Common use of VDT OPERATORS Clause in Contracts

VDT OPERATORS. Employees who spend more than eighty percent (80%) of their work time at VDT screens shall be required to have no less than a bi-annual eye examination by an ophthalmologist or optometrist and submit proof of same to the Human Resources Manager. Current employees in this status who have not had such an examination within the past twenty-four (24) months shall be required to do so within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this Agreement. MainePERS shall pay the cost of any portion of these examinations not payable by another third party funding source, upon presentation of appropriate documentation to the Human Resources Manager. All new employees who will be spending eighty percent (80%) of their work time at VDT screens must also obtain an eye examination within sixty (60) days of hire, with the same payment provisions specified above. Any employee who is required as a result of such eye examination to purchase new or replacement lenses, contact lenses, and/or computer glasses will be reimbursed up to five hundred dollars ($500) no more than biannually of the cost by MainePERS upon presentation of satisfactory proof of the medical necessity of the purchase and proof of the purchase itself. The reimbursement period will run from January 1 to December 31 of any calendar year beginning January 1, 2019.

VDT OPERATORS. Employees who spend more than eighty percent (80%) of their work time at VDT screens shall be required to have no less than a bi-annual eye examination by an ophthalmologist or optometrist and submit proof of same to the Human Resources Manager. Current employees in this status who have not had such an examination within the past twenty-four (24) months shall be required to do so within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this Agreement. MainePERS shall pay the cost of any portion of these examinations not payable by another third party funding source, upon presentation of appropriate documentation to the Human Resources Manager. All new employees who will be spending eighty percent (80%) of their work time at VDT screens must also obtain an eye examination within sixty (60) days of hire, with the same payment provisions specified above. Any employee who is required as a result of such eye examination to purchase new or replacement lenses, contact lenses, lenses and/or computer glasses will be reimbursed up to five hundred dollars ($500) no more than biannually of the cost by MainePERS upon presentation of satisfactory proof of the medical necessity of the purchase and proof of the purchase itself. The reimbursement period will run from January 1 to December 31 of any calendar year beginning January 1, 20192020.