# Qualifying event

> Qualifying event — The event that makes COBRA continuation available — for an employee, termination for any reason other than gross misconduct, or a reduction in hours; for a spouse or child, also divorce or legal separation, the employee's death, and a child's loss of dependent status. The employer has 30 days to tell the plan of a termination or reduced hours.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/qualifying-event
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**What is qualifying event?** In accounting, qualifying event means the event that makes COBRA continuation available — for an employee, termination for any reason other than gross misconduct, or a reduction in hours; for a spouse or child, also divorce or legal separation, the employee's death, and a child's loss of dependent status. The employer has 30 days to tell the plan of a termination or reduced hours.

## Words this system refuses for it

- life event in open enrollment

- **Category:** Benefits
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** cobra-continuation-coverage