FAQ: How is the Qualifying Event Date determined?

Administrator Guide

When an employee or their dependents become eligible for COBRA, Workday provides these dates:

Benefit Event Date: The date on which the employee or dependent becomes eligible for a change in benefit coverage. Or, the date when they're no longer eligible for coverage.

COBRA Eligibility Date: The date that benefit coverage ends, as defined by the event rules, plus 1 day.

(COBRA) Qualifying Event Date: The date the employee or dependent experienced an event that made them eligible for COBRA. Workday calculates the date as the benefit event date minus 1 day. For termination, it's the same day as the benefit event date.

COBRA Coverage End Date: The date calculated by adding the value of the

Months of Coverage

field (from the

Maintain COBRA Eligibility Reasons

task) to the

COBRA Eligibility Date

Event Type	Description	Qualifying Event Date
Divorce	Employee enters a divorce effective September 25.	September 24
Loss of Hours	Employee's has hours reduced to part-time effective September 25.	September 24
Overage Child	Child turns 26 on September 25. Passive event runs on September 28.	September 27
Termination	Employee becomes terminated effective September 25.	September 25