<prompt> Human: Long time lurker. First time poster.Background: My husband passed away in January. Im a stay-at-home mom. Hence he had us covered under his work insurance. Insurance expired on the last day of January. Last week I got a new check from the company, reimbursing his unused vacation. Check was dated February 14. The check was for less than a typical paycheck because he only had 14 hours of vacation time left. Which makes me happy that he was able to effectively use that time while he was alive and not leave too much on the table unused.Issue: The check had 300 in deductions for 401k savings plan prorated down from regular hours, dental same amount as having worked a full paycheck, health insurance same amount, and HSA account same amount. I asked HR why were these deductions taken in February when my son and I no longer had access to the benefits. They responded with: All employees pay benefits thru the end of the month of termination date.Dear PF redditors, is this legit? Can corporations ding you for back dated benefits and at full price even for less than 2 days of vacation?EDIT: I have my answer, courtesy of usciguyCO. It seems because my husband recd only one paycheck out of two for January, but we still received a full months of benefits, the company settled up by taking the 2nd set of deductions out of the vacation reimbursement check...even though the check was dated in February. Which makes complete sense now. EDIT: Id like to take a moment to give thanks to reddit and redditors. Never thought Id be crowdsourcing our bereavement, but here I am. Mostly Im lurking on rwidowers, which has been more helpful than one could know. Just knowing that a financial subreddit is out there for the practical questions is a true comfort. My 15 year old son wants me to also send PF his thanks. I told him on the way home from the bus stop that I needed to check this sub first thing once we got home. I explained my question. His response: That is exactly what reddit is for, mom. Arent you glad to have so many people to ask? Good job, redditors. Carry on.  <response>: You should get the deductions for the 401k and the HSA back or his estate should as they would have been added to the overall sums in the 401k and HSA, which you or the estate should get in due course.If you and your son were covered under the health insurance and dental, you still would have been covered for the full month. 