Once Enrolled. Once enrolled, Continuing Sessional Lecturers' who do not hold an appointment during some or all of the Eligibility Period or whose teaching load falls to zero units (or below 7.5 units for Term Sessional Lecturers’) due to illness or injury may elect to continue enrolment through to the end of the Assignment Year and provide the University with payment of their own and the University’s share for such period through either arrangement with Payroll to have such deducted from their pay, or final pay cheque from the preceding term (if applicable) or by provision of postdated personal cheques. Sessional Lecturers who choose not to enroll once eligible or who do not provide advance payment during the Summer Session or during a period of non-appointment will be considered to have opted out of all the relevant. benefit plans except the Pension Plan, and will not be eligible to participate during the two subsequent years (i.e. two full Eligibility Periods). All benefit premium costs for eligible summer session, except Pension Plan, will be paid in advance by eligible Sessional Lecturers through postdated cheques. The University’s portion of the benefit premiums for the Summer Session, if applicable, will be paid retroactively, on completion of the Sessional Lecturers’ summer session appointment(s). Exceptions to this are for those who qualify and enroll for Pension Plan benefits in the Eligibility Period noted above, and when a Sessional Lecturer is scheduled to teach a ‘K’ section course in which cases benefits may be maintained on the normal cost sharing basis without the need for prepayment and retroactive adjustments.
