a) The Board shall administer the Manitoba Public Schools Employees Group Life Insurance Plan according to the terms and conditions of the Master Policy of the said Plan and subject to the limitations set out in d).
b) All teachers shall be provided with the basic insurance of 200% of salary with premiums to be shared equally between the employee and the Board. Where teachers opt for additional levels of insurance coverage, the premiums associated with such additional coverage shall be borne exclusively by the teacher.
c) All teachers coming on staff after the effective date of the implementation of the Plan in the Division shall be required to participate in the Plan, unless granted exclusion by the Trustees of the Manitoba Public School Employees Group Life Insurance Plan.
d) The Board’s responsibility with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be limited to the following:
i) deducting premiums from the teachers;
ii) enrolling newly hired teachers in the Plan;
iii) maintaining records of the teachers who are and are not insured, including maintaining files of application cards, late applicants, teachers whose coverage was rejected on late application, beneficiary designations, and teachers whose coverage has terminated on leaving the Division;
iv) completing a premium statement to accompany premium remittances;
v) providing claim forms to teachers or beneficiaries on request;
vi) completing and submitting the Employer Claim Submission for claimants;
vii) distributing Plan information to teachers from time to time;
viii) conducting periodic re-openings from Accidental Death and Dismemberment applications.
e) Save and except for the express responsibilities set out in d) of this article, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Board neither has nor assumes any responsibility whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the Manitoba Public School Employees Group Life Insurance Plan.
f) The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of premiums or exercise of other responsibilities with respect to the Group Life Insurance Plan.
a) The Board shall deduct from teachers’ salaries the full premium costs prescribed by the Plan and shall forward such premiums on a monthly basis to the Plan.
b) All teachers shall be enrolled in the Plan and shall participate in the Plan, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.
c) Any teacher entering the Division’s employ shall be enrolled automatically in the Plan and shall have deducted monthly from his/her salary the amount of premiums specified by the Plan.
d) The Board’s responsibility with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be limited to the following:
i) deducting premiums from the teachers;
ii) enrolling newly hired teachers in the Plan;
iii) maintaining records of the teachers who are and are not insured, including maintaining files of application cards, late applicants, teachers whose coverage was rejected on late application, beneficiary designations, and teachers whose coverage has terminated on leaving the Division;
iv) completing a premium statement to accompany premium remittances;
v) distributing plan information to teachers from time to time;
vi) completing a Disability Notification Form and submitting it to the Plan after a teacher has been absent ten (10) consecutive teaching days and where the sickness or disability may result in the filing of a claims for benefits;
vii) reporting to the Plan salary changes for teachers in receipt of benefits.
e) Save and except for the express responsibilities set out in (d) of this article, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Board neither has nor assumes any responsibility whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the Disability Benefits Plan.
f) The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of premiums or exercise of other responsibilities with respect to the Disability Benefits Plan.
Commencing on and from September 1, 2015, the Division shall administer the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Short Term Disability Plan as follows:
a) The Board shall deduct from teachers’ salaries the full premium costs prescribed by the Plan and shall forward such premiums on a monthly basis to the Plan.
b) All eligible teachers shall be enrolled in the Plan and shall participate in the Plan, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.
c) Any teacher entering the Division’s employ shall be enrolled automatically in the Plan and shall have deducted semi-monthly from his/her salary the amount of premiums specified by the Plan.
d) The Board’s responsibility with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be limited to the following:
i) deducting the premiums from the teachers;
ii) enrolling newly hired teachers in the plan;
iii) completing a premium statement to accompany premium remittances;
iv) completing a Short Term Disability Notification Form and submitting it to the Plan when a teacher has been absent from teaching and where the sickness or disability may result in the filing of a claim or benefits, as per the requirement of the Plan.
e) Save and except for the express responsibilities set out in (d) of this article, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Board neither has nor assumes any responsibility whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the Short Term Disability Plan.
f) The Association shall indemnify and save the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of premiums or exercise of other responsibilities with respect to the Short Term Disability plan.
g) The Division shall refund to the Association 100% of the additional premium rebate under the Employment Insurance Commission Act as a result of the implementation and continuation of the Short Term Disability Plan.
a) The Division will participate in the administration of the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Benefits Plan(s), (MPSE Dental and EHB Plan(s) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement entered into by the Division and the Association attached hereto as the Collateral Agreement.
