Salary Payment and Fringe Benefits. All salary that is to be received during sabbatical leave shall be paid in monthly installments and all benefits towards employee retirement and participation in any permissive health and accident program shall be deducted in the same manner as if the employee were teaching.
Salary Payment and Fringe Benefits. All salaries shall, at the option of the employees, be paid on either a 20 semi-monthly basis or on the summer payment plan. Such requests must be made prior to August 15, except for newly hired Unit members. Withdrawal from such may not be made after August 15. Staff members absent more than 92 working unpaid days during a school year shall be placed on the same step of the guide the following school year.
(a) Teachers shall receive checks on the 15th and last school day of each month. In cases where a school holiday falls on the 15th, or the last day of the month, the teachers shall receive checks on the last school day before said holiday. Unit members exhausting their total accumulated days shall be removed from Direct Deposit.
(b) The Board shall pay Blue Cross, Blue Shield Rider J, Major Medical premiums less any contribution as required by current New Jersey Law, NJ Worker’s Compensation, Dental Plan and Prescription Plan for all members of the Unit on the individual or on the family plan at the option of the Unit member. Prescription co-payment amount is to be determined by the healthcare provider of the employees’ choice. See website: xxx.xxxxx.xx.xx/xxxxxxxx/ pensions/health-benefits.shtml At the option of the employee, continuance of the above benefits shall be at the employee’s expense during the term of an unpaid leave of absence.
(1) The North Bergen Board of Education shall provide Chapter 78 relief for all eligible members in the amount of 5% of employee contribution. Relief shall not be less than $50. The Board agrees to maintain the current level of employer-provided health benefits for all members of the North Bergen Federation of Teachers’ bargaining unit for the duration of this agreement. If the State of New Jersey legislatively mandates changes to the School Employee Health Benefits Program (SEHBP), the current level of benefits will be maintained until the expiration of this agreement. The current level of employee savings will not be affected. If changes are mandated by the State prior to the expiration of this Agreement, the parties agree to meet within thirty (30) days of the passage of any such legislation to begin negotiations over the impact and effect of such changes. It is the parties expressed understanding that any cost savings realized by the Board due to either legislatively mandated or negotiated changes to SEHBP or any other changes to the current level of employer provided health benefits shall be subject to negotiati...
