Common use of WELFARE PLAN Clause in Contracts

WELFARE PLAN. 12.01 The Corporation will contribute one hundred per cent (100%) of the cost of the Employer Health Tax and one hundred per cent (100%) of the cost of the Green Shield supplementary coverage for semi-private hospital accommodation, if desired by the employee, for each Fire Fighter and his/her dependents as defined by the plans. 12.02 The employee is responsible for promptly informing the Corporation of any change in the employee's eligibility or that of his/her dependents for coverage under the insurance plans, and any excess premiums paid on behalf of the employee shall be recoverable from the employee in the event of his/her neglect to so inform the Corporation. A Fire Fighter covered by the welfare plan is subject to co-ordination of benefit payments where an employee or spouse has coverage under more than one benefit plan. The Fire Fighter agrees to disclose any benefit coverage by which he/she or his/her spouse is covered that duplicates the coverage of this plan. 12.03 The Corporation will provide by contract with an insurer licensed under the Insurance Act, compulsory group life insurance for the Fire Fighters, except Probationers, in an amount two (2) times the basic annual salary, to the nearest $500.00, with accidental death and dismemberment rider, and the Corporation will contribute one hundred per cent (100%) of the amount of the premiums for the insurance on the life of each Fire Fighter. Coverage shall normally be adjusted effective on the first day of the month following a permanent increase in salary, but adjustments arising from the terms of a new or revised agreement shall be made effective as soon as possible after the signing of the Terms of Settlement. 12.04 The Corporation will provide a prescription drug plan under the Green Shield Plan (Drug Formulary 3 which excludes over the counter products and drugs and provides automatic generic substitution of drugs where there is no difference in therapeutic value or unless “no substitution” is specified by the employee’s physician) with a deductible of $10.00 single / $20.00 family and a dispensing fee cap of $8.00 per prescription. The Corporation shall contribute 100% of the amount of the premiums. This plan shall be obligatory for new employees. The $10 single / $20 family deductible will be effective January 1, 2002. (a) By-law No. 5785, relating to supplemental retirement allowances, as amended to date, shall not be further amended as affecting the members of the bargaining unit without the agreement of the Association. The parties agree that By-law No. 5785 shall be amended to provide that, for Fire Fighters, the allowance to be paid at age sixty (60) and up to and including the month in which the retiree's sixty-fifth (65th) birthday occurs, shall be calculated at the rate of one and three quarters per cent (1 3/4%) of the average salary stated in the said By-law. (b) The Corporation shall enter into an agreement with the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board for the provision of a Type II Supplement, based on the sixty (60) consecutive months ending December 31st, 1979. (c) The Corporation shall enter into an Agreement with the Ontario Municipal Employees' Retirement Board for the provision of a Type I Supplement. 12.06 An employee shall, on proceeding on normal retirement or retirement with unreduced OMERS pension, be provided without charge, with a paid-up life insurance policy in the amount of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00). Retirees continuing insurance under the provisions of earlier Agreements may continue to do so. 12.07 In consideration of the special situation with respect to health insurance benefits created by retirement at age sixty (60) or retirement under any unreduced OMERS Pension Plan, the Corporation agrees to pay, until the age of sixty-five (65), the premium cost negotiated from time to time with the Association: (a) Green Shield Supplementary coverage for semi-private hospital accommodation; (b) Prescription Drug Plan; (c) Green Shield Dental Plan; (d) Green Shield Vision Benefit - $200 every 24 months for prescription eye glasses or medically necessary contact lenses. The Green Shield Vision Benefit will be provided to all current retirees until age 65. These undertakings shall be subject to the Corporation's authority under the laws of the Province of Ontario to make such an agreement. 12.08 (a) (i) – The Corporation shall provide the Fire Fighters, and their eligible dependents, with dental care insurance under Green Shield Dental Plan, or, with the consent of the Association, its equivalent, based on the one (1) year lag for the Ontario Dental Association schedule of fees, with preventive oral recall examinations and preventive recall services occurring once every six (6) months for children under eighteen(18) years of age and nine (9) months for all others, and the premium costs shall be paid by the Corporation.

