Employee contribution for dental and vision

[andre]

Can an employer charge more than the premium amount for insurance like dental and vision?  I don't believe the employer is paying any portion of the premium.  It is all being paid by the employee.

[tymesup]

andre, you might have better success getting a reply on one of the other forums. Perhaps under Health & Welfare Plans?

[Mike Preston]

I moved it.

[Sandra Pearce]

Our company offers benefits that are not subsidized/contributed to by the employer and we do not put up-charges on those benefits.  If the vision plan for employee only costs $95 per year, the employee pays $3.65 per pay period (26).  We offer the benefit under our Section 125 Plan so it is pre-tax to the employee and it removes some tax burden from the employer as well.

Not sure why an employer would want to inflate the cost.

 

[david rigby]

In all similar cases I've seen, the EE cost has been larger only because the total cost declined year-over-year, and the ER did not want to bother with a small change.  Important: in such cases, this differential has been small, and probable reversed in one or two years.  The ER was trying to keep it simple.