EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS. a) After the first ninety (90) days of employment, the Employer shall pay on behalf of each Employee, except as otherwise provided for in this collective agreement, and except for temporary employees, the full cost of the premiums for the benefit plans set out in this Article for all Employees and their dependents. b) In the case of absence for lay off, the Employer agrees to pay the full cost of the premiums for the benefit plans set out in this Article, except the pension plan, for two (2) months following the month of the lay off. c) Effective June 1st, 2008 in the case of absence for illness or disability, the Employer agrees to pay the full cost of the premiums for the benefit plans set out in this Article, except the pension plan, for the period of time the employee is collecting short-term disability and for the first thirty-five (35) weeks an employee, who has more than five (5) years seniority, is on long-term disability. d) Part-time Employees, working at least twenty (20) hours a week, may choose to buy into the benefits package available to full-time Employees. If such part- time Employee opts into the benefits package, he/she will be responsible for payment of twenty-five (25%) percent of the monthly premiums; the Employer will be responsible for the payment of the remaining seventy-five (75%) percent. e) In the event of the death of an active employee with ten (10) years of seniority, the employer will continue to pay Green Shield and legal services Plan premiums for six (6) months following the date of death.
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EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS. a) After the first ninety (90) days of employment, the Employer shall pay on behalf of each Employee, except as otherwise provided for in this collective agreement, and except for temporary employees, the full cost of the premiums for the benefit plans set out in this Article for all Employees and their dependents.
b) In the case of absence for lay off, the Employer agrees to pay the full cost of the premiums for the benefit plans set out in this Article, except the pension plan, for two three (23) months following the month of the lay off.
c) Effective June 1st, 2008 in the case of absence for illness or disability, the Employer agrees to pay the full cost of the premiums for the benefit plans set out in this Article, except the pension plan, for the period of time the employee is collecting short-term disability and for the first thirty-five (35) weeks an employee, who has more than five (5) years seniority, is on long-long- term disability.
d) Part-time Employees, working at least twenty (20) hours a week, may choose to buy into the benefits package available to full-time Employees. If such part- part-time Employee opts into the benefits package, he/she will be responsible for payment of twenty-five (25%) percent of the monthly premiums; the Employer will be responsible for the payment of the remaining seventy-five (75%) percent.
e) In the event of the death of an active employee with ten (10) years of seniority, the employer will continue to pay Green Shield and legal services Plan premiums for six (6) months following the date of death.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement