SUNRISE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

ARTICLE 19 - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PLANS

19.01 - Group Life Insurance

The Division will administer the Manitoba Public School Employees’ Group Life Insurance Plan according to the terms and conditions of the Master Policy of the said plan.

Unless otherwise excluded, the employees’ share of annual premiums shall be deducted in equal amounts from each salary cheque, for all participants in the plan.

All employees shall be required to participate in the plan.

19.02 - Dental Plan

  1. The Division will participate in the administration of the MSBA-MTS Dental Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement entered into by the Division and the Association, attached hereto as Schedule 1 (the “Dental Plan Agreement”).

 

  1. All Employees covered by this Collective Agreement that are eligible under the terms of the MSBA-MTS Dental Plan shall be required to participate in the MSBA/MTS Dental Plan unless entitled to elect out of the Dental Plan as may be permitted under the terms thereof.

 

  1. The cost of the MSBA-MTS Dental Plan will be paid by the Division in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Dental Plan Agreement.

 

  1. The Division agrees that the Division’s monthly contribution to the Dental Plan 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 Plan). Provided that prior to the beginning of the plan year an Employee may elect in prescribed form for reduced coverage as permitted under the terms of the Dental Plan in which case the Division agrees to make monthly payments to the Employee as follows:

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;

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 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;

  1. 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 dental plan coverage, shall receive an amount equal to the monthly rate for family coverage.

19.03 - Short Term Disability

The Division will administer The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Short Term Disability Insurance Plan.

All eligible employees covered by this collective agreement shall be required to participate in the Short Term Disability Plan. Premiums shall be deducted monthly from salary and remitted to the Plan.

The Division shall refund to the Association the whole of the additional rebate allowable under the Employment Insurance Commission Act.

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.

19.04 - Extended Health

  1. The Board shall administer The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Extended Health Benefit Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

  1. Except as noted in 3 and 4, all employees that are eligible under the terms of the Plan shall be required to participate in the Plan.

 

  1. Where an employee provides evidence of coverage for Extended Health Benefit through a spousal plan, such employee shall be eligible to opt out of this Plan subject to the terms of this Plan.

 

  1. An employee who works less than 0.3 shall not be required to join the Plan.

19.05 - Long Term Disability

The Division will administer The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Disability Plan.

The premiums for the Plan shall be paid by each participating employee and shall be deducted monthly from salary and remitted to the Plan.

Save and except for the deduction and remittance of premiums as directed by the Association, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Division neither has nor assumes any responsibility whatsoever with respect to the Disability Plan of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society.

19.06 - Limit on Division’s Responsibility for Benefit Plans

Save and except for the deduction and remittance of premiums as directed by the Association, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Division neither has, nor assumes, any responsibility whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the benefit plans administered by The Manitoba Teachers’ Society.