Common use of Maximum Benefit Eligibility Clause in Contracts

Maximum Benefit Eligibility. Regardless of the number of hours an individual employee may be scheduled to work within a work week, the total number of employees eligible to receive any combination of Category 1, 2 or 3 benefits (including option in lieu of benefits) shall not exceed thirty-eight (38) at any one time during the life of this Agreement absent the written mutual consent of the parties. The thirty-eight (38) employees eligible to receive Category 1, 2, or 3 benefits shall be determined on a seniority basis with Category 1 employees having priority over other categories regardless of seniority, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent to allow employees to freely combine jobs to create full-time positions, there is no guarantee that the thirty-eight (38) benefit eligible positions will be created. If through the combination of work, more than thirty-eight (38) full-time positions are created, then the benefited positions shall be limited to thirty-eight (38) and awarded on a high District-wide seniority basis. It is the employee’s eligibility to receive benefits regardless of whether the employee actually takes the benefits or takes the in-lieu of benefits option that is determinative for purposes of determining the thirty-eight (38) eligible benefited employees. In the event that circumstances change that would qualify them for Category 1, 2, or 3 benefits, such employee will be permitted to take that benefit by displacing the lowest senior employee among those currently eligible for benefits. In the event that the employee’s hours are reduced below insurance eligibility, that person must immediately, as per Collective Bargaining Agreement, exercise his/her seniority to secure benefits or be permanently removed from the list. The terms and conditions of this maximum benefit eligibility shall be applied prospectively with the current thirty-eight (38) benefit takers continuing their benefits regardless of their seniority. Future employees who have enough working hours to be eligible for Category 1, 2, or 3 benefits, shall be placed on the benefit eligibility list on a seniority basis when vacancies among the thirty-eight (38) benefit eligible positions become available. Any employee who has had hours reduced may, consistent with the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, bump one (1) or more posted jobs from the lowest senior person. Employees combining jobs within multiple classifications shall maintain separate and applicable rates of pay and seniority rights on a per classification basis as required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Maximum Benefit Eligibility. Regardless of the number of hours an individual employee may be scheduled to work within a work week, the total number of employees eligible to receive any combination of Category 1, 2 or 3 benefits (including option in lieu of benefits) shall not exceed thirty-eight (38) at any one time during the life of this Agreement agreement absent the written mutual consent of the parties. The thirty-eight (38) employees eligible to receive Category 1, 2, 2 or 3 benefits shall be determined on a seniority basis with Category 1 employees having priority over other categories regardless of seniority, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent to allow employees to freely combine jobs to create full-time positions, there is no guarantee that the thirty-eight (38) benefit eligible positions will be created. If through the combination of work, more than thirty-eight (38) full-full time positions are created, then the benefited positions shall be limited to thirty-eight (38) and awarded on a high Districtdistrict-wide seniority basis. It is the employee’s eligibility to receive benefits regardless of whether the employee actually takes the benefits or takes the in-lieu of benefits option that is determinative for purposes of determining the thirty-eight (38) eligible benefited employees. Current In Lieu Benefit Takers: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx is currently eligible for either Category 1, 2, or 3 benefits, but has chosen in-lieu of benefits. In the event that circumstances change that would qualify them for Category 1, 21,2, or 3 benefits, such employee will be permitted to take that benefit by displacing the lowest senior employee among those currently eligible for benefits. In the event that the employee’s hours are reduced below insurance eligibility, that person must immediately, as per Collective Bargaining Agreementcollective bargaining agreement, exercise his/her seniority to secure benefits or be permanently removed from the list. The terms and conditions of this maximum benefit eligibility shall be applied prospectively with the current thirty-eight (38) benefit takers continuing their benefits regardless of their seniority. Future employees who have enough working hours to be eligible for Category 1, 2, 2 or 3 benefits, shall be placed on the benefit eligibility list on a seniority basis when vacancies among the thirty-eight (38) 380 benefit eligible positions become available. Any employee who has had hours reduced may, consistent with the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreementcollective bargaining agreement, bump one (1) or more posted jobs from the lowest senior person. Employees combining jobs within multiple classifications shall maintain separate and applicable rates of pay and seniority rights on a per classification basis as required by the Collective Bargaining Agreementcollective bargaining agreement.