WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. Where an employee is disabled due to a sickness or non-occupational accident, a weekly benefit amounting to 70% of wages (applicable classified hourly rate X 40; or 38) in effect during the 26 week period will be paid to an employee who is off work and under the care of a doctor. Payments will commence on the first day of the disability if due to an accident, and on the fourth day if due to a sickness, and will continue to a maximum of 26 weeks for any one period of disability. Payments will be mailed directly to the employee’s place of residence registered with the Company.
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. The Weekly Indemnity Plan premiums will be paid by the employees. Except for part-time temporary employees and those hired for temporary vacation relief, enrollment in the plan is compulsory for all employees after three (3) months' continuous service. Enrollment for vacation relief employees is compulsory after four (4) months' continuous service. The Plan pays benefits at 50% basic earnings at the onset of disability through sickness or accident except that the first three (3) days of disability are covered by available sick leave credits. Any changes to the Plan, including benefits provided, require mutual agreement by the Parties. (Note: Weekly Indemnity and Long Term Disability application in Article 15 of the Agreement.)
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY urn ELIGIBILITY Full time employees will be eligible to become a member of the Group Insurance Plan when they have completed three months of continuous employment with the Company, provided they are at work on that date. If not at work on that date, they are eligible immediately upon ret to work.
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. The employee agrees to pay one hundred percent (100%) of all premiums for Weekly Indemnity and Long-Term Disability coverage provided under the Group Benefit Package. It is understood that this arrangement is made to ensure that the benefits received from any claims will not be taxable in the hands of the employee.
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. Full-time employees shall be provided with insurance coverage that includes weekly indemnity for up to seventeen (17) weeks, to take effect on the 1st day after an accident or admission to a hospital or the 8th day of sickness and Long Term Disability Insurance to take effect after the 17th week until age 65, subject to the underwriting policies and issues guidelines. The premiums for the weekly indemnity and Long Term Disability Insurance shall be one hundred (100) percent paid for by the Employer.
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. The plan is underwritten by Manulife Financial and is compulsory for all but part-time temporary and vacation relief employees after three (3) months continuous employment. The plan pays benefits of 50% of the employee's basic earnings in payment at the onset of disability through sickness or accident but not for the first three (3) days of disability which are covered by available sick leave credits. Payments continue for a period of twenty six (26) weeks while an employee remains disabled from performing normal duties. After 26 weeks Long Term Disability starts, but after two (2) years of absence payments continue only while the employee is disabled from performing any occupation he is reasonably fitted for by training, education or experience. Coverage ceases at age 65 or normal retirement date. Payments are reduced if the employee is eligible for Canada Disability Pension or retires on pension or receives group insurance installment payments as a totally disabled person. Payment is not made if Workers' Compensation time-loss benefit is payable. The full premium is to be paid by OPEIU members, therefore the benefits received are not income taxable. See Article 10.04 and 15 for Agreement provisions. DENTAL PLAN This plan is underwritten by M.S.A. and provides preventive, major reconstruction, and orthodontia services that are routinely performed in the office of a general practicing dentist or denturist, while you are covered by the plan. Part A - covers maintenance and normal restorative services such as examinations and x-rays; preventive treatments such as scaling and fluoride applications; extractions; normal surgery by dentists; filling; inlays and onlays and repairs and relining of appliances. Part B - covers major reconstruction and replacement services such as crowns (rebuilding natural teeth), full or partial dentures, and crowns and bridges (to replace missing teeth).
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. Upon completion by the employee of a Personal Guarantee and Letter of Authorization, the Employer agrees to provide an advance to an employee who has applied for workplace safety and insurance, Weekly Indemnity of Long Term Disability benefits. The amount of the advance shall be the amount of the particular benefit being sought by the employee from WSIB or the insurance carrier. The Employer will provide the advance on a weekly basis only until the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board or the insurance company has issued an initial decision as to the employee's eligibility for benefits. The parties agree that the Personal Guarantee and Letter of Authorization constitute a written authorization by the employee for the purposes of section 14(1) of Regulation 325 of the Employment Standards Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.l4. The Employer will provide the union office with a computer and a printer comparable to those being used in the plant office. The Employer will also provide the union with a printer. These facilities as well as those set out in Letter # 2 will be shared by the Union Plant Committee and its members of the Joint Health & Safety Committee. During the term of the Collective Agreement the parties will meet to discuss the progress and possible expansion of the Apprenticeship Program. This letter shall only apply to those employees who enrolled in the pension plan within six (6) months of their having first become eligible to enroll in the plan. For those employees who meet the above criteria the following procedure will be applied. From the date the employee became eligible to participate in the pension to the following July 1st or January 1st, whichever occurred first, the employee shall be given the option of contributing $11.00 per week for the period from the date he or she became eligible to join and the following July 15th or January 1st, which occurred first. This contribution can be done by means of a lump sum payment or weekly payroll deduction. If an eligible employee elects to make such a contribution, the Employer will match the contributions (either by means of a lump sum or on a weekly basis) for the same time frame. Eligible employees who wish to participate in this scheme shall notify the Employer in writing by December 16, 1996.
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. Benefits shall be calculated on the assumption of one hundred and seventy three (173) hours per month, times (X) the applicable base rate.
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. Employees will have a flat 25% deducted at source from their Weekly Indemnity or Long Term Disability cheques.
WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY. The Corporation shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium for the following benefits:
(a) Weekly Indemnity Payment, due to sickness or accident, equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the gross salary to a maximum of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) per week, excluding Workers’ Compensation benefits. Period -- seventeen (17) weeks first (1st) day of accident or fourth (4th) day of sickness or first (1st) day hospitalization in either case.
(b) Long Term Disability, continues following expiration of weekly indemnity payment equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of gross salary, maximum three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) per month, payable to normal retirement date or death, whichever comes first.
(i) The Corporation shall continue to pay the premiums for a maximum period of twenty-four (24) months for Group Life Insurance, A.D.&D, Extended Health, Dental and Vision, excluding pension, for those employees on Weekly Indemnity and Long Term Disability. Where an employee chooses to continue to contribute to OMERS while on weekly indemnity, the Corporation will match the employee’s contribution pursuant to OMERS’ regulations.
