EMPLOYEE INSURANCE FRINGE BENEFITS. TRANSPORTATION: The District will abide by all PPACA requirements. Employees will be offered coverage that meets the minimal essential coverage. The employee is responsible for 100% of the total cost of the PPACC coverage. The District and the Association acknowledge that employee benefits or products will be made available to eligible Association bargaining unit members through the District’s participation in the Health Plan Purchasing Consortium. The District and the Association have agreed that Association bargaining unit members will be allowed to enroll in those plans effective January 1, 2018 and that such plans or products made available through the Consortium shall replace those otherwise in effect for Association bargaining unit members on that date. Further, the District and the Association acknowledge and recognize that alternative plans with modified specifications may subsequently be made available through the same carrier selected to provide benefit plans or products through the Consortium. The District and the Association agree that Association bargaining unit members who are otherwise eligible to enroll in these alternatives, which are recognized by parties to be instrumental in both stabilizing insurance costs and in structuring insurance products to meet the needs of those enrolled. The Parties further voluntarily waive and relinquish their respective rights under the Public Employment Relations Act (XXXX) for the period beginning January 1, 2018 and concluding on December 31, 2020 to negotiate any contrary durational commitment with regard to the procurement and maintenance of the specified Insurance products and employee benefits plans through the Consortium. This waiver is limited to the bargaining of health care coverage. Further, the District and the Association agree that their designation of specified insurance products and employee benefit plans through the Consortium satisfies their mutual obligation to bargain over the benefits, policy specifications, and coverages of those insurance products and employee benefit plans, and that neither party shall be obligated to bargain with respect to those matters for the duration of the commitment to maintain those insurance products and employee benefit plans. Nothing in this Agreement shall waive, qualify, or diminish in any way, the respective rights and obligations of the District and the Association to negotiate over allocation of premium responsibility between the District and enrolle...
EMPLOYEE INSURANCE FRINGE BENEFITS. I. TRANSPORTATION: Effective July 1, 2012 employees will no longer receive health insurance coverage but dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment and long term disability insurance will remain in effect. The Employer shall provide the following cost of fringe benefits for twelve (12) months for the bargaining unit member and his/her dependents. Transportation employees whose regular scheduled work day is six (6) or more hours a day, or thirty (30) hours a week will be eligible for the following: Plan A: Transportation: Dental Benefits: SET/SEG Self Funded 75/75/75/50 Annual Maximum $2000.00 Orthodontics Lifetime Maximum $1000.00 Vision Benefits: SET/SEG Self Funded Negotiated Life: $10,000.00 AD&D Long Term Disability: 66 2/3% $3000 Maximum 60 Working Days Straight Wait Freeze on Offsets Alcohol/Drug Two Year Limitation Mental/Nervous Two Year Limitation Cash-in-lieu payments for waiving health insurance coverage will no longer be paid effective July 1, 2012 Plan B: Transportation employees whose regular scheduled work day is four (4) hours or more but less than six (6) hours a day will receive the following: Dental Benefits: SET/SEG Self Funded 75/75/75/50 Annual Maximum $2000.00 Orthodontics Lifetime Maximum $1000.00 Vision Benefits: SET/SEG Self Funded Negotiated Life: $10,000 AD&D Long Term Disability: 66 2/3 % $3,000 maximum 60 work days-straight wait Freeze on offsets Alcoholism/Drug Addiction – 2 year Limitation Mental/Nervous – 2 year Limitation Plan C: Drivers whose regularly scheduled day is less than four (4) hours a day will receive the following District paid benefit: Negotiated Life: $10,000 AD&D Long Term Disability: 66 2/3 % $3,000 maximum 60 work days-straight wait Freeze on offsets Alcoholism/Drug Addiction – 2 year Limitation Mental/Nervous – 2 year Limitation Note: Any Employee who is responible for a pro rata share of the above benefits shall sign a payroll deduction authorization form before coverage can begin.
EMPLOYEE INSURANCE FRINGE BENEFITS. I. TRANSPORTATION: The Employer shall provide the following cost of fringe benefits for twelve (12) months for the bargaining unit member and his/her dependents as follows with financial participation by the members. Transportation employees whose regular scheduled work day is six (6) or more hours a day, or thirty