Basic Life Insurance: Eligibility
Basic life
insurance is provided to:
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All permanent
exempt employees of the state of Ohio, both full-time and part-time,
who have completed one year of continuous service;
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Established-term
regular employees; and
-
Judges and other
elected or appointed officials of the state of Ohio serving fixed
terms of office.
Continuous state service means the uninterrupted service in which an employee is paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management where no break in service occurs.
The following qualifications apply:
- Reinstatement
to state employment within 30 days does not constitute a break in
continuous service.
- Employees on authorized disability leave before the one year of continuous
service is complete will be credited with the period of service prior
to their leaving once employment resumes (the time spent on disability
leave does not count).
- Re-appointment
within one year of the effective date of a layoff will be considered
as having satisfied the waiting period.
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