Question
The state is Texas. The questions is: If an employee has an initial introductory period of 90 days of employment with the company prior to health/dental insurance benefits being initiated by the employer, do those benefits still need to go into effect if the employee is out on workers comp. and hasn't completed the introductory period? Can the employer wait until the employee is back to work to initiate health/dental insurance benefits or is the legal obligation present to start employee health benefits at the end of the introductory period whether or not the employee is out of work on a workers comp. injury?
Answer
As with your other question, this is not a legal question but a contract question. In most cases the employee must be actively at work on the first day of eligibility; however, the language of the contract as to eligibility will rule.