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Self-check: qualification plans and entitlement bands

Four questions on the no-balance contrast with accrual plans, the four term types, the overlap rules in the worked scenario, and termination versus loss of eligibility with the open-ended 365-day rule.

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What this checks

  • Contrast a qualification plan with an accrual plan
  • Name the four qualification plan term types
  • Apply the overlap rules to a straddling absence
  • Decide termination behavior and read the entitlement result, including open-ended absences

Every incorrect option names the misconception it represents. A wrong answer tells you which model of the process you reached for, which is the part that is worth correcting.

1. A qualification plan accrues a balance during the plan term, and the worker spends that balance down as the absence is paid.

Contrast a qualification plan with an accrual plan · targets: Treating every plan as an accrual plan — the balance mental model is the wrong default for maternity and statutory-style leaves.

2. A qualification plan must assess entitlement over a window that starts on the worker’s first absence start date and ends after the configured term duration (e.g. 365 days from Feb 12 ends Feb 11 the following year). Which term type is that?

Name the four qualification plan term types · targets: Assuming every term is a calendar year or anchored to the absence start.

3. A six-month rolling-backward term has bands of 20 days at full pay then 15 at half pay. The worker was already paid 15 days of a prior absence that overlaps the current term. With the Split overlap rule, how many days remain at full pay for the new absence?

Apply the overlap rules to a straddling absence · targets: Treating the three overlap rules as interchangeable — they produce 5 vs 20 vs 15 full-pay days in the same scenario.

4. In the worked maternity qualification plan, what happens to ongoing payments if the worker is terminated, versus if the worker is not terminated but loses plan eligibility? And for an open-ended absence, what end date does the entitlement calculation use?

Decide termination behavior and read the entitlement result, including open-ended absences · targets: Assuming termination always stops payments, and that an open-ended absence’s estimated end date caps the entitlement.