Common use of EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND PROTECTION SECTION A Clause in Contracts

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND PROTECTION SECTION A. GROUP INSURANCE PROVISIONS 1. The SPS shall make funds available to contribute toward premiums of SPS-approved group insurance programs. a. Employees eligible for participation in the SPS-approved insurance programs are defined as those who hold a .5 FTE or greater position. b. The SPS contribution to the Group Insurance Pool shall be based on the full State monthly allocation figure for insurance benefits. c. Employees who work .5 FTE or greater will receive their pro rata contribution toward insurance benefits. d. Employees who arrange and are approved for a job share will receive pro rata benefits. e. Buildings that create partial jobs (displacements of .5 or 1.0 FTE are not covered by this provision) resulting in situations where an existing employee is not able to maintain their full FTE will be responsible for maintaining the employee’s benefits at the FTE they held prior to the change. (Example: a building decided it needs only a .8 teacher, there is not ability of a 1.0 teacher to pick up the .2 through displacement, and the building would be responsible to pay the .2 in benefit costs). This would not apply to a situation where an employee has voluntarily reduced their 1.0 FTE nor would it apply to situations where the employee could be assigned to another job which maintained 1.0 FTE but chose not to do so. f. The parties have further agreed that it is their intent to comply with any limitations imposed by State laws. No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted or applied so as to place the SPS in breach of State law or subject the SPS to a State funding penalty.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND PROTECTION SECTION A. GROUP INSURANCE PROVISIONS 1. The SPS shall make funds available to contribute toward premiums of SPS-approved group insurance programs. a. Employees eligible for participation in the SPS-approved insurance programs are defined as those who hold a .5 FTE or greater position. b. The SPS contribution to the Group Insurance Pool shall be based on the full State monthly allocation figure for insurance benefits. c. Employees who work .5 FTE or greater will receive their pro rata contribution toward insurance benefits. d. Employees who arrange and are approved for a job share will receive pro rata benefits. e. Buildings that create partial jobs (displacements of .5 or 1.0 FTE are not covered by this provision) resulting in situations where an existing employee is not able to maintain their full FTE will be responsible for maintaining the employee’s benefits at the FTE they held prior to the change. (Example: a building decided it needs only a .8 teacher, there is not ability of a 1.0 teacher to pick up the .2 through displacement, and the building would be responsible to pay the .2 in benefit costs). This would not apply to a situation where an employee has voluntarily reduced their 1.0 FTE FTE, nor would it apply to situations where the employee could be assigned to another job which maintained 1.0 FTE but chose not to do so. f. The parties have further agreed that it is their intent to comply with any limitations imposed by State laws. No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted or applied so as to place the SPS in breach of State law or subject the SPS to a State funding penalty.