{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-057","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin; Office of the Commissioner of Insurance","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Mark V. Afable, Commissioner of Insurance","authority":"Wis. Stat. § 601.41","instrument":"OCI Bulletin of March 26, 2020","title":"Small Employer Coverage","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-26","end":"During the public health emergency","startDate":"2020-03-26","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["insurers","agents and interested parties"],"clause":"OCI has received questions regarding insurers\u0027 and employers\u0027 ability to continue group insurance to employees whose hours are being reduced below 30 hours per week or those being placed on furlough. Some employers have indicated their wish to maintain their employees\u0027 active employee status for insurance purposes and to contribute to monthly premiums for employees no longer working 30 hours or placed on furlough.","enforcement":"Wis. Stat. § 601.64","functions":["IN group health insurers (eligibility rules relaxed)","HR employee benefits administration of small employers with furloughed and reduced-hour staff","WF"],"notes":"The regulator\u0027s record, at March 26, 2020, that employers were reducing hours below 30 per week and placing employees on furlough.","sourceUrl":"https://oci.wi.gov/Pages/Regulation/Bulletin20200326COVID-19SmallEmployerCoverage.aspx","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200410145948/https://oci.wi.gov/Pages/Regulation/Bulletin20200326COVID-19SmallEmployerCoverage.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":140617,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-057","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-057","citation":"Mark V. Afable, Commissioner of Insurance, OCI Bulletin of March 26, 2020 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-057)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":["AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-056","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-055","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-058"]}