WELFARE PROGRAM Clause Samples

The Welfare Program clause establishes the employer's commitment to providing certain benefits or support services to employees, often related to health, well-being, or financial assistance. This clause typically outlines the types of welfare programs available, such as health insurance, retirement plans, or employee assistance programs, and may specify eligibility criteria or the process for accessing these benefits. Its core practical function is to ensure employees are aware of and have access to support mechanisms that promote their welfare, thereby fostering a positive work environment and addressing employee needs beyond basic compensation.
WELFARE PROGRAM. 28.01 Attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement is Schedule “A” outlining the Health and Welfare benefits under this Agreement.
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WELFARE PROGRAM. 14.01 For the duration of the Agreement the Company will pay the cost of the Basic Life Insurance, Weekly Indemnity, and Long Term Disability Plans and maintain them at the same level of benefits. The Company will also maintain the existing Pension, Dental Plans and Extended Health Care coverage on the same cost-sharing basis. Details of these benefits are as outlined in the policies. Orthodontic coverage will be provided with a 50% co-insurance feature. This plan will provide a $4,000 lifetime maximum with a $2,000 maximum for any one (1) calendar year. This plan is provided to all employees and their dependents regardless of age. Pit and fissure treatments will be provided for dependent children under the age of sixteen (16). The Company will provide the Union with copies of the Ontario Dental Association (ODA) fee guides for General Practitioners and Specialists annually, if requested. In the event that the Company is obligated by law to contribute towards the cost of benefit(s) which are the same or similar to one or more of the medical benefits referred to in Article 14.01, the same arrangements for payment will apply as in 14.01. The Company will provide the Union with copies of appropriate policies. The life insurance of all regular employees covered by this Agreement will be equivalent to 1.6 times basic earnings (1946.49 x base rate inclusive of shift differential and rounded to the next highest multiple of one- thousand 1,000). Minimum coverage to be $25,000. Employees may apply for optional insurance in $10,000 units to a maximum of $250,000. Whenever the Company/Insurance Carrier requests uninsured health care services, Cabot Canada Ltd. agrees to reimburse the employee for the costs of such services. The Weekly Indemnity Plan referred to in Article 14.01 will provide a weekly benefit of 75% of regular weekly earnings. Weekly Indemnity will be based on a 16-hour waiting period for sickness. The waiting period will be waived should the employee be unable to work for a period of two (2) consecutive calendar weeks or more as a result of the same disability for the first occurrence in a calendar year. If the employee is hospitalized (hospitalized means active bed treatment or emergency room bed treatment), suffers an accident or undergoes surgery performed by a licensed physician in their office or clinic, payment will commence on the first day. An employee under Doctor’s care will be paid all wage increases as they come into effect.
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WELFARE PROGRAM. The Employer agrees to make available to all employees who have completed their probationary period and to pay the total premiums in respect of the following Welfare Program: Group Life Insurance: $30,000.00 Accidental Death and Dismemberment: $30,000.00 Sickness & Accident Benefits: $460.00 per week Comprehensive Medical Prescription Drugs: $2.00 / prescription 100% reimbursement for managed supplementary formulary Long-Term Disability: $1,000.00 per month as per Group Insurance Plan Effective 27th week Vision Care: $300.00 maximum every 2 years Dental Plan: The payment of Benefits under the above insured plans is subject to the terms and conditions of the carrier. Included in the above is a Dental Plan, as per the booklet issued to the employees. Said Dental Plan shall be the 2004 O.D.A. rates effective Oct 1, 2005, the 2005 O.D.A. rates effective July 1, 2006, the 2006 O.D.A. rates effective July 1, 2007. The Employer agrees to contribute $0.55 (cents) per hour worked to an R.R.S.P. type pension plan. This benefit takes effect on the first of the month, fourteen months after completion of probationary employment period.
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WELFARE PROGRAM. 30.01 The Employer will provide a welfare program for all Regular employees upon completion of six months of service, consisting of; Life Insurance and Accidental Death Benefits equal to at least one time the Employees Base Annual Pay. The employer will provide, employees in the bargaining unit, the Basic Medical Benefits which will cover the following; Office Visit Co-Pay =$20; Emergency Room Co- Pay =$50. Each member is allowed 19 wellcare visits without any co- pay. Major Medical deductible; $500 per individual- $1000 per family. After deductible is met, the next $10,000 in charges are paid as follows; Plan pays 90% and Members pay 10%. Plan pays 100% thereafter.( Service performed outside physician's office are subject to deductible and co-insurance. Deductible waived for minor laboratory services.) Yearly deductibles shall not exceed $1,500.00 per any co- pay dependent and $3,000.00 per family out of network. After the deductible is met, the next $10,000 in charges are paid as follows; Plan pays 70%, members pay 30%. Plan will then pay 100% thereafter. Prescription plan; Generic prescription drug =$7; Brand Name prescription drug =$25; Non-Formulary Prescription drug =$40. Dental Plan includes $5 office visit co-pay, with no deductible or annual maximum. All services are subject to a schedule of co-payments, [i.e.Periodic Exam- no cost; Filling- $17-$26; Root Canal- $120-$370; Crown- $395; Denture- $450-$500; Orthodontia- $2425.] A Vision Discount Program includes; eye examination every two years at no cost; 20%-40% discount on frames and 25%-30% discount on standard lenses. A premium payment for the Health Care Plan will be; 10% for the year, 2006; 11% for the year, 2007; 12% for the year, 2008. These benefits are described by the specific insurance contracts to be filed with CWA District One. The employer may change the insurance carrier and benefit levels for bargaining unit members so long as (1) it shall discuss such changes with the union in advance of their implementation, (2) such changes shall not result in the overall diminishment of benefits to the bargaining unit employees, and (3) the co-payment amount for each employee shall not be decreased.
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WELFARE PROGRAM. The employee welfare program described in a pamphlet entitled, “Your Welfare Plan” published by Teamster’s Local 575 shall be provided to all employees at a cost to the Borough not exceeding twenty ($20.00). Any additional cost for said welfare plan shall be paid by the employees receiving same.
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WELFARE PROGRAM. 23.01 (a) The Company Group Insurance Program (see summary sheet of dental, health, life, STD and LTD outline in Appendix “B”) will be provided to the members of the Union. The Company shall be responsible for selection of the carrier(s) and payment of their portion of the benefit premium only.
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Related to WELFARE PROGRAM

