Common use of Voluntary Health Options or Other Options Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Health Options or Other Options. Whenever the employer offers voluntary options which employees purchase through, but not from, the employer, such as short term disability insurance, the employee purchasing such options shall be bound by the rules of the carrier or company providing the product or service and those rules or regulations shall not be subject to the grievance procedure of this master agreement. There shall be a fourteen (14) calendar day wait period for short term disability (STD) . The Board shall deduct up to ten (10) sick leave, accumulated leave, and/or personal leave days (in that order respectively) during this wait period. The employer agrees to furnish the union any proposals for change that the carrier/company makes that may negatively impact members so that the union may respond to the carrier/company.

Voluntary Health Options or Other Options. ‌ Whenever the employer offers voluntary options which employees purchase through, but not from, the employer, such as short term disability insurance, the employee purchasing such options shall be bound by the rules of the carrier or company providing the product or service and those rules or regulations shall not be subject to the grievance procedure of this master agreement. There shall be a fourteen (14) calendar day wait period for short term disability (STD) . The Board shall deduct up to ten (10) sick leave, accumulated leave, and/or personal leave days (in that order respectively) during this wait period. The employer agrees to furnish the union any proposals for change that the carrier/company makes that may negatively impact members so that the union may respond to the carrier/company.