THOMPSON TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2014/07/01 - 2018/06/30 (EXPIRED)

ARTICLE 9 – BENEFITS

9.01 Group Life Insurance

a. A plan of Group Life Insurance shall be made available to the eligible teaching staff, and the cost of premiums shall be cost shared on an equal basis by the teachers and the Board. Participation in the plan is mandatory for all eligible employees.

b. Deduction of Premiums
The Board shall make the necessary payroll deductions for those eligible teachers.

c.  An eligible employee is one who is a permanent employee with a statutory contract of hire that is for at least .25 full time equivalency, or, a term employee who has a signed a Limited Term Teacher General statutory contract where the term of the contract is for a period of not less than one hundred (100) continuous teaching days and the full time equivalency is for at least. 25. Spring break and Christmas break do not constitute a break in continuous service.

d. Coverage begins the date an eligible employee actually begins working for the District. The amount of Life Benefit is two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00).

e. For the actual terms and conditions of the plan please refer to the Group Benefits booklet re: Contract #41180.