Insurance Coverage for Retirees. Subd. 1. The School District agrees to provide insurance benefits to teachers who have been employed by regular contract and performed services under that contract prior to July 1, 1986, according to Article VIII (Insurance), Section 1 (Health Insurance), 2 (Dental Insurance), 3 (Dependent Benefit Coordination), and 5 (Life Insurance), including any amendments thereto, and subject to Subd. 2, 3, 4, and 5 following to teachers who retire under the provisions of the opening paragraph of Section 2 (Plan One) of this Article. Such benefits shall commence in accordance with TRA eligibility and shall continue for 13 years for employees retiring on or after July 1, 1991. Teachers who take a Five Year Leave of Absence under Article IX (Leaves of Absence), Section 13, (Five Year Leaves of Absence) and who wish to retire while on leave will be eligible for severance pay, but time spent on the Five Year Leave of Absence will be subtracted from the teacher’s thirteen years of coverage under Article VII, Section 3, Subd.
1. Those returning from such leave who are working less than a full school year preceding retirement, will also have time spent on the Five Year Leave of absence subtracted from their thirteen years of coverage under Article VII, Section 3, Subd. 1
Insurance Coverage for Retirees. Subd.
1. The School Board agrees to provide benefits according to Article IX, Section 1, 2, and 6 including any amendments thereto and subject to Subd. 2, 3, and 4 following to principals who retire during the year in which they become 55 or any year thereafter until they have received such benefits for a period not to exceed 5 years. For principals hired effective July 1, 2018 or after, eligibility for retiree insurance includes ten (10) years of continuous service with the school district.
Insurance Coverage for Retirees. Any retired teacher of MSD of Xxxxx Township may elect to continue the District approved health insurance plan enrolled in at the time of retirement and to include family members covered at the time of retirement to the extent specified by state statute by paying the total premium.
Insurance Coverage for Retirees. Retirees may continue in the medical/dental group at a paid rate of up to 102% of the premium until they reach Medicare age.
Insurance Coverage for Retirees. The provisions of this Article are only applicable to unit members employed on the June 30, 1988 payroll. A unit member, having served fifteen (15) years with the Office, shall continue to have her/his health and dental benefits paid by the Office at the same rate, fully paid or pro-rated as the unit member received before retiring if the unit member retired on or before June 30, 1993. There shall be no gap between separation from service and retirement. The unit member must separate from service (i.e. resign or otherwise conclude their employment and concurrently therewith retire and enter the State Teachers Retirement System). Such benefits will continue until the demise of the insured retiree, at which time the surviving spouse may continue with any medical insurance program at no cost to the Office by paying all premiums to the County Office of Education. If the Office’s policy is changed or discontinued, personnel on retirement status shall continue to receive the benefits granted at the time of retirement. Effective July 1, 1993, retirees who qualify under this Article are eligible to continued medical and dental coverage as hereinafter provided: The Office shall continue to pay premiums for medical and dental insurance coverages to the established cap at the time of retirement for medical and dental. Employees who qualify for such coverage and who desire such coverage, shall pay in advance all sums in excess of the Office’s contribution for the premiums, in the manner required by the Office.
Insurance Coverage for Retirees. Employees who elect to retire following the age of fifty-five (55), but before turning sixty-five (65) years of age, and who have a cumulative fifteen (15) years of service with the District, may apply for a District-paid medical program, which shall be in accordance with the following conditions and limitations.
10.12.1 District paid coverage shall be under the current HMO plan(s) provided by the District for its eligible employees.
10.12.2 District will pay the applicable premium for the eligible retiring employee. The retiring employee will need to pay the yearly negotiated contribution expense or any re-negotiated contribution expense to participate in a HMO plan offered by the District, until retiree becomes Medicare eligible. The retiree may purchase HMO coverage for his/her spouse/domestic partner, subject to payment no later than the first day of each month or coverage may be terminated seven (7) calendar days thereafter. The retiree is responsible for paying the entire cost of the District negotiated monthly premium for his/her spouse/domestic partner to participate in the selected HMO.
