIT: I have my answer, courtesy of /u/sciguyCO. It seems because my husband rec'd only one paycheck out of two for January, but we still received a full month's of benefits, the company settled up by taking the 2nd set of deductions out of the vacation reimbursement check...even though the check was dated in February. Which makes complete sense now.
EDIT: I'd like to take a moment to give thanks to reddit and redditors. Never thought I'd be crowdsourcing our bereavement, but here I am. Mostly I'm lurking on /r/widowers, which has been more helpful than one could know. Just knowing that a financial subreddit is out there for the practical questions is a true comfort. My 15 year old son wants me to also send PF his thanks. I told him on the way home from the bus stop that I needed to check this sub first thing once we got home. I explained my question. His response: "That is exactly what reddit is for, mom. Aren't you glad to have so many people to ask?" Good job, redditors. Carry on.
Submitted February 24, 2017 at 05:04PM by BrightBlueSea http://ift.tt/2lEIa6h
