Employee Benefits Committee. (a) The parties hereby jointly establish an Employee Benefits Committee for the purpose of maintaining high quality employee benefits, efficiently provided to County employees at a reasonable cost and to study benefit cost containment programs. The Committee shall 3 For the duration of this contract (July 1, 2017 -June 30, 2019) PBM's pharmacy network refers to CVS Pharmacies. consist of 4 members appointed by the County, and 4 members appointed by the Union. Either party may remove or replace its appointees at any time. In addition, either party may appoint one or more outside consultants (whose compensation shall be the responsibility of the appointing party) who shall be permitted to attend all Committee meetings and who shall advise the Committee members on subjects under Committee review. Upon request, either party shall promptly submit to the other party relevant information within a party's possession, custody or control for review by the other party and/or its consultant(s). The Chair of the Committee will rotate each January 1 from a County designee to a Union designee and vice versa each July 1. The initial Chair shall be a County designee. The purposes and functions of the Employee Benefits Committee shall be to:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
