Common use of Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee Clause in Contracts

Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee. A. The District shall convene, and the Exclusive Representatives shall all participate in, a Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC). The role of the Committee is to contain the costs of the District's Health Benefits Program while maintaining and, when feasible, improving the quality of the benefits available to employees. B. The Committee shall be composed of one voting and one non-voting District Member appointed by the Chancellor; six Employee Members, one appointed by each of the Exclusive Representatives; and an additional voting member who shall serve as Chair, nominated by the President of the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild and confirmed by a simple majority of the regular voting members of the Committee. Although each Exclusive Representative will appoint one regular voting member on the Committee, the Committee shall adopt rules under which each Exclusive Representative may appoint additional non-voting members in proportion to the size of each unit. The District shall grant the Chair of the Committee at least 0.2 FTE reassigned time to perform the duties of that assignment. C. The Committee shall have the authority to: 1. review the District's Health Benefits Program and effect any changes to the program it deems necessary to contain costs while maintaining the quality of the benefits available to employees (this includes, but is not limited to, the authority to substitute other plans for the District's existing health benefits plans); 2. recommend the selection, replacement, and evaluation of benefits consultants; 3. recommend the selection, replacement, and evaluation of benefit plan providers; 4. review and make recommendations regarding communications to faculty and staff regarding the health benefits program and their use of health care services under it; 5. review and make recommendations regarding benefit booklets, descriptive literature, and enrollment forms; 6. study recurring enrollee concerns and complaints and make recommendations for their resolution; 7. participate in an annual review of the District's administration of the Health Benefits Program; 8. review and make recommendations about the District’s health benefits budget; and 9. if health care legislation that necessitates modification of the District’s Health Benefits Program is enacted before the termination of this agreement, assess the effects of such legislation and make recommendations to the District and the Exclusive Representatives about appropriate action to take. D. Any action of the Committee must be approved by the affirmative vote of the voting District member and all but one of the voting Employee Members at a meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present. A quorum shall consist of the voting District member and any five voting Employee Members. E. Any changes proposed by the Committee in the benefit program, providers, and consultants shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for its consideration. F. The District shall provide the Committee with relevant financial data including, for example, data regarding money received from providers (as a refund, return of premium, or similar credit), and all expenditures the District considers to be part of the “overall cost to the District of maintaining the Health Benefits Program.”

Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee. A. The District shall convene, and the Exclusive Representatives shall all participate in, a Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC). The role of the Committee is to contain the costs of the District's Health Benefits Program health benefits program while maintaining and, when feasible, improving the quality of the benefits bene- fits available to employees. B. The Committee shall be composed of one (1) voting and one (1) non-voting District Member appointed by the Chancellor; six Employee Members, one (1) appointed by each of the Exclusive Representatives; and an an (1) additional voting member who shall serve as Chair, nominated by the President of the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild and confirmed by a simple majority of the regular voting members of the Committee. Although each Exclusive Representative will appoint one (1) regular voting member on the Committee, the Committee shall adopt rules under which each Exclusive Representative may appoint additional non-voting members in proportion to the size of each unit. The District shall grant the Chair of the Committee at least 0.2 FTE reassigned time to perform the duties of that assignment. C. The Committee shall have the authority to: 1. review the District's Health Benefits Program health benefits program and effect any changes to the program it deems necessary to contain costs while maintaining the quality of the benefits available to employees (this includes, but is not limited to, the authority to substitute other plans for the District's existing health benefits plans); 2. recommend the selection, replacement, and evaluation selection or replacement of benefits consultants; 3. recommend the selection, replacement, evaluate and evaluation of select benefit plan providers; 4. review and make recommendations regarding communications to faculty and staff regarding the health benefits program and their use of health care services under it; 5. review and make recommendations regarding benefit booklets, descriptive literature, and enrollment forms; 6. study recurring enrollee concerns and complaints and make recommendations for their resolution; 7. participate in an annual review of the District's administration of the Health Benefits Program;health benefits program; and 8. review and make recommendations about the District’s health benefits budget; and 9. if health care legislation that necessitates modification of the District’s Health Benefits Program is enacted before the termination of this agreement, assess the effects of such legislation and make recommendations to the District and the Exclusive Representatives about appropriate action to take. D. Any action of the Committee must be approved by the affirmative vote of the voting District member and all but one of the voting Employee Members at a meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present. A quorum shall consist of the voting District member and any five voting Employee Members. E. Any changes proposed by the Committee in the benefit program, providers, and consultants shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for its consideration. F. The District shall provide the Committee with relevant financial data including, for example, data regarding money received from providers (as a refund, return of premium, or similar credit), and all expenditures the District considers to be part of the “overall cost to the District of maintaining the Health Benefits Program.”

Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee. A. The District shall convene, and the Exclusive Representatives shall all participate in, a Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC). The role of the Committee is to contain the costs of the District's Health Benefits Program health benefits program while maintaining and, when feasible, improving the quality of the benefits available to employees. B. The Committee shall be composed of one voting and one non-voting District Member appointed by the Chancellor; six Employee Members, one appointed by each of the Exclusive Representatives; and an additional voting member who shall serve as Chair, nominated by the President of the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild and confirmed by a simple majority of the regular voting members of the Committee. Although each Exclusive Representative will appoint one regular voting member on the Committee, the Committee shall adopt rules under which each Exclusive Representative may appoint additional non-voting members in proportion to the size of each unit. The District shall grant the Chair of the Committee at least 0.2 FTE reassigned time to perform the duties of that assignment. C. The Committee shall have the authority to: 1. review the District's Health Benefits Program health benefits program and effect any changes to the program it deems necessary to contain costs while maintaining the quality of the benefits available to employees (this includes, but is not limited to, the authority to substitute other plans for the District's existing health benefits plans); 2. recommend the selection, replacement, and evaluation selection or replacement of benefits consultants; 3. recommend the selection, replacement, evaluate and evaluation of select benefit plan providers; 4. review and make recommendations regarding communications to faculty and staff regarding the health benefits program and their use of health care services under it; 5. review and make recommendations regarding benefit booklets, descriptive literature, and enrollment forms; 6. study recurring enrollee concerns and complaints and make recommendations for their resolution; 7. participate in an annual review of the District's administration of the Health Benefits Program;health benefits program; and 8. review and make recommendations about the District’s health benefits budget; and 9. if health care legislation that necessitates modification of the District’s Health Benefits Program is enacted before the termination of this agreement, assess the effects of such legislation and make recommendations to the District and the Exclusive Representatives about appropriate action to take. D. Any action of the Committee must be approved by the affirmative vote of the voting District member and all but one of the voting Employee Members at a meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present. A quorum shall consist of the voting District member and any five voting Employee Members. E. Any changes proposed by the Committee in the benefit program, providers, and consultants shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for its consideration. F. The District shall provide the Committee with relevant financial data including, for example, data regarding money received from providers (as a refund, return of premium, or similar credit), and all expenditures the District considers to be part of the “overall cost to the District of maintaining the Health Benefits Program.”

Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee. A. The District shall convene, and the Exclusive Representatives shall all participate in, a Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC). The role of the Committee is to contain the costs of the District's Health Benefits Program health benefits program while maintaining and, when feasible, improving the quality of the benefits available to employees. B. The Committee shall be composed of one (1) voting and one (1) non-voting District Member appointed by the Chancellor; six Employee Members, one (1) appointed by each of the Exclusive Representatives; and an an (1) additional voting member who shall serve as Chair, nominated by the President of the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild and confirmed by a simple majority of the regular voting members of the Committee. Although each Exclusive Representative will appoint one (1) regular voting member on the Committee, the Committee shall adopt rules under which each Exclusive Representative may appoint additional non-voting members in proportion to the size of each unit. The District shall grant the Chair of the Committee at least 0.2 FTE reassigned time to perform the duties of that assignment. C. The Committee shall have the authority to: 1. review the District's Health Benefits Program health benefits program and effect any changes to the program it deems necessary to contain costs while maintaining the quality of the benefits available to employees (this includes, but is not limited to, the authority to substitute other plans for the District's existing health benefits plans); 2. recommend the selection, replacement, and evaluation selection or replacement of benefits consultants; 3. recommend the selection, replacement, evaluate and evaluation of select benefit plan providers; 4. review and make recommendations regarding communications to faculty and staff regarding the health benefits program and their use of health care services under it; 5. review and make recommendations regarding benefit booklets, descriptive literature, and enrollment forms; 6. study recurring enrollee concerns and complaints and make recommendations for their resolution; 7. participate in an annual review of the District's administration of the Health Benefits Program;health benefits program; and 8. review and make recommendations about the District’s health benefits budget; and 9. if health care legislation that necessitates modification of the District’s Health Benefits Program is enacted before the termination of this agreement, assess the effects of such legislation and make recommendations to the District and the Exclusive Representatives about appropriate action to take. D. Any action of the Committee must be approved by the affirmative vote of the voting District member and all but one of the voting Employee Members at a meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present. A quorum shall consist of the voting District member and any five voting Employee Members. E. Any changes proposed by the Committee in the benefit program, providers, and consultants shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for its consideration. F. The District shall provide the Committee with relevant financial data including, for example, data regarding money received from providers (as a refund, return of premium, or similar credit), and all expenditures the District considers to be part of the “overall cost to the District of maintaining the Health Benefits Program.”

Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee. A. The District shall convene, and the Exclusive Representatives shall all participate in, a Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC). The role of the Committee is to contain the costs of the District's Health Benefits Program health benefits program while maintaining and, when feasible, improving the quality of the benefits bene- fits available to employees. B. The Committee shall be composed of one voting and one non-voting District Member appointed by the Chancellor; six Employee Members, one appointed by each of the Exclusive Representatives; and an additional voting member who shall serve as Chair, nominated by the President of the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild and confirmed by a simple majority of the regular voting members of the Committee. Although each Exclusive Representative will appoint one regular voting member on the Committee, the Committee shall adopt rules under which each Exclusive Representative may appoint additional non-voting members in proportion to the size of each unit. The District shall grant the Chair of the Committee at least 0.2 FTE reassigned time to perform the duties of that assignment. C. The Committee shall have the authority to: 1. review the District's Health Benefits Program health benefits program and effect any changes to the program it deems necessary to contain costs while maintaining the quality of the benefits available to employees (this includes, but is not limited to, the authority to substitute other plans for the District's existing health benefits plans); 2. recommend the selection, replacement, and evaluation selection or replacement of benefits consultants; 3. recommend the selection, replacement, evaluate and evaluation of select benefit plan providers; 4. review and make recommendations regarding communications to faculty and staff regarding the health benefits program and their use of health care services under it; 5. review and make recommendations regarding benefit booklets, descriptive literature, and enrollment forms; 6. study recurring enrollee concerns and complaints and make recommendations for their resolution; 7. participate in an annual review of the District's administration of the Health Benefits Program;health benefits program; and 8. review and make recommendations about the District’s health benefits budget; and 9. if health care legislation that necessitates modification of the District’s Health Benefits Program is enacted before the termination of this agreement, assess the effects of such legislation and make recommendations to the District and the Exclusive Representatives about appropriate action to take. D. Any action of the Committee must be approved by the affirmative vote of the voting District member and all but one of the voting Employee Members at a meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present. A quorum shall consist of the voting District member and any five voting Employee Members. E. Any changes proposed by the Committee in the benefit program, providers, and consultants shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for its consideration. F. The District shall provide the Committee with relevant financial data including, for example, data regarding money received from providers (as a refund, return of premium, or similar credit), and all expenditures the District considers to be part of the “overall cost to the District of maintaining the Health Benefits Program.”

Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee. A. The District shall convene, and the Exclusive Representatives shall all participate in, a Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC). The role of the Committee is to contain the costs of the District's Health Benefits Program while maintaining and, when feasible, improving the quality of the benefits available to employees. B. The Committee shall be composed of one voting and one non-voting District Member appointed by the Chancellor; six Employee Members, one appointed by each of the Exclusive Representatives; and an additional voting member who shall serve as Chair, nominated by the President of the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild and confirmed by a simple majority of the regular voting members of the Committee. Although each Exclusive Representative will appoint one regular voting member on the Committee, the Committee shall adopt rules under which each Exclusive Representative may appoint additional non-voting members in proportion to the size of each unit. The District shall grant the Chair of the Committee at least 0.2 FTE reassigned time to perform the duties of that assignment.appoint C. The Committee shall have the authority to: 1. review the District's Health Benefits Program and effect any changes to the program it deems necessary to contain costs while maintaining the quality of the benefits available to employees (this includes, but is not limited to, the authority to substitute other plans for the District's existing health benefits plans); 2. recommend the selection, replacement, and evaluation of benefits consultants; 3. recommend the selection, replacement, and evaluation of benefit plan providers; 4. review and make recommendations regarding communications to faculty and staff regarding the health benefits program and their use of health care services under it; 5. review and make recommendations regarding benefit booklets, descriptive literature, and enrollment forms; 6. study recurring enrollee concerns and complaints and make recommendations for their resolution; 7. participate in an annual review of the District's administration of the Health Benefits Program; 8. review and make recommendations about the District’s health benefits budget; and 9. if health care legislation that necessitates modification of the District’s Health Benefits Program is enacted before the termination of this agreement, assess the effects of such legislation and make recommendations to the District and the Exclusive Representatives about appropriate action to take. D. Any action of the Committee must be approved by the affirmative vote of the voting District member and all but one of the voting Employee Members at a meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present. A quorum shall consist of the voting District member and any five voting Employee Members. E. Any changes proposed by the Committee in the benefit program, providers, and consultants shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for its consideration. F. The District shall provide the Committee with relevant financial data including, for example, data regarding money received from providers (as a refund, return of premium, or similar credit), and all expenditures the District considers to be part of the “overall cost to the District of maintaining the Health Benefits Program.”