b) All Employees covered by this Collective Agreement that are eligible under the terms of the MPSE Dental Plan and EHB Plan(s) shall be required to participate in the MPSE Dental and EHB Plan(s) unless entitled to elect out of the Dental and/or EHB Plan(s) as may be permitted under the terms thereof.
c) The cost of the MPSE Dental and EHB Plan(s) will be paid by the Division in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Dental and EHB Plan(s) Agreement.
d) The Division agrees that the Division’s monthly contribution to the MPSE Dental and EHB Plan(s) on behalf of each Employee will be the monthly rate for family coverage (that is, entitlement to coverage for an Employee, his/her spouse, and his/her dependent children, having regard to the definition of spouse and dependent children in the Dental and EHB Plan(s)). Provided that an Employee may elect, in prescribed form, for reduced coverage as permitted under the terms of the Dental and EHB Plan(s) in which case the Division agrees to make monthly payments to the Employee as follows:
(i) An Employee with only one dependent (spouse or child) who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt down from family coverage under the Dental Plan to coverage for Employee and one other family member only, shall receive an amount equal to the difference in the monthly rate between family coverage and coverage for an Employee and one dependent only; or
(ii) An Employee with neither spouse nor dependent children who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt down from family coverage under the Dental and Extended Health Plan to coverage for an Employee only, shall receive an amount equal to the difference in the monthly rate between family coverage and coverage for an Employee only; or
(iii) An Employee who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt out of all coverage on the basis that the Employee’s spouse has group Dental and/or Extended Health plan coverage, shall receive an amount equal to the monthly rate for family coverage.
a) The Board will establish a professional development fund by way of a separate allocation in its annual budget which will be jointly administered by the Association and Division.
b) The Board shall make an annual allocation per fiscal year as set out below:
| Fiscal 2014/15 | Fiscal 2015/16 | Fiscal 2016/17 | Fiscal 2017/18 |
| $462,786 | $472,042 | $481,483 | $495,927 |
c) The Professional Development Fund will not be an imprest fund.
(An imprest fund is created when a cash payment is made from the central bank account of the Division into either a pool of physical cash or into a bank account separate from the Division’s central bank account and which is under the control of designated teachers of the Division. Disbursements are made from the imprest fund separate from the central disbursement process as directed by the designated teachers).
d) A Management Committee will be established to administer the Fund comprised of equal representation from the Division and the Association. The Superintendent will appoint the Division representatives on the Management Committee and the President of the Pembina Trails Teachers’ Association will appoint the Association representatives. The maximum size of the Management Committee will be eight (8).
e) Where irreconcilable differences between the parties exist with respect to the administration of the Fund, a third party shall mediate/arbitrate any difference.
f) The Division and the Association will agree on the name(s) of a third party or parties who will be available to mediate/arbitrate any irreconcilable differences between the parties on the administration of this Fund. The decision of the third party mediator/arbitrator will be final and binding.
g) The Professional Development Fund expenditures are for sabbaticals (full or partial), in-service training, workshops, conferences, a course or courses of study which may or may not include paid or unpaid leaves of absence, or any other professional development activity which is appropriate.
h) The Professional Development Fund is set out in addition to any other budgeted professional development allocation for staff, including teachers, which the Board may choose to make in the course of establishing its annual budget.
i) Any professional development activity must have as its aim and purpose to provide a benefit and furtherance to the educational activities of the Pembina Trails School Division.
j) A Joint Professional Development Accumulated Surplus/Deficit Fund (“the Surplus/Deficit Fund”) shall be established commencing with the results of the 2007/08 Fiscal Year. For any fiscal year when the actual amount expended is less than the amount of the annual allocation adjusted by the carried forward balance in the Surplus/Deficit Fund from the prior fiscal year, the unexpended amount shall be added to the Surplus/Deficit Fund. For any fiscal year when the actual amount expended is greater than the amount of the annual allocation adjusted by the carried forward balance in the Surplus/Deficit Fund from the prior fiscal year, the over expended amount shall be deducted from the Surplus/Deficit Fund. The balance in the Surplus/Deficit Fund shall be added to or deducted from the annual allocation for the subsequent fiscal year. The Management Committee shall take every reasonable precaution not to over expend the amounts available to it in any fiscal year.
DATED at Winnipeg, Manitoba, this 30th day of April, A.D. 2015.
Pembina Trails Teachers’ Association
of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Pembina Trails School Division
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President Chair of the Board
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Negotiations Chair Secretary Treasurer