Gov't Employees To See One-Time Deduction From Paychecks For Health Insurance

Civil workers who are members of the Government's Health Insurance plan should see an extra deduction from their October 30 paychecks, Division of Personnel Director Kenneth L. Hermon, Jr., announced in a statement. This action was taken to cover the difference between fiscal year 2014 rates and the new rates of 2015, according to the release, and it was necessary due to the late submission of the insurance contract by the GESC/Health Insurance Board of Trustees. "Cigna began billing at the new rate effective October 1, 2014; however, due to the late approval of the insurance contract, the division was not able to change the rates in time for the October 2, 2014 pay day," Hermon said. "If we fail to collect the difference in rates on the October 30th, payday, the insurance fund would have under collected by $126,327 from the members and $233,181 from the employer for a total of $359,508 in October." Hermon revealed that in order to continue making payments to Cigna within the perm...