Human Resources Manager

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Mary Jane Baxter

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Murfreesboro, TN 37127

Dear Mary Jane:

The purpose of this letter is to inform you that your position as Clerical Associate is being eliminated effective 12/10/2015. Under the Saint Thomas Health (STH) Reduction in Force Policy, you are entitled to a 30-day notice, or pay in lieu of notice. Your 30-day notification period will begin 11/10/2015, and will end on 12/9/2015. All PTO accruals will stop as of 12/9/2015.

If you are interested in applying for other open positions, please go to www.sths.com/careers. A recruiter will be pleased to speak with you about any positions for which you would like to be considered. If you are not able to find alternative employment opportunities within STH by 12/9/2015, your employment will be terminated. If this occurs, you will be eligible for three (3) weeks of severance pay which will be paid in a lump sum payment on 12/25/2015, the biweekly check following your elimination date. Please note that in accordance with IRS guidelines, the federal withholding rate on your lump sum severance payment will be twenty-five percent (25%), which may be a greater withholding amount than was applicable to your pay during employment.

Your medical/Rx, dental and vision benefits will end on the last day of the month of your notification period, 12/31/2015, unless you separate employment or become eligible for benefits under another group plan before that date. Should you become eligible for coverage under another group plan prior to the end of your notification period, your benefits under the STH plans will end when your new coverage begins.

You are able to continue your group health benefits past 12/31/2015 under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985. Your right to continued coverage is subject to all terms and conditions of COBRA and the applicable plans. Please note that nothing in this letter is intended to make any change to any STH benefit plan. To the extent anything in this letter conflicts with the language of any STH benefit plan, the language of the applicable plan will control.

Information on how to elect continuation coverage under COBRA will be mailed directly to your home following your termination date. It is your responsibility to elect the desired coverage, and make payments for such coverage, within the required timeframes. Once elected, your coverage will be made retroactively effective on the day following your termination date so that there is no break in coverage.

Please contact Human Resources at your earliest convenience with any questions regarding employee assistance, outplacement services, severance benefits, and unemployment, health insurance and/or retirement benefits. Human Resources may be contacted at 615-***-****.

Sincerely,

Jacquelyn Pierce

Manager, Care Management

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