  • WELFARE PLAN Section 1: The Plan Section 2: Joint Welfare Board

  • Health and Welfare Benefit Plans During the Employment Period, Executive and Executive’s immediate family shall be entitled to participate in such health and welfare benefit plans as the Employer shall maintain from time to time for the benefit of senior executive officers of the Employer and their families, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such plan. Nothing in this Section shall limit the Employer’s right to change or modify or terminate any benefit plan or program as it sees fit from time to time in the normal course of business so long as it does so for all senior executives of the Employer.

  • Welfare Plans Effective as of the Closing Date, Purchaser shall provide group health, life insurance, long term disability and other welfare and fringe benefit plan coverage and benefits (for the purposes of this Section 6.8, “Purchaser’s Health, Welfare and Fringe Benefit Plans”) for Newsprint Employees and Apache Employees who are offered and accept employment with Purchaser as of the Closing Date and who otherwise qualify for such coverage or benefits. In the case of Hourly Newsprint Employees and Hourly Apache Employees, such coverage or benefits shall provide substantially comparable coverage and benefits in the aggregate as Seller’s health, life insurance, welfare and fringe benefit plans provide (for the purposes of this Section 6.8, “Seller’s Health, Welfare and Fringe Benefit Plans”) and otherwise comply with the relevant Collective Bargaining Agreements and in part shall provide for Purchaser’s assumption and continuation of Seller’s Health, Welfare and Fringe Benefit Plans covering Hourly Newsprint Employees and Hourly Apache Employees. In the case of Salaried Employees, Purchaser shall offer substantially comparable coverage and benefits in the aggregate as provided under Seller’s Health, Welfare and Fringe Benefit Plans, except for including retiree health and retiree life insurance. Purchaser may assume and continue any or all of Seller’s Health, Welfare and Fringe Benefit Plans, except for Seller’s health and dental benefits for Salaried Employees, coverage under which shall be provided to Retained Employees and Hired Employees in accordance with the terms of the Transitional Services Agreement. A Newsprint Employee’s or Apache Employee’s last continuous period of service with Seller or Apache shall be counted as if it had been service for Purchaser in determining eligibility for the coverage and benefits set forth in this Section 6.8. Attached as Schedule 6.8 is a list of the last continuous period of service of Newsprint Employees and Apache Employees as of the date set forth on Schedule 6.8. If Purchaser assumes and continues one or more of Seller’s Health, Welfare and Fringe Benefit Plans, the parties shall enter into the Welfare Benefit Plans Assignment and Assumption Agreement in this regard.

