Optional Life Insurance and Voluntary Benefit Programs Sample Clauses

Optional Life Insurance and Voluntary Benefit Programs. All full-time and part-time bargaining unit employees who are authorized to work at least forty (40) hours per pay period have the option to purchase additional life insurance, as well as other voluntary benefit offerings at their own expense. The programs currently offered include but are not limited to: • Employee Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance • Spouse/civil union partner life insurance • Child life insurance • Individual whole life insurance • Critical illness insurance • Voluntary accident insurance • Long-term care insurance Note: Individual whole life, critical illness and voluntary accident insurance are group products that can only be underwritten by licensed insurance agents approved to sell the products in the State of Vermont. Therefore, these products are available for purchase only during the annual open enrollment period. Per IRS guidelines, all benefit elections must remain in effect for the full calendar year (January 1 through December 31) unless there is a qualified change in employment or family status that warrants a change to be made during the year. Examples of qualified status changes include marriage, divorce, birth or adoption of a child, change in full time to part time status or vice versa, spouse losing a job, etc. In addition, the IRS requires all paperwork be completed and submitted to the Benefits Department within thirty-one (31) days of the effective date of coverage; otherwise the bargaining unit employees must wait until the next open enrollment period to enroll or make any changes to their current elections.
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Optional Life Insurance and Voluntary Benefit Programs. All full-time and part-time bargaining unit employees who are authorized to work at least forty (40) hours per pay period have the option to purchase ad- ditional life insurance, as well as other voluntary benefit offerings at their own expense. The programs currently offered include but are not limited to: • Optional Employee Life • Spouse and child life insurance • Critical illness insurance • Voluntary accident insurance Per IRS guidelines, all benefit elections must remain in effect for the full calen- dar year (January 1 through December 31) unless there is a qualified change in employment or family status that warrants a change to be made during the year. Examples of qualified status changes include, but are not limited to, marriage, divorce, birth or adoption of a child, change in full time to part time status or vice versa, spouse losing a job, etc. In addition, the IRS requires all paperwork be completed and submitted to the Benefits Department within thirty-one (31) days of the effective date of cover- age; otherwise the bargaining unit employees must wait until the next open enrollment period to enroll or make any changes to their current elections.
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Related to Optional Life Insurance and Voluntary Benefit Programs

  • Benefit Programs The Executive shall be eligible to participate in any plans, programs or forms of compensation or benefits that the Company or the Company’s subsidiaries provide to the class of employees that includes the Executive, on a basis not less favorable than that provided to such class of employees, including, without limitation, group medical, disability and life insurance, paid time-off, and retirement plan, subject to the terms and conditions of such plans, programs or forms of compensation or benefits.

  • Optional Life Insurance The State shall make available optional term-life insurance to employees. The cost will be paid by the employee on a payroll deduction basis. The available coverage will be at least two (2) times the employee’s salary. No evidence of insurability will be required if an adequate number of employees participate. The State will explore smoker/non-smoker rates and spousal coverage.

  • Life Insurance Benefits A. During the life of this Agreement, the basic life insurance benefit made available to Faculty members shall be calculated as 3 times base annual earnings, rounded to the next highest $1,000, but not more than $225,000. A separate additional benefit up to the amount of the life insurance will be paid for accidental death and dismemberment, or loss of sight. The amount of Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment/Loss of Sight benefits will be reduced to 65% at age 65, and further reduced (from the original insurance amount) as follows: to 50% at age 70, and 35% at age 75. Basic life insurance and AD&D benefits will be provided with no employee contributions. B. Faculty members will be eligible to purchase the following supplemental coverage: 1. additional amounts of group term life insurance at a level of between one and three (3) times the Faculty member’s annual salary with a maximum of $600,000. The guaranteed issue level at initial enrollment will be determined by the life insurance carrier and any amounts over the guaranteed level will be subject to the underwriting requirements of the life insurance carrier. 2. group term life insurance for spouses and domestic partners at a level of between one (1) and three (3) times annual salary with a maximum of $600,000. The guaranteed issue level at initial enrollment will be determined by the life insurance carrier and any amounts over the guaranteed level will be subject to the underwriting requirements of the life insurance carrier. 3. group term life insurance for eligible dependent children at a level of $10,000.

  • Compensation/Benefit Programs During the Term of Employment, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all medical, dental, hospitalization, accidental death and dismemberment, disability, travel and life insurance plans, and any and all other plans as are presently and hereinafter offered by the Company to its executive personnel, including savings, pension, profit-sharing and deferred compensation plans, subject to the general eligibility and participation provisions set forth in such plans.

