Common use of Group Programs Clause in Contracts

Group Programs. The Employer agrees to pay the percentage of the premiums indicated for the following group benefits. There will be no changes to the levels of coverage in the group programs without the agreement of the Union. This includes the extended health care plan, the medical services plan, the dental plan, the orthodontic plan, the group life insurance and