Mary Wilson
Well-known member
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
By Michelle Andrews
These days, workers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 may face financial repercussions, from higher health insurance premiums to loss of their jobs. Now, the financial fallout might follow workers beyond the grave. If they die of covid and weren’t vaccinated, their families may not get death benefits they would otherwise have received.
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority no longer pays a $500,000 death benefit to the families of subway, bus and commuter rail workers who die of covid if the workers were unvaccinated at the time of death.
... Other employers have similar concerns about providing death or other benefits to employees who refuse to be vaccinated.
... Workers may be denied death benefits, however, if they didn’t follow established safety protocols, said John Ehrlich, the national lead consultant at Willis Towers Watson on group life insurance. Failing to wear a bulletproof vest, a helmet or other safety equipment, for example, might make their families ineligible for payment under a policy.
https://khn.org/news/article/unvacc...R94&utm_content=178339635&utm_source=hs_email
By Michelle Andrews
These days, workers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 may face financial repercussions, from higher health insurance premiums to loss of their jobs. Now, the financial fallout might follow workers beyond the grave. If they die of covid and weren’t vaccinated, their families may not get death benefits they would otherwise have received.
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority no longer pays a $500,000 death benefit to the families of subway, bus and commuter rail workers who die of covid if the workers were unvaccinated at the time of death.
... Other employers have similar concerns about providing death or other benefits to employees who refuse to be vaccinated.
... Workers may be denied death benefits, however, if they didn’t follow established safety protocols, said John Ehrlich, the national lead consultant at Willis Towers Watson on group life insurance. Failing to wear a bulletproof vest, a helmet or other safety equipment, for example, might make their families ineligible for payment under a policy.
https://khn.org/news/article/unvacc...R94&utm_content=178339635&utm_source=hs_email