PRAIRIE SPIRIT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2018/07/01 - 2022/06/30

Letter of Agreement

LETTER OF AGREEMENT – MTS SHORT TERM DISABILITY PLAN

Between

The Prairie Spirit School Division

and

The Prairie Spirit Teachers’ Association

of the

Manitoba Teachers’ Society

Re: Implementation and administration of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Short Term Disability Plan

 

The Division agrees to administer the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Short Term Disability Plan effective May 1, 2015 under the following terms and conditions.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. The Board’s responsibility with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be limited to the following:
  1. deducting premiums from the teachers;
  2. enrolling newly hired teachers in the Plan;
  3. completing a premium statement to accompany premium remittances;
  4. distributing plan information to teachers from time to time;
  5. 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 claims or benefits, as per the requirement of the plan.                       

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

Dated at Swan Lake, Manitoba this 23rd day of April, 2015

 

Signed on behalf of the Prairie Spirit School Division:

__________________________

Chairperson

__________________________

Secretary – Treasurer

 

Signed on behalf of the Prairie Spirit Teachers’ Association:

__________________________

President

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Secretary