WELFARE PLAN. 12.01 The Corporation will contribute one hundred per cent (100%) of the cost of the Employer Health Tax and one hundred per cent (100%) of the cost of the Green Shield supplementary coverage for semi-private hospital accommodation, if desired by the employee, for each Fire Fighter and his/her dependents as defined by the plans. 12.02 The employee is responsible for promptly informing the Corporation of any change in the employee's eligibility or that of his/her dependents for coverage under the insurance plans, and any excess premiums paid on behalf of the employee shall be recoverable from the employee in the event of his/her neglect to so inform the Corporation. A Fire Fighter covered by the welfare plan is subject to co-ordination of benefit payments where an employee or spouse has coverage under more than one benefit plan. The Fire Fighter agrees to disclose any benefit coverage by which he/she or his/her spouse is covered that duplicates the coverage of this plan. 12.03 The Corporation will provide by contract with an insurer licensed under the Insurance Act, compulsory group life insurance for the Fire Fighters, except Probationers, in an amount two (2) times the basic annual salary, to the nearest $500.00, with accidental death and dismemberment rider, and the Corporation will contribute one hundred per cent (100%) of the amount of the premiums for the insurance on the life of each Fire Fighter. Coverage shall normally be adjusted effective on the first day of the month following a permanent increase in salary, but adjustments arising from the terms of a new or revised agreement shall be made effective as soon as possible after the signing of the Terms of Settlement. 12.04 The Corporation will provide a prescription drug plan under the Green Shield Plan (Drug Formulary 3 which excludes over the counter products and drugs and provides automatic generic substitution of drugs where there is no difference in therapeutic value or unless “no substitution” is specified by the employee’s physician) with a deductible of $10.00 single / $20.00 family and a dispensing fee cap of $8.00 per prescription. The Corporation shall contribute 100% of the amount of the premiums. This plan shall be obligatory for new employees. The $10 single / $20 family deductible will be effective January 1, 2002. (a) By-law No. 5785, relating to supplemental retirement allowances, as amended to date, shall not be further amended as affecting the members of the bargaining unit without the agreement of the Association. The parties agree that By-law No. 5785 shall be amended to provide that, for Fire Fighters, the allowance to be paid at age sixty (60) and up to and including the month in which the retiree's sixty-fifth (65th) birthday occurs, shall be calculated at the rate of one and three quarters per cent (1 3/4%) of the average salary stated in the said By-law. (b) The Corporation shall enter into an agreement with the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board for the provision of a Type II Supplement, based on the sixty (60) consecutive months ending December 31st, 1979. (c) The Corporation shall enter into an Agreement with the Ontario Municipal Employees' Retirement Board for the provision of a Type I Supplement. 12.06 An employee shall, on proceeding on normal retirement or retirement with unreduced OMERS pension, be provided without charge, with a paid-up life insurance policy in the amount of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00). Retirees continuing insurance under the provisions of earlier Agreements may continue to do so. 12.07 In consideration of the special situation with respect to health insurance benefits created by retirement at age sixty (60) or retirement under any unreduced OMERS Pension Plan, the Corporation agrees to pay, until the age of sixty-five (65), the premium cost negotiated from time to time with the Association: (a) Green Shield Supplementary coverage for semi-private hospital accommodation; (b) Prescription Drug Plan; (c) Green Shield Dental Plan; (d) Green Shield Vision Benefit - $200 every 24 months for prescription eye glasses or medically necessary contact lenses. The Green Shield Vision Benefit will be provided to all current retirees until age 65. These undertakings shall be subject to the Corporation's authority under the laws of the Province of Ontario to make such an agreement. 12.08 (a) (i) – The Corporation shall provide the Fire Fighters, and their eligible dependents, with dental care insurance under Green Shield Dental Plan, or, with the consent of the Association, its equivalent, based on the one (1) year lag for the Ontario Dental Association schedule of fees, with preventive oral recall examinations and preventive recall services occurring once every six (6) months for children under eighteen(18) years of age and nine (9) months for all others, and the premium costs shall be paid by the Corporation.six