Criteria for Qualifying Events 

To collect qualified beneficiaries, the system checks HR Master Data records for information that indicates that a qualifying event has taken place. The following table shows the employee master data that is checked for each event:

COBRA Qualifying Event Type

Master Data Record and Data Indicating Event

Current Health Plan Records

COBRA Setup in IMG

Termination of employment

Personnel events (0000)

Termination, for example

  

Termination + reason ¹ death

Death of employee

Personnel events (0000)

Termination, for example

  

Termination + reason = death

Reduction in work hours

Planned working time (0007)

Reduction in hours

Eligibility rule variant for existing health plan: Required hours greater than employee's hours

Reduced hours personnel action (optional setup)

Entitlement to Medicare

Additional personal data (0077)

Medicare indicator: Change from not selected to selected

   

Divorce

Family/related person (0021)

New subtype 10 divorced spouse, subtype 1 delimited

    

Legal separation

Legal separation (0106) via (0021)

    

Loss of dependent status

Family related person (0021 / 0106)

Birthday of dependent: user defined during qualified event collection.

    

Bankruptcy of employer

Personnel event (0000)

Status 2 = retired