Long Term Disability Insurance Plan The Employer shall provide a mutually acceptable long-term disability insurance plan, a copy of which shall appear in Appendix “A” – Long-Term Disability Insurance Plan. The plan shall provide post-probationary regular employees with salary continuation as per Appendix “A” until age sixty-five (65) in the event of a disability. The cost of the plan shall be borne by the Employer.
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance a. Effective July 1, 2002, medical benefits shall be offered through CalPERS Health Plans.
b. The Employer shall pay up to eight percent (8%) of future premium increases for medical, dental, and vision plans. In the event that a medical plan has a premium decrease (<0%), the Employer will apply ninety percent (90%) of the premium decrease towards Employer contribution and ten percent (10%) towards employee plan premiums.
c. Each employee shall pay through payroll deduction any premium cost in excess of the Employer’s contribution. Each employee may select from among the plans made available by the Employer and the Union.
Long Term Disability Insurance 250. The City, at its own cost, shall provide to employees a Long Term Disability (LTD) benefit that provides, after a one hundred and eighty (180) day elimination period, sixty percent salary (60%) (subject to integration) up to age sixty-five (65). Employees who are receiving or who are eligible to receive LTD shall be eligible to participate in the City's Catastrophic Illness Program as set forth in the ordinance governing such program.
Health Insurance Coverage (a) An employee who is laid off or separated from employment on or after July 1, 1994, under circumstances which entitle such employee to reemployment rights under this Article, other than pursuant to Section 23, may elect to continue membership in their health benefit plan, upon advance payment of the regular percentage contribution to the cost of the plan, during the first six
Life Insurance Coverage a. Forty Thousand ($40,000) Dollars life insurance policy with AD&D from an insurance carrier selected by the Board, subject to the provisions of this section.
b. Employees who have Board-provided term life insurance shall have a thirty- one (31) day conversion right upon termination of employment. Any employee electing the right to conversion in order to keep term life insurance in force, must contact the insurance carrier within thirty-one (31) days of the last day of employment.
c. The life insurance policy shall pay to the employee’s beneficiary the aforementioned sum within the underwriting rules and regulations as set forth by the insurance carrier.
Health and Hospitalization Insurance Single Coverage: The School District shall contribute a sum not to exceed $284.00 per month toward the premium for individual coverage for each full-time employee employed by the School District who qualifies for and is enrolled in single coverage in the School District’s group health and hospitalization insurance plan. Any additional cost of the premium shall be borne by the employee and paid by payroll deduction.
Group Term Life Insurance The Welfare Plan will include Group Term Life Insurance in accordance with the following Table of Hourly Job Rate Brackets and corresponding coverages. Benefits will be payable as a result of death from any cause on a twenty-four (24) hour coverage basis.
Dental and Vision Insurance The Agency shall continue dental and vision plans that permit dependent coverage. The Agency shall continue to pay the premium for dental and vision coverage for the employee only. Dependent coverage shall be paid by the employee.
Long-term Disability Coverage New employees may enroll in long-term disability insurance by their initial effective date of coverage. Employees who become eligible for insurance may enroll in long-term disability insurance within thirty (30) days of their initial effective date as defined in this Article, Section 5C. An employee who is insurance eligible and moves from a temporary position to a permanent position will be allowed to enroll in long-term disability coverage within thirty (30) days of the event without providing evidence of insurability. The terms are the same as for employees who wish to add/increase during the annual open enrollment. During open enrollment only, an employee may purchase long-term disability coverage that provides benefits of from three hundred dollars ($300) to seven thousand dollars ($7,000) per month, based on the employee's salary, commencing on the 181st calendar day of total disability, and not subject to evidence of insurability but with a limited term pre-existing condition exclusion. Employees should be aware that other wage replacement benefits, as described in the certificate of coverage (i.e., Social Security Disability, Minnesota State Retirement Disability, etc.), may result in a reduction of the monthly benefit levels purchased. In any event, the minimum is the greater of three hundred dollars ($300) or fifteen (15) percent of the amount purchased. The minimum benefit will not be reduced by any other wage replacement benefit. In the event that the employee becomes totally disabled before age seventy (70), the premiums on this benefit shall be waived.
Hospitalization Insurance A) Effective January 1, 2012, all eligible employees shall be enrolled into Blue Cross Blue Shield Community Blue 4 (CB4) medical plan with a closed formulary $5 generic/$40 preferred brand/$80 non-preferred brand prescription drug card. The CB4 medical plan shall include a $500 single/$1,000 couple/family first dollar deductible, after which coinsurance will be provided at 80% with an annual employee maximum co-insurance out of pocket at $1,500 single and $3,000 family. In accordance with Health Care Reform preventative care is covered 100%. Copays shall include $30 for office visits, $30 for urgent care, and $150 for emergency room visits. Effective July 1, 2019 the City will also provide Blue Cross Blue Shield Simply Blue PPO with a $5 generic/$40 preferred brand/$80 non-preferred prescription drug card as a voluntary option for employees. Effective January 1, 2012, the City shall establish a Cafeteria Plan Section 125 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for qualified medical expenses compliant with all IRS regulations. Employees may elect to contribute into the FSA on a pre-tax basis up to a limit set by the employer in compliance with IRS regulations and Health Care Reform. Employees must establish their contributions each calendar year, and the amount may not be altered unless the employee experiences a qualifying event as defined by the IRS. The City shall not contribute into the employee’s FSA for calendar year 2011, 2012 or 2013. Effective with calendar year 2014 the City’s contribution into the FSA will be in accordance with Article IV Section 5. Qualified purchases during the calendar year using FSA funds must be submitted for reimbursement no later than the last day of February the following calendar year. Any money contributed into the FSA and not spent will be forfeited by the employee. Effective July 1, 2019 the FSA plan year shall be July through June to coincide with the medical plan year. Qualified purchases during the plan year using FSA funds must be submitted for reimbursement no later than the last day of September following the close of the plan year June 30th. Any money contributed into the FSA and not spent will be forfeited by the employee, except for the amount allowed by IRS regulations. The City reserves the right to self insure any and all medical insurance plans as described in this Collective Bargaining Agreement at the City’s sole discretion.
