Employer Contributions During Employee Disability. (a) The specified contribution shall be paid for the following peri- ods for employees who, because of accident or sickness disability, are absent and unable to perform work assigned by the Employer:
Employer Contributions During Employee Disability. The Employer shall continue to pay the monthly contributions for any covered employee who becomes disabled in a month for which the Employer paid the contribution to entitle said employee for benefits from the Fund so long as said employee shall continue to be disabled and unable to return to the regular performance of his/her duties, provided, however, the Employer shall only be obliged to pay said monthly contribution for a maximum period of three (3) months from the date of disability for any employee employed less than one (1) year at the time of the start of said disability; that the Employer shall be obliged to pay said monthly contribution for a maximum period of six (6) months from the date of disability for any employee employed one (1) year to three (3) years at the time of the start of said disability; and that the Employer shall be obliged to pay said monthly contribution for a maximum period of nine (9) months from the date of disability for an employee employed for more than three (3) years at the time of the start of said disability. In the event of the failure of the Employer to contribute to said Health and Welfare Fund for any employee who is eligible under this Agreement, the Employer shall be held responsible for any benefits to which the employee would otherwise have been entitled. All Local Unions not covered by the Central Pennsylvania Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund Plan shall provide benefits equal thereto, subject to the provisions listed above with respect to eligibility, coverage during disability, and failure to provide benefits.