  • Optional Life and Disability Coverages In order for coverage to become effective, the employee must be in active payroll status and not using sick leave on the first day following approval by the insurance company. If it is an open enrollment period, coverage may be applied for but will not become effective until the first day of the employee's return to work.

  • Retiree Life Insurance Employees who retire under the Monroe County Employees' Retirement System shall be eligible for $4,000.00 term life insurance. All employees hired by the Employer on or after October 1, 2007 shall not be eligible for Retiree Life Insurance.

  • ’ Compensation Insurance and Disability Benefits Requirements New York State Workers’ Compensation Law (WCL) §57 & §220 requires the heads of all municipal and state entities to ensure that businesses applying for permits, licenses or contracts, document that they have appropriate workers’ compensation and disability benefits insurance coverage. These requirements apply to both original contracts and renewals, whether the governmental agency is having the work done or is simply issuing the permit, license or contract. Failure to provide proof of such coverage or a legal exemption will result in a rejection of a Vendor Submission or renewal. A Vendor may not be awarded a Contract unless proof of workers’ compensation and disability insurance is provided to OGS. 1. Proof of Compliance with Workers’ Compensation Coverage Requirements: An XXXXX form (certificate of insurance) is NOT acceptable proof of workers’ compensation coverage. In order to provide proof of compliance with the requirements of the Workers’ Compensation Law pertaining to workers’ compensation coverage, a Vendor/Contractor shall: a) Be legally exempt from obtaining Workers’ Compensation insurance coverage; or b) Obtain such coverage from an insurance carrier; or c) Be a Workers’ Compensation Board-approved self-insured employer or participate in an authorized self-insurance plan. A Vendor seeking to enter into a Contract with the State of New York shall provide one of the following forms to OGS at the time of Vendor Submission, and thereafter, within three (3) days of request: a) Form CE-200, Certificate of Attestation for New York Entities With No Employees and Certain Out of State Entities, That New York State Workers’ Compensation and/or Disability Benefits Insurance Coverage is Not Required, which is available on the Workers’ Compensation Board’s website (xxx.xxx.xx.xxx); (Reference applicable Solicitation and Group #s on the form.); b) Certificate of Workers’ Compensation Insurance: i) Form C-105.2 (9/07) if coverage is provided by the Vendor/Contractor’s insurance carrier, the Vendor/Contractor must request that its insurance carrier send this form to OGS, or ii) Form U-26.3 if coverage is provided by the State Insurance Fund, the Vendor/Contractor must request that the State Insurance Fund send this form to OGS; c) Form SI-12, Certificate of Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance available from the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board’s Self-Insurance Office; or d) Form GSI-105.2, Certificate of Participation in Workers’ Compensation Group Self-Insurance available from the Vendor/Contractor’s Group Self-Insurance Administrator.

  • EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAM (i) During the TERM, the EMPLOYEE shall be entitled to participate in all formally established employee benefit, bonus, pension and profit-sharing plans and similar programs that are maintained by the EMPLOYERS from time to time, including programs in respect of group health, disability or life insurance, reimbursement of membership fees in civic, social and professional organizations and all employee benefit plans or programs hereafter adopted in writing by the Boards of Directors of the EMPLOYERS, for which senior management personnel are eligible, including any employee stock ownership plan, stock option plan or other stock benefit plan (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "BENEFIT PLANS"). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the EMPLOYERS may discontinue or terminate at any time any such BENEFIT PLANS, now existing or hereafter adopted, to the extent permitted by the terms of such plans and shall not be required to compensate the EMPLOYEE for such discontinuance or termination. (ii) After the expiration of the TERM or the termination of the employment of the employee for any reason other than JUST CAUSE (as defined hereinafter), the EMPLOYERS shall provide a group health insurance program in which the EMPLOYEE and her spouse will be eligible to participate and which shall provide substantially the same benefits as are available to retired employees of the EMPLOYERS on the date of this AGREEMENT until both the EMPLOYEE and her spouse become 65 years of age; provided, however that all premiums for such program shall be paid equally by the EMPLOYERS and the EMPLOYEE and/or her spouse after the EMPLOYEE's retirement; provided further, however, that the EMPLOYEE may only participate in such program for as long as the EMPLOYERS elect in their sole discretion to make available an employee group health insurance program which permits the EMPLOYERS to make coverage available for retirees.

  • Split Dollar Life Insurance The Company shall pay to the Executive a lump sum equal to the cost on the Termination Date of purchasing, at standard independent insurance premium rates, an individual

  • Benefit Coverage The Company agrees to provide pension and welfare benefits as described in the Company Booklets, benefit plan documents or policies of insurance for the duration of the Agreement.

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