10.12.3 The right of retiring employees to take advantage of the program shall exist only when the total number of retirees enrolled in the program does not exceed thirteen percent (13%) of those unit employees who are eligible for District paid benefits under this Article.
10.12.4 Retirees under this program who would otherwise not be able to take advantage of it because the District HMO carrier(s) do not provide service at his/her domicile may elect to receive the equivalent dollar amount for payment by him/her for equivalent insurance benefits.
10.12.5 If acceptable to the carrier and within the limits of the carrier's rules, XxxXXXX retirees who are not eligible for Early Retirement specified in Section 10.12, and who have not reached the age of sixty-five (65), shall be allowed a one-time opportunity to buy into District benefit programs in which they are participating at the time of retirement, for themselves and spouse/domestic partner only, until reaching the age of sixty-five (65). Such coverage is subjection to the following terms and conditions:
10.12.6 To maintain coverage, the District must receive premium payments in accord with Section 10.12.2.
10.12.7 If coverage is dropped by the District due to non-payment or untimely payment of premiums as provided for in Section 10.12.2, or as a result of the retiree’s own choosing, the retiree shall not be allo...
Insurance Coverage for Retirees. (9/1/1972-1/1/2010):
Subd. 1. For full-time teachers hired between September 1, 1972 and January 1, 2010, the school district will contribute the same amount toward health insurance provided in the collective bargaining agreement effective at the time of that teacher’s retirement, who has completed at least ten (10) full-time years of continuous service with the school district (not including enrichment leave or unrequested leave of absence), or twenty (20) cumulative full-time years of service retiring at age fifty-five (55) or thereafter until such teacher attains eligibility for Medicare or dies prior thereto. Teachers employed less than full time, but at least one-half time, shall be allowed to participate on a pro rata basis.
Subd. 2. If a retiree obtains employment with an employer other than the school district and such retiree is covered by a group-medical-hospital insurance plan or HMO, such coverage shall be considered primary.
Subd. 3. If a retiree is entitled or would be entitled if enrolled, to have any part of the cost of eligible services or supplies paid by Medicare Parts A or B even though the retiree does not enroll in Medicare or waives or fails to claim medical benefits, the district’s insurance carrier will reduce the amount furnished under this Contract so that the total amount paid under this Contract and Medicare or what could be paid under Medicare does not exceed the total charges for covered benefits.
Insurance Coverage for Retirees. Effective July 1, 1989, if an employee retires and has accumulated ninety (90) unused F.W.D. sick days, the Employer will make a monthly contribution of up to Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to Blue Cross-Blue Shield or equivalent, for retiree health care coverage until the retiree reaches the ages of sixty-five (65). Retirees shall be responsible to the health care carrier for any health care cost above the $200.00 monthly Employer contribution.
a. The health care plan to be Blue Cross-Blue Shield or equivalent that is available in the current Labor Agreement as it relates to retirees.
b. For a retiree to be eligible to receive the above mentioned retiree health care plan, the employee shall have ninety (90) banked, unused F.W.D. sick days. If an employee has less than the required ninety (90) banked sick days, the Employer's monthly contribution shall be reduced as follows: 89 days banked .. Employer contribution will be 89% of $200.00 monthly contribution 88 days banked .. Employer contribution will be 88% of $200.00 monthly contribution 87 days banked .. Employer contribution will be 87% of $200.00 monthly contribution, etc.
c. If, during the life of this Labor Agreement, the Employer through labor negotiations grants another City labor represented group a higher monthly contribution, additional retirees health care benefits, or full-paid health care coverage, the Employer will automatically grant that increase to this labor group.
Insurance Coverage for Retirees. Subd.
1. The School Board agrees to provide benefits according to Article IX, Section 1, 2, and 6 including
