Provincial Group Benefits Committee. A Provincial Group Benefits Committee will provide advice and make recommendations regarding the group benefit plan administered by XXXX. This includes Basic Life, Health and Dental, and Optional Benefits. This does not include the LTD plans or the pension plans.
Provincial Group Benefits Committee. A Provincial Group Benefits Committee will be constituted to provide advice and make recommendations regarding the group benefit plan administered by NSAHO (this does not include the LTD plan). The committee shall be comprised of representatives of both unions and employers, as follows: Four union representatives - each of the four major unions (CUPE, CAW, NSNU and NSGEU) will select a representative; Four employer representatives - these will be selected from both acute care and continuing care employers; A representative from the NSAHO Group Benefits Service will participate in the committee on an ex-officio basis. The purpose of the committee is to provide a forum for constructive engagement amongst representatives of plan participants, employers and the plan sponsor on issues of importance to the group benefits plan, including plan design, administration, and communication. Following its formation, the Provincial Group Benefits Committee will meet to formulate terms of reference for its operation, including the terms of any process to be used to resolve issues which cannot be resolved through consensus among members of the committee. Where, in any given fiscal year, the plan administrator determines that an ongoing surplus has arisen in the plan which is of sufficient magnitude to allow an adjustment to benefits, the matter will be referred to the Provincial Group Benefits Committee for determination. The Provincial Group Benefits Committee shall not be authorized to make any adjustment to benefits that would have the effect of increasing the overall ongoing cost of the plan to employers and employees. Between: (The “Employer”)
