Common use of Benefit Maintenance and Changes Clause in Contracts

Benefit Maintenance and Changes. The Medical Center shall continue the current or a substantially equivalent level of aggregate benefits existing under the health insurance benefits program, including the level of premium contributions, for each of the insurance plans referenced in Section 15.1. In the alternative, in the event that the Medical Center does not maintain a substantially equivalent level of aggregate benefits under any of these insurance plans, as determined by an independent actuary retained by the Medical Center, the Medical Center shall notify the Association of the proposed changes and shall meet with the Association, upon request, to bargain over the proposed changes prior to their implementation. The provisions of Article 19 shall be waived for the duration of such bargaining. In no event shall bargaining unit nurses receive a level of benefits that is less than the level received by a majority of the Medical Center’s non-bargaining unit employees.

Benefit Maintenance and Changes. The Medical Center shall continue the current or a substantially equivalent level of aggregate benefits existing under the health insurance benefits FlexAbility program, including the level of premium contributions, for each of the following insurance plans referenced in Section 15.1plans: medical, long-term disability, dental, life, vision, and spending account. In the alternative, in the event that the Medical Center does not maintain a substantially equivalent level of aggregate benefits under any of these insurance plans, as determined by an independent actuary retained by the Medical Center, the Medical Center shall notify the Association of the proposed changes and shall meet with the Association, upon request, to bargain over the proposed changes prior to their implementation. The provisions of Article 19 shall be waived for the duration of such bargaining. In no event shall bargaining unit nurses receive a level For purposes of this paragraph, ―benefits‖ refer to benefits that is less than offered under the level received by a majority of the Medical Center’s non-bargaining unit employeesplan design but excluding rate amount.