Company Must Directly Notify Its Workers When Changing Health Plans

The company Blasting Pintura Industrial Ltda. will have to reimburse medical expenses and pay indemnification for moral damages to a former employee for changing the health insurance of the company without directly notify its employees.

The former employee had to bear the costs of medical treatment for his child after the health plan refused to hospitalize him in April 2008, claiming that the contract had been terminated with the company.

The defendant argued that the contract with Unimed Costa Sul expired on March 1st, 2008 and on the same day, in order not to cause any damages to their employees, signed a new agreement with Unimed Caçapava.

The company also argued to have placed on the notice board information about the need to change the cards of the health plan, as well as ordered a group of employees to warn the rest of the workers.