Important Announcement

Our COBRA employer portal has a new look! We’ve refreshed our COBRA employer portal to provide our clients with improved usability, updated terminology, intuitive navigation, and more. For detailed instructions and information, please refer to the updated Online Help tab. You can access it by selecting the Learning Central option from the Help menu in the employer portal. We will also be offering a WebEx training within the next month and an updated PDF User Manual. Expect additional details soon. In the meantime, please feel free to contact your dedicated COBRA analyst or email cobra@upmc.edu with any questions.

Issue 10

The COBRA Notice of Unavailability

While the COBRA Notice of Unavailability may not receive as much attention as other COBRA notices, it is still a required notice under the Department of Labor’s COBRA regulations and may be subject to statutory penalties for noncompliance. When does a Notice of Unavailability need to be issued? It depends on a few factors we will discuss here.