Entry Date The date as of which an Employee who has satisfied the Plan’s eligibility requirements enters or reenters the Plan, as defined in the Adoption Agreement.
Retirement Age It is assumed that an employee terminates employment at the end of the school year in which the employee attains age 58 or at the end of the current year, if the individual is already 58 or older.
Normal Retirement Age Normal Retirement Age shall mean the date on which the Executive attains age sixty-five (65).
Early Retirement Age The age set by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, not less than age fifty-five (55), at which a Participant becomes fully vested and is eligible to retire and receive his or her benefits under the Plan.
Normal Retirement Benefit Upon Termination of Employment on or after the Normal Retirement Age for reasons other than death, the Company shall pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.1 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
Special Enrollment a. KFHPWA will allow special enrollment for persons:
1) Who initially declined enrollment when otherwise eligible because such persons had other health care coverage and have had such other coverage terminated due to one of the following events: • Cessation of employer contributions. • Exhaustion of COBRA continuation coverage. • Loss of eligibility, except for loss of eligibility for cause.
2) Who initially declined enrollment when otherwise eligible because such persons had other health care coverage and who have had such other coverage exhausted because such person reached a lifetime maximum limit. KFHPWA or the Group may require confirmation that when initially offered coverage such persons submitted a written statement declining because of other coverage. Application for coverage must be made within 31 days of the termination of previous coverage.
b. KFHPWA will allow special enrollment for individuals who are eligible to be a Subscriber and their Dependents (other than for nonpayment or fraud) in the event one of the following occurs:
1) Divorce or Legal Separation. Application for coverage must be made within 60 days of the divorce/separation.
2) Cessation of Dependent status (reaches maximum age). Application for coverage must be made within 30 days of the cessation of Dependent status.
3) Death of an employee under whose coverage they were a Dependent. Application for coverage must be made within 30 days of the death of an employee.
4) Termination or reduction in the number of hours worked. Application for coverage must be made within 30 days of the termination or reduction in number of hours worked.
5) Leaving the service area of a former plan. Application for coverage must be made within 30 days of leaving the service area of a former plan.
6) Discontinuation of a former plan. Application for coverage must be made within 30 days of the discontinuation of a former plan.
c. KFHPWA will allow special enrollment for individuals who are eligible to be a Subscriber and their Dependents in the event one of the following occurs:
1) Marriage. Application for coverage must be made within 31 days of the date of marriage.
2) Birth. Application for coverage for the Subscriber and Dependents other than the newborn child must be made within 60 days of the date of birth.
3) Adoption or placement for adoption. Application for coverage for the Subscriber and Dependents other than the adopted child must be made within 60 days of the adoption or placement for adoption.
4) Eligibility for premium assistance from Medicaid or a state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), provided such person is otherwise eligible for coverage under this EOC. The request for special enrollment must be made within 60 days of eligibility for such premium assistance.
5) Coverage under a Medicaid or CHIP plan is terminated as a result of loss of eligibility for such coverage. Application for coverage must be made within 60 days of the date of termination under Medicaid or CHIP.
6) Applicable federal or state law or regulation otherwise provides for special enrollment.
Parental/Adoption Leave a) A full-time or regular-part time nurse who commenced employment with the Employer at least thirteen (13) weeks before the expected date of delivery or date of custody of a child and is a parent, shall be entitled to thirty seven (37) weeks of parental or adoption leave of absence without pay, in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act of Ontario, except as amended in this Article.
b) The nurse shall advise the Employer in writing seven (7) weeks in advance, but not later than two (2) weeks in advance, of the date the parental/adoption leave is to commence and end. Such leave must commence no later than thirty-five (35) weeks after the child was born or came into the custody, care or control of the parent.
c) The nurse shall re-confirm her intention to return to work or may request changes to dates originally approved in subsection b) above by written notification to be received by the Employer at least seven (7) weeks in advance thereof. The nurse shall be reinstated to her former position unless the position has been discontinued in which case she shall be placed in a comparable position.
d) A full-time nurse’s seniority, vacation and sick leave shall continue to accrue during parental and adoption leave. However, the nurse will not be paid for named holidays occurring during such leaves of absence. A regular part-time nurse who is on an approved parental/adoption leave shall accrue seniority while on such leave, calculated on the basis of averaging her hours over the twenty (20) week period immediately preceding the week in which her leave commences.
e) During the nurse's parental or adoption leave, the nurse shall continue to participate in the pension plan and insured benefit plans (applicable to full-time nurses only) she is enrolled in immediately prior to commencing her leave, unless she gives the Employer seven (7) weeks advance written notice before her leave is to commence that she does not intend to do so. The nurse shall be required to prepay her share of any premiums and pension contributions.
f) A nurse returning from parental/adoption leave shall be paid at the same step in salary scale that she had attained prior to going on such leave of absence. Should an anniversary increment fall during such leave of absence, the nurse shall receive her anniversary increment upon her return to employment.
g) Nurses hired to replace nurses who are on approved parental/adoption leave, may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. If retained by the Employer, the nurse shall be credited with seniority from her date of hire subject to successfully completing her probationary period.
Early Retirement Benefit Upon Termination of Service prior to the Normal Retirement Age for reasons other than death, Change of Control or Disability, the Company shall pay to the Director the benefit described in this Section 4.2 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
Pregnancy/Parental/Adoption Leave Pregnancy Leave will be in accordance with the current Employment Standards Act (Pregnancy and Parental Leave) at the time of application. (See Appendix A)
Paid Leaves of Absence Paid leaves of absences granted under this Article shall not exceed the employee's normal work schedule.
