Highway Maintenance Worker Life Insurance. A. In addition to the $70,000 to $95,000 benefit provisions of Labor Code Section 4700, et seq., and the approximate $15,000 State death benefit provided Unit 12 employees, XxxXxxxx agrees to continue the $50,000 death benefit begun September 1, 1984, payable to the designated beneficiary (as specified on Std FORM 243) of any CalTrans Unit 12 employee who is killed while performing assigned State duties provided: 1. The employee was hit by a motor vehicle, by any part of the vehicle, any object carried in or on the vehicle, or any object dislodged from or by the movement of any vehicle being operated in the State highway right-of-way or public street, and 2. Payment of the Workers Compensation job-related death benefit is not denied because of an affirmative defense by the employer as specified in Labor Code Section 5705, and 3. The insurance carrier determines it is a covered accident. X. Xxxxxxxx will investigate each work-related death and determine if the qualifying conditions were satisfied before paying the $50,000 to the deceased employee's designated beneficiary. Payment shall only be made if all of the qualifying criteria contained in this section are satisfied. In accordance with existing law, a copy of the investigation report will be provided to IUOE upon request. C. In the event of a dispute regarding appropriate designated beneficiaries, the Highway Maintenance Worker Life Insurance benefit will not be paid until the disputants legally verify that they have settled their dispute or a court of competent jurisdiction resolves the matter for them.
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Highway Maintenance Worker Life Insurance. A. In addition to the $70,000 to $95,000 benefit provisions of Labor Code Section 4700, et seq., and the approximate $15,000 State death benefit provided Unit 12 Xxxx 00 employees, XxxXxxxx CalTrans agrees to continue the $50,000 death benefit begun September 1, 1984, payable to the designated beneficiary (as specified on Std FORM 243) of any CalTrans Unit 12 Xxxx 00 employee who is killed while performing assigned State duties provided:
1. The employee was hit by a motor vehicle, by any part of the vehicle, any object carried in or on the vehicle, or any object dislodged from or by the movement of any vehicle being operated in the State highway right-of-way or public street, and
2. Payment of the Workers Compensation job-related death benefit is not denied because of an affirmative defense by the employer as specified in Labor Code Section 5705, and
3. The insurance carrier determines it is a covered accident.
X. Xxxxxxxx B. Caltrans will investigate each work-related death and determine if the qualifying conditions were satisfied before paying the $50,000 to the deceased employee's designated beneficiary. Payment shall only be made if all of the qualifying criteria contained in this section are satisfied. In accordance with existing law, a copy of the investigation report will be provided to IUOE upon request.
C. In the event of a dispute regarding appropriate designated beneficiaries, the Highway Maintenance Worker Life Insurance benefit will not be paid until the disputants legally verify that they have settled their dispute or a court of competent jurisdiction resolves the matter for them.
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