ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. The Company agrees to pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium cost for active employees who have completed their probationary period for the following plans: Dental Plan The Fee Schedule shall have a two year lag to be effective each January January the Schedule is implemented). Sick benefits in accordance with Articles and of the Employment Insurance Act (16th to the week). Payment shall be the first day outpatient, first day of hospitalization, first day of accident, fifth day of sickness upon the following basis: Effective on ratification weeks covered by the Insurance Plan Plan to provide for payment of seventy-five (75%) percent of wages to maximum of Cheques to be mailed to the employee’s home directly. Weeks paid by Employment Insurance Commission to extent of employee’s entitlement. Weeks covered by the Insurance Plan the Plan will provide for payment of seventy-five (75%) percent of wages to a maximum of Canada Pension Plan the Company to pay one (100%) percent of benefits for Canada Pension Plan. The Company will pay the full cost of the premiums for the Great West Insurance Company Drug Plan or its equivalent. Effective on ratification the Great West Life basic Optical Plan, one hundred and sixty ($160.00) dollars every two (2) years per dependent under years. Effective June the amount shall be increased to one hundred and five ($165.00) dollars every two (2) years per dependent under years. Effective June the amount shall be increased to one hundred and seventy ($170.00) dollars every two (2) years as per dependent under years. Dependent children under age sixteen (16) who require a second pair of glasses within the two (2) year period shall be reimbursed percent (50%) of the maximum for the second pair of glasses. Employees are encouraged to participate in the drug program on a voluntary basis. The Company will maintain the payment of premiums for the above mentioned plans as follows: For employees on leave of absence: For the month in which the employee last worked. For employees on layoff and for employees with less than one (1) year of seniority at the time of commencement of the absence who are absent for reasons other than leave of absence: For the month after the month in which the employee last worked. For employees with more than one (1) year of seniority at the time of commencement of the absence who are absent for reasons other than leave of absence or Twenty-six (26) weeks from the date last worked by the employee. Employees w...
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. Maintains the status quo regarding benefit levels pending study and negotiation with no employee cost contributions. The parties agree to study and examine plan redesign, cost containment, cost sharing, administrative change and vendor review. This separates UTU from the unfavorable settlement and other CRLO unions with no plan to gather evidence during study and Any agreement reached resolving these issues will be subject to ratification pursuant to the UTU Constitution. If no agreement is reached, the matter be referred to final and binding arbitration.
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. The Employer agrees to provide the following coverage at no cost to the employee:
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. It will be a condition of employment that every full-time nurse will enroll with the Ontario Health Insurance Plan for hospital and medical and in the Blue Cross Plan for semi-private xxxx coverage supplemented by Blue Cross Extended Health Care Benefits on the basis of deductible, Blue Cross Dental Plan, and the Group Insurance Plan, subject to the terms of enrollment and waiting periods of the aforesaid plans unless the nurse is exempted by providing the Corporation with a duly completed form “Request for Exemption”. Every full-time (regular or probationary) nurse, as a condition of employment shall join the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. All others who meet the eligibility criteria as outlined in the Pension Benefits Act will be given the option to join.
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. The Company will provide each employee with the benefit package when the employee become eligible for benefits. The package will outline the provisions of the plans available, including Dental, Pension and Supplementary Medical. Full-time employees with three (3) months qualifying service will be eligible for sick pay at eighty (80%) percent of the regular hourly rate for the first three (3) days in any year. The Employer will not require Doctor’s certificates from employees unless:
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. The Employer agrees to pay of the premium cost and make available the following plans to full-time employees:
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. Every full-time employee shall maintain as a condition of employment, membership in the Employer's Group Insurance Plan, and every new full-time employee shall apply for and maintain membership in the Employer's Group Insurance Plan. The monthly premiums payable in advance shall be deducted from the employee's salary. If requested by the Employer, the employee shall sign a form or forms authorizing the deduction from salary of the amount of such premiums and other premiums payable for hospitalization and surgical medical coverage herein referred to. Every part-time employee shall elect either to participate in the benefit plans provided under Article or to receive one dollar and ten cents ($1 0) per hour in lieu of the benefit plans. Every new part-time employee must, on completion of their probationary period, elect to participate in benefit plans or to receive one dollar and ten cents per hour in lieu. For the purpose of Article a full-time employee is defined as an employee regularly scheduled to work hours per week. A part-time employee is defined as an employee regularly scheduled to work less than hours per week but more than hours per week. The Employer's Group Insurance Plan includes Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) of life insurance and weekly salary indemnity on what is commonly known as a 1/8/17 basis to a maximum of sixty-six and two-thirds per cent (66 213%) of earnings to the nearest Five Dollars ($5). (Disability or sickness due to pregnancy is not covered.) The Employer has agreed to pay one hundred per cent (100%) of the cost of the life insurance and one hundred per cent (100%) of the weekly salary indemnity. It is understood and agreed that employees over age sixty-five (65) are not insurable. Part-time employees who elect not to participate in the group insurance plan are not eligible for Life Insurance or Weekly Salary Indemnity Coverage. The Employer has agreed to pay one hundred per cent 00%) for full-time employees and sixty per cent (60%) for part-time employees of the billed rate of the Premium. The Employer is not responsible for contribution for part-time employees who have elected to receive pay in lieu of participation in the Group Insurance Plan. Further, the Employer is not responsible for contribution in the event that an employee is otherwise covered for such benefit. This means that if the employee produces an exemption certificate indicating coverage through another source, the Employer is not liable for contributi...
