RIVER EAST TRANSCONA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

APPENDIX II

GROUP BENEFITS PLANS

  1. Group Life Insurance Plan

 

    1. 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.

 

    1. Where an employee qualifies for group life insurance, the employee’s share of annual premiums shall be deducted in equal amounts for each salary payment.

 

    1. All employees coming on staff after the effective date of the implementation of the plan in this Division or who have been members of the plan in the previous River East School Division or Transcona-Springfield School 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.
  1. Manitoba Teachers’ Society Disability Benefits Plan

 

    1. The Division 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. Any teacher employed by the Division 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. MSBA/MTS Group Dental Plan
    1. Effective September 1, 2005, 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.
    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 payment to the Employee as follows:
      1. 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;
      2. 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;
      3. 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 plan coverage, shall receive an amount equal to the monthly rate for family coverage.
  1. Short Term Disability Plan

The Division will administer a Short Term Disability plan satisfactory to the parties.

All 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 premium reduction allowable under the Employment Insurance Commission Act due to the Short Term Disability Plan within two weeks of receipt of same.

  1. Deferred Salary Leave Plan

The Division agrees to administer a Deferred Salary Leave Plan as determined by the parties and which is acceptable to Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.

  1. Group Extended Health Benefit Plan

The Division shall administer the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Extended Health Benefits Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of that Plan subject to the provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Parties.

  1. Participation in Group Plans while on Leave

 

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the plans, a teacher who has been granted a leave of absence and/or parenting leave and who is eligible to continue to participate during his/her absence in any group plans shall prepay to the Division a sum of money equal to the total premiums for the period of the leave of absence to a maximum of two (2) years or make such other arrangement for monthly payments to the Division as is agreed to by the Division. The Division shall thereupon make payments under the plans on behalf of the teacher during the said two (2) years of leave of absence.  In the event there is a rate change in any of the plans during the duration of the leave, the Division shall inform the teacher of the additional sums of money necessitated by the change in rates.

 

Furthermore, the Division shall inform the teacher at the time of notification that the leave has been granted, the approximate amount of premiums payable by the teacher for the duration of the leave.