collective agreement - OECTA Durham Secondary

DCDSB - OECTA Durham Secondary Unit 35
Collective Agreement 2004-2008
ARTICLE VII: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (cont’d)
7:02 Long-Term Disability
Teachers will pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium
for a Long-Term Disability Plan. The teachers shall be
responsible for the selection of the carrier and the Board agrees
to administer the Plan.
7:03 Optional Insurance
1) Employees and/or spouses covered under the Board
Benefits Plan have the option of purchasing, at their own
expense, additional life insurance of either $20,000,
$40,000, 60,000 or $80,000, subject to the insurer’s
requirements concerning medical evidence.
2) Employees covered under the Board Benefit Plan may
purchase, at their own expense, dependent’s insurance in
the amount of up to $100,000 (in increments of $10,000) for
a spouse and up to $20,000 (in increments of $5,000) for
dependent children. Such insurance shall be subject to the
insurer’s requirements regarding medical evidence.
7:04 Part-time Teachers
A teacher under contract with the Board who teaches on a parttime
basis shall, subject to eligibility requirements as specified by
the Board’s insurers, be allowed to participate in Employee
Benefits. The Board’s share of premium shall be pro-rated
according to the annual average aggregate teaching load. The
foregoing shall not apply to a teacher currently employed by the
Board who was teaching part-time for the 1987-88 school year
and who continues to be employed each year thereafter as a
part-time teacher. For such a teacher, premium costs shall not
be pro-rated.
Note: The benefits under this Section shall apply to all teachers
employed by the Board except those exempted by reason of
coverage with their spouses in another group.
DCDSB - OECTA Durham Secondary Unit 36
Collective Agreement 2004-2008
ARTICLE VII: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (cont’d)
7:04 Part-time Teachers (cont’d)
Note (cont’d)
Participation in the Plan of Group Term Life Insurance with
Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits and the Long-
Term Disability Insurance Plan is agreed to be a condition of
employment with the Board with the exception of superannuated
teachers. As well, any teacher ineligible to receive LTD benefits
because they are eligible for a sixty percent (60%), unreduced
pension, shall not be required to participate in the Long Term
Disability Plan.
7:05 Health Care Benefits for Retirees
Upon retirement, and subject to continuing eligibility
requirements, a teacher may continue coverage under any of the
group benefit plans (except for LTD) in which the teacher
participated, provided that:
(a) a separate group will be established for such retirees and
premiums will be established on the basis of those
participants in the group;
(b) each participating retiree shall pay the full premium costs of
any group benefit;
(c) coverage shall cease at age sixty five (65).
7:06 Employee Benefits
Article 3:03(2) of the September 1, 2002 to August 31, 2004
Collective Agreement was deleted from the September 1, 2004
to August 31, 2008 Collective Agreement resulting in a cost
savings of $21,600 per year commencing September 1, 2005.
Notwithstanding Article 7:05(b), for teachers who have ten (10)
years of service or more with the Board and who retire on or
after June 30, 2005, the Board shall contribute a maximum of
$30,000 each year to pay up to seventy five percent (75%) of the
premium costs (and up to fifty percent [50%] of the premium
costs for those eligible for a retirement gratuity pursuant to