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. The employer shall provide the “Prairie Teamsters Health and Welfare Plan” to all employees or members of the Union and eligible dependents coming under the jurisdiction of this Agreement. Any member of the Union who is in the employ of the Company on a regular full time basis on the effective date of the Health and Welfare Plan shall join the Plan immediately. Any regular employee or member of the Union who is hired by the Company after the effective date of the Health and Welfare Plan, shall join the Plan on the first (1”) day of the month, immediately following completion of twelve (12) months service from the date of employment with the Company. It will be the responsibility of the employer to ensure that all employees are enrolled in the Health and Welfare Plan and for making premium remittances on their behalf. Failure of the employer to enroll employees, forward forms and/or remit premiums on the due date, being the tenth (10‘ ) day of each month, to the Trustees will cause the employer to be liable for any claims arising thereof. It shall be the Union’s responsibility to supply all necessary enrollment forms to the employer. The current premium effective January is per month per eligible employee including the top up of per eligible employee. The cost of the plan including any increases in the premiums during the term of this Agreement shall be funded as follows: Effective November by the Company by the Employee The Company will fund of the top up premium required to maintain the Weekly Indemnity Benefit at the current Unemployment Insurance Maximum. The current top up premium effective November is per month per eligible employee. The existing level of benefits as at date of ratification shall be maintained for the term of this Agreement. Should premiums be increased during the term of the Agreement the Union will the Company in writing and the Company will adjust its remittance accordingly. Weekly indemnity benefits will be maintained at the minimum required to qualify to the Premiums Reduction, with the Company paying the additional premium required and retaining the Premium Reduction (Employee 5/12). The employer shall remit the premiums to the administrator, as designated by the Trustees of the Health and Welfare Plan. It shall be the Trustees responsibility after receipt of the premiums to distribute same to applicable carriers. Commencing November regular employees as noted herein above shall begin accumulation of sick leave at the start of t...
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. To be eligible for the Company Health and Welfare Plan, Owner Operators must have completed the probationary period. The Company shall further arrange with a private insurance company to provide Owner Operators with supplementary health and life insurance coverage as outlined below. Life Insurance Accidental Death Dismemberment Extended Health Care Dental coverage for semi-private hospital with no deductible. All other eligible expenses are paid at after a deductible of (single) or (family), per year. coverage for basic dental (type A after a deductible of (single) or (family) per year. Maximum per person per year based on most current “Ontario Dental Association” fees. limit of The Benefit Plan cost for Owner-Operators is to be shared with the Company paying of the Benefit Plan in the first year of an Owner-Operator’s engagement by the Company, with increases by a further ten percentage points in each subsequent year until a maximum of is attained. Owner Operators must be registered with Workplace Safety and Insurance Board or equivalent private insurance. The Owner Operator must provide proof to the Company that he has obtained such coverage. Otherwise, it will be mandatory to obtain coverage through the Company’s insurance carrier. The Owner Operator and the Company will share the cost of this coverage at percent each to a maximum of per month with respect to the Company portion.
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE. (FULL-TIMEEMPLOYEES) The agrees to in force and effect its Employee Benefit Program containing but not limited to the following benefit package: Life Insurance, Accidental Death and dismemberment, Major Medical, Short-Term Disability, Long- Term Disability, Pension Plan and The present cost sharing arrangement percentages shall continue during the term of this Agreement. The Company agrees to put into effect the current Schedule effective on ratification of the collective agreement. The cost of the major medical plan and the dental plan shall be paid eighty percent (80%)by the Company and twenty percent (20%)by the employee. It is agreed that and dependent insurance will be for a spouse and for an eligible child. The Company and the employees agree to share the cost of an optical benefit which will provide one pair of glasses or contact lenses each twenty-four (24) months to a maximum of One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) reimbursement on presentation of a receipt. Part-time employees will receive statutory holiday and vacation pay in accordance with the Employment Standard Act.
