NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL and the players union have exchanged letters about health insurance coverage for the players after their contract expires March 3.
Union general counsel Richard Berthelsen asked if the owners intend to stop paying the players’ health insurance premiums if there is no new CBA after March 30, 2011, and whether the players will be able to keep their coverage in place by paying the premiums themselves.
The NFL’s Dennis Curran responded that an employer is not obligated to provide wages or salary or to pay for certain continued benefits for employees during a work stoppage.
Curran added that under federal law, employees are entitled to continue their employer-provided health insurance coverage at their own or their union’s expense.
The owners opted out of the collective bargaining agreement in 2008.
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