Common use of AND WELFARE Clause in Contracts

AND WELFARE. The Company shall be entitled to have an employee examined by any medical practitioner at the Company’s expense. The Company’s doctor shall endeavour to con- ▇▇▇▇ with the employee’s personal physician as to the em- ployee’s physical condition. No employee shall be to undergo a medical examination on his day off or regular work hours. In cases where there is a dispute between the Compa- ny’s doctor and the employee’s doctor as the condition, the Company and Union will select an indepen- dent doctor (specialist) who will examine the employee and render a decision as to the employee’s condition. The independent doctor’s decision shall be binding on the Company and the Union and the employee. This cost of the doctor shall be borne by the Company and the Union on a basis. TRUSTEED DENTAL PLAN (ONTARIO) Effective January the Company shall make a direct contribution to the Dental Plan of four- teen (14) cents per hour and effective October c ontribution shall be fifteen (15) cents per hour for straight-time hour of actual work in respect of all employees in the Bargaining Unit. The contributions will be forwarded to the Trust established by a Board of Trustees made up of an equal number of Company and Union members. The Plan will be controlled by the Board of Trustees and the maximum coverage payment of claims shall be as determined from time to time by the Board of Trustees. It is agreed that in the event the Government of Canada or the Province of Ontario provides a non-contributory Dental Care Plan with similar benefits, the Company’s obligations to continue contributions to the Dental Plan shall cease. It is further understood, should a Govern- ment Plan create duplicate benefits, then these benefits shall be deleted from the Dental Plan and the Company’s contribution in respect to the cost of these benefits shall cease. Effective December the Company shall be a participant in the Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan for all employeescovered by this Agreement at a contribution of forty-one (41) cents per hour, and Effective December forty-seven (47)cents per hour. Also, effective August and solely to retire any past service liability, a contribution in addition to one or more of the foregoing future service contributions, of seven (7) cents per hour. The Company shall contribute in respect of hours paid for time worked and hours paid for time not worked due to sickness, vacations and public holidays (excluding Weekly Indemnity). The maximum number of such paid hours in a week for any employee shall be the nu of hours in the basic work week pursuant to Article of this Agreement. The maximum pension benefit level under the Plan for service prior to entry into the Plan for employees of the Company shall be per month for each year of credited service with the Company prior to entry into the Plan to a maximum of twenty (20) such years of credited service. The cost of the past service benefit for the Company’s employees who are members of the bargaining unit effective date of entry into the Plan of January and who were members of the Plan prior to August shall be actuariallydetermined as at the time of entry and at intervals of not more than three (3) years there- after and shall be paid by the Company to the Fund, on the basis of seven (7)cents per hour paid or worked by employees. A tally-of contributionsalong with a list of employees in respect of whom contributions have been made, the amount of the weekly contribution for each employee and the number of hours worked or paid according to the above, shall be forwarded by the Company within the twenty-one (21) days after the close of the Company’s four

AND WELFARE. The Company shall be entitled agrees to have an employee examined by any medical practitioner at maintain the Company’s expenseexisting benefit coverage for the term of the Collective Agreement. The Company’s doctor shall endeavour If the Employer remains in the Commercial Workers Benefits Trust Plan, it will pay the required premium to con- ▇▇▇▇ with insure the employee’s personal physician as to the em- ployee’s physical conditionexisting level of benefits. No employee shall be to undergo a medical examination on his day off or regular work hours. In cases where there is a dispute between the Compa- ny’s doctor and the employee’s doctor as the conditionIf upon review, the Company Employer establishes another carrier for the Health and Union will select an indepen- dent doctor (specialist) who will examine the employee and render a decision as to the employee’s condition. The independent doctor’s decision shall be binding on the Company and the Union and the employee. This cost of the doctor shall be borne by the Company and the Union on a basis. TRUSTEED DENTAL PLAN (ONTARIO) Effective January the Company shall make a direct contribution to the Dental Plan of four- teen (14) cents per hour and effective October c ontribution shall be fifteen (15) cents per hour for straight-time hour of actual work in respect of all employees in the Bargaining Unit. The contributions will be forwarded to the Trust established by a Board of Trustees made up of an equal number of Company and Union members. The Plan will be controlled by the Board of Trustees and the maximum coverage payment of claims shall be as determined from time to time by the Board of Trustees. It is agreed that in the event the Government of Canada or the Province of Ontario provides a non-contributory Dental Care Plan with similar benefits, the Company’s obligations to continue contributions to the Dental Plan shall cease. It is further understood, should a Govern- ment Plan create duplicate benefitsWelfare Plan, then these Appendix listing the defined benefits shall be deleted from the Dental Plan and the Company’s contribution in respect to the cost of these benefits shall ceasewill apply. Effective December the Company shall be a participant in Employer will increase the Canadian premiums paid to the Commercial Workers Industry Pension Benefit Trust Plan for all employeescovered by this Agreement at a contribution of forty-one five percent (41) cents per hour, and 5%). Effective December forty-seven the Employer will further increase the premiums paid to the Commercial Workers Benefit Trust Plan an additional five percent (47)cents per hour. Also, effective August and solely to retire any past service liability, a contribution in addition to one or more of the foregoing future service contributions, of seven (7) cents per hour5%). The Company shall contribute provide the following benefits for all employees commencing after one (1) year of continuous service with the Company: A Health and Welfare Plan as described in respect of hours paid Appendix The Company contributions towards the premium costs for time worked and hours paid for time not worked due to sickness, vacations and public holidays the benefits set forth in sub-paragraph (excluding Weekly Indemnity). The maximum number of such paid hours in a week for any employee a) shall be the nu of hours in the basic work week pursuant to Article of this Agreement. The maximum pension benefit level under the Plan for service prior to entry into the Plan as follows: for employees who have completed one (I) year of continuous service, the Company shall be contribute fifty (50%) per month cent of the premium cost of each Plan; for each year employees who have completed two (2) years of credited service with continuous service, the Company prior to entry into shall contribute seventy-five (75%) per cent of the Plan to a maximum of twenty (20) such years of credited service. The premium cost of the past service benefit each Plan; for the Company’s employees who are members of the bargaining unit effective date of entry into the Plan of January and who were members of the Plan prior to August shall be actuariallydetermined as at the time of entry and at intervals of not more than have completed three (3) years there- after and shall be paid by of continuous service, the Company shall contribute one hundred 00%) per cent of the premium cost of each Plan. An employee may opt out of the plan providing they furnish proof of benefit coverage through their spouse’s place of employment which is equal to or exceeds the Fundcoverage they would receive through the Company. Such an employee may opt back in at any time without penalties and /or waiting period. (a) The Company agrees to continue to provide and pay the applicable cost of Health and Welfare Benefits until the end of the month following the month in which an employee was laid off or has taken a requested leave of absence. The Company agrees to continue to provide and pay the applicable cost of Health and Welfare Benefits for persons on maternity leave of absence and leaves of absence, on due to illness or accident for a period equal to seniority or twenty-four (24) months whichever is the basis of seven (7)cents per hour paid or worked by employeeslesser. A tally-of contributionsalong with When the Company request a list of employees in respect of whom contributions have been madedoctor’s note, the amount cost of the weekly contribution for each employee and the number of hours worked or paid according to the above, shall doctor’s note will be forwarded by the Company within the twenty-one (21) days after the close of the Company’s fourreimbursed.