  • Welfare Benefit Plans During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive's family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and its affiliated companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.

  • HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN 9.01 The Employer shall make available the following or similar benefits as mutually agreed between the Employer and the Union to eligible regular full-time employees (as defined below). The cost of the benefits under Sections 9.07, 9.08, 9.09, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12 and 9.13 below shall be paid one hundred percent (100%) by the Employer. An eligible full-time employee shall be one who has three (3) consecutive months current employment at the effective date of the Plan. Benefits for full-time employees who are laid off will be maintained by the Employer for one half (½) of the employee's recall period as specified in Section 14.04 on the following basis: - B.C. Medical Services Plan (M.S.P.) - Group Life Insurance - Hearing aid, eyeglasses and prescription drug coverage A regular full-time employee who does not have three (3) months' current consecutive full-time service at the effective date of the Plan, or a new employee, shall be eligible the day following the date their current consecutive full-time service reaches three (3) months. 9.02 A regular full-time employee reduced to part-time shall continue to be eligible to participate in the Plan. Full-time employees reducing to below thirty-two (32) hours per week shall receive proportionate Weekly Indemnity benefits. Employees shall return completed enrollment forms as soon as possible. The Employer will only offer benefits after first eligibility test is met. If refused at that time by the employee, further testing is not required. If an employee later wants coverage, it is his or her responsibility to make application to the Employer. If he or she is eligible for coverage, the same rules regarding late enrollment as apply to full- time staff may be imposed. 9.03 The Employer shall also make available the benefits to employees (except students) who work an average of thirty-two (32) hours per week for a period of three (3) consecutive months. Such employees shall receive the same benefits as set out for full-time employees in this Section of the Agreement. 9.04 For the purposes of entitlement and disentitlement, the conditions set out below will apply: A. Employees who average thirty-two (32) hours per week for a three (3) month period will be eligible for all benefits under Section 9 on the first of the month following meeting this requirement. Eligibility verifications will be done each month ending on the last Saturday of the month on a 4, 4, 5 basis, i.e.: if an employee had averaged thirty-two (32) hours per week in the three (3) months prior to April 25, he/she would become eligible for the benefit package on May 1. B. If an employee fails to meet the eligibility test, he/she will continue to be eligible for three (3) months. At that time he/she will be tested again and, if eligible, will continue receiving benefits. If not eligible, will cease receiving benefits. Thereafter at the end of each month, the employee's eligibility will be tested and, as soon as he/she becomes eligible again, benefits will be reinstated. 9.05 The Employer shall also make available: - Medical Services Plan (M.S.P.) - Extended Health Benefit (E.H.B.) - Hearing Aid, Eyeglass, Prescription Drug Plan (H.E.P.) to employees (except students) who work an average of twenty-four (24) hours per week for a period of three (3) consecutive months. For the purposes of entitlement and disentitlement, the hours' tests set out above will apply, but will be based on twenty-four (24) hours instead of thirty-two (32) hours per week. New employees who are covered by the B.C. Medical Services Plan at the date of their employment can elect to maintain their continuity of coverage to be paid as defined above. 9.06 Enrollment of group benefits shall be compulsory at the option of the Employer. The Employer, at his option, may require all enrollment cards to be signed within three (3) months from the date that regular full-time employment commenced. If, under exceptional circumstances, an employee does not sign an enrollment card within three (3) months of employment, he or she may be allowed a further month of grace at the option of the Employer. A period of grace longer than one (1) month may be allowed by the Employer; but, in such cases, a medical examination at the employee's own expense shall be compulsory and a three (3) month penalty period may be imposed.