Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. During the term of this Agreement, the City shall pay for each eligible part-time employee who is a subscriber to benefits provided for individual coverage, or for individual coverage plus coverage of dependents, under one of the health and dental insurance plans provided for full-time employees, sums of money equal to the percentage of the City's contribution for full-time employees for such individual coverage, or individual plus coverage of dependents, based on the number of hours per week such part-time employee is indefinitely assigned to work in their regularly scheduled part-time position. Such sums of moneys shall be determined in accordance with the following such hours per week and percentages: City Contribution for P/T Employees Regularly Scheduled as Percentage of City Contribution: 20 - 24 Hours 50.0% 25 - 29 Hours 62.5% 30 - 34 Hours 75.0%
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. Except where expressly noted, this article shall not apply to Park Seasonals.
Section 22.1. To reduce the financial hardship of employees in case of serious medical or dental expenses, the City will provide medical and dental benefits substantially equivalent to the current plans as modified in Section 22.9 and covering all bargaining unit employees and their dependents. Employees shall have annual open enrollment periods for the plans of at least twenty-one (21) days. The City shall be allowed to make any plan changes that are mandated by its insurance carrier so long as the actuarial impact on the premium rate is no more than 0.5%. Medical and dental plans may increase at different rates based upon the experience of the plans. Employees may elect to be covered by any other medical or dental plan offered by the City with the understanding that the employee will pay the difference, if any, in premium costs over and above the contribution amount for the above plans and within the maximum limits specified below.
Section 22.2. Employees and their dependents are eligible for coverage beginning the first day of the month following thirty (30) days’ employment. If a new employee fails to submit the necessary application materials within a manner and a time frame required by the insurance carrier, the City shall enroll the employee for “default” medical and dental plan coverage. Default coverage shall be single coverage in the AFSCME HDHP with an HRA contribution. Enrollment in the default coverage may not be revised by the employee until the next open enrollment.
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits for newly hired regular full-time employees are effective the first day of the month following thirty (30) days of employment.
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. The Company shall provide the Employee with all benefits provided to its employees, including health, dental, longterm disability and life insurance, to the extent provided to all employees of the Company pursuant to such plans and programs that it may adopt from time to time. The Employee shall be entitled to that number of days of personal time off consistent with the Company's policy in effect from time to time.
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. Employee shall be entitled during the term of this Agreement to participate in all health and dental insurance and group life insurance benefit plans providing benefits generally applicable to the employees of the Corporation as may be modified from time to time.
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. (i) In implementation of his current qualification therefor, subject to the terms of the respective plans and applicable law, from the Retirement Date and until the Executive attains age sixty-five (65), Executive (and his spouse and dependent children) will be provided with retiree medical and dental insurance benefits under the Company's medical and dental insurance plans consisting of benefits substantially similar to those currently available to active employees of the Company at the active employee rate. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to provide such benefits to the Executive on a fully insured basis.
(ii) To the extent the medical and dental insurance benefits described in Section 2(a)(i) hereinabove cannot be provided to Executive under the terms of such plans (including, but not limited to, as a result of termination thereof) or the plans cannot be so amended in a manner which is not materially adverse to the Company, the Company shall pay or reimburse to the Executive, on an after-tax basis, an amount necessary for the Executive to continue such coverage pursuant to Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") but only to the extent the Executive (and his spouse and dependent children) timely elects to continue such coverage and only so long as the Executive timely pays the premiums for such coverage. In the event the coverage provided pursuant to Section 4980B of the Code ends prior to the Executive's sixty-fifth (65th) birthday as a result of the expiration of the "maximum required period" as defined in Section 4980B(f)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then the Company shall pay or reimburse to the Executive, on an after-tax basis, an amount necessary for Executive to acquire such benefits from an independent insurance carrier until the Executive's sixty-fifth (65th) birthday. Any payments or reimbursements made by the Company to the Executive pursuant to this Section 2(a)(ii) shall be reduced by an amount equal to what the Executive's share of the premiums would be if the Executive were eligible to continue such coverage in accordance with Section 2(a)(i) hereinabove. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall, after consulting with and receiving the approval of the Executive (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), reform this Section 2(a)(ii) to comply with Section 409A of the Code if any payment or reimbursement described in this Section 2(a)(ii) would cause the Executive to incur any additional tax or ...
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. Except where expressly noted, this article shall not apply to Park Seasonals.
