Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

1998–1999 form to the administrator of Human
Resources by February 1, 1999. The Superintendent may
elect to limit participation in VESA to a specified numberofteachers
from assigned teaching fields in 1998-
1999, after consultation with the Association.
Article 812
STRS-Board “Pick-Up”
STRS-Board “Pick-up” shall be implemented and effective
beginning with thefirst pay period of the 1983–84 school
year for teachers on pay plans A and B and effective with the
pay period beginning September 1, 1983, for teachers paid
on a monthly basis. This change in procedure will be of no
cost to the Board and is solely for the purpose of reducing
current tax for members of the bargaining unit and will
remain in effect so long as Revenue Ruling No. 77-462
remains substantially unchanged. Teachers are individually
responsible for reviewing the relationship between this article
and their other tax deferral arrangements, if any.
Article 813
Effective Dates
Thebenefits provided in Articles 806, 807, 808, and 809
shall be effective for newly employed members of the bargaining
unit on the first day of the month indicated on the
schedule of payroll and deduction dates on the line corresponding
to the first earnings period in which the new
employee works. Such benefits shall terminate on the last
day of the month indicated on the schedule of payroll and
deduction dates on the line corresponding to the last earnings
period in which the employee worked. Coverage for
members of the bargaining unit electing coverage under
Article 805 shall be in accordance with the schedules above.
Article 814
Cafeteria Premium Payment Plan
Effective with pay dates beginning January 1, 1993, the
Board shall sponsor and administer a Cafeteria Premium
Payment Plan established in accordance with Internal
Revenue Code Section 125 for members of the bargaining
unit. Under this plan, all employee payroll deductions
towards the premium(s) for health (Article 806), dental
(Article 807), vision (Article 808), life (Article 809), and/or
disability (Article 805) insurance(s) will be paid into the
Cafeteria Premium Payment Plan. It is the intention that
such employee payroll deductions will be excluded from an
employee’s gross income under Section 125 of the Internal
RevenueCode. This Cafeteria Premium Payment Plan is
provided solely for the purpose of reducing current income
tax for members of the bargaining unit whocontribute
employee payroll deductions for insurance premiums. The
Board will have no liability to the members of the bargain-
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