Can an employer deduct health care coverage from an employee who does not participate in the plan?
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Can an employer deduct health care coverage from an employee who does not participate in the plan?
The employee gets coverage through their spouse and is not in a union.
Asked on December 10, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the labor laws of all states in this country one's employer cannot legally debit health care coverage from an employee's pay check absent written consent by the employee to do so and if that employee is not a participant in the particular health care plan.
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