Section 22.1. To reduce the financial hardship of employees in case of serious medical or dental expenses, the City will provide medical and dental benefits substantially equivalent to the current plans as modified in Section 22.9 and 22.10 and covering all bargaining unit employees and their dependents. Employees shall have annual open enrollment periods for the plans of at least twenty-one (21) days. The City shall be allowed to make any plan changes that are mandated by its insurance carrier so long as the actuarial impact on the premium rate is no more than 0.5%. Medical and dental plans may increase at different rates based upon the experience of the plans. Employees may elect to be covered by any other medical or dental plan offered by the City with the understanding that the employee will pay the difference, if any, in premium costs over and above the contribution amount for the above plans and within the maximum limits specified below.
Section 22.2. Employees and their dependents are eligible for coverage beginning the first day of the month following thirty (30) days' employment. If a new employee fails to submit the necessary application materials within a manner and a time frame required by the insurance carrier, the City shall enroll the employee for “default” medical and dental plan coverage. Default coverage shall be single coverage in the CDHP until December 31, 2014 and in the AFSCME HDHP with an HRA contribution beginning January 1, 2015. Enrollment in the default coverage may not be revised by the employee until the next open enrollment.
Section 22.3. The City shall pay 100% of the single premium amounts for the plans as modified and specified in this Article (employee’s own coverage) for all employees covered by this Article. For full-time employees and for part-time employees designated at 0.75 FTE or greater, the City shall additionally pay 95% of the premium difference for employees choosing to cover a dependent on two-party coverage. For full-time employees only, the City shall also pay 95% of the premium difference for employees choosing to cover additional dependents on family coverage. The remaining premium amounts shall by paid by the employee. If a full-time employee voluntarily transfers to a part-time position of .75 FTE or greater related to a reduction in force, the part-time payment limitation under this section shall not apply. This paragraph is ...
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. The Commission shall provide and pay the cost for the Health and Dental Insurance Benefits for Full Time Employees and extra board operators after fifteen hundred and sixty (1560) hours for the level of coverage listed below in sections 3, 4 and 5. . If during the term of this contract of this benefit exceeds $625.00 per month per employee, any premiums charged in excess of the $625.00 per month shall be paid 100% by the employees.
SECTION 1 – JOINT INSURANCE BENEFITS COMMITTEE A Joint Insurance Benefits Committee with up to four (4) representatives from the Union and up to four (4) representatives from Management/Commission shall be established. Members of this committee shall be reimbursed for any normal wages up to eight (8) hours, or up to ten (10) hours for employees on four (4) day work weeks that would have been lost to attend these meetings excluding off days. The Committee mandate is to identify cost containment measures to control the cost of benefits. No changes or modifications to the benefits in this Collective Agreement can be made without the mutual consent of the Union membership and the Commission. This committee shall meet at the request of the commission or the union, not more than twice a year.
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. After the effective date of this Agreement and through March 3, 2010, the Executive will participate at the Company's sole expense in the Company's health and dental insurance plan with benefits equivalent to those that would have been available to the Executive if the Executive had remained employed with the Company in the position the Executive held on September 2, 2009. At such time, the Executive will become eligible to continue said insurance coverage on an elective basis as permitted by, and subject to, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”). The Company shall not charge any administrative fees should the Executive determine to continue his insurance coverage under COBRA.
Health and Dental Insurance Benefits. The Superintendent shall have the right to enroll himself, his spouse and his eligible dependents in the health and dental insurance plans provided to certified administrators employed by the Board. The Superintendent shall pay, through payroll deduction, the following percentage of the premiums for such insurance coverage: Effective July 1, 2024: 20% Effective July 1, 2025: 20% Effective July 1, 2026: Negotiated before July 1, 2025 Upon retirement from the Plymouth BOE, the Superintendent shall have the option of purchasing health insurance benefits as available, at the group rate, until the age 65. The Board will contribute 8.5% for each year of service (capped at 100%) toward the annual cost of health/dental/vision benefits for the Superintendent and his spouse for life. Upon turning 65, the Superintendent and his spouse shall transition to Medicare, and the Board will provide a comprehensive Medicare Supplemental Policy which covers all medical/prescription/dental/ vision benefits for the Superintendent and spouse for life. The medical plan shall be a Supplemental Plan G. In the event Plan G is no longer offered, the next closest alternative will be provided to the Superintendent and his spouse for life. In order to be eligible for such payments, the Superintendent must retire from the Plymouth Public Schools or the Board does not vote for a new agreement to take effect after the expiration of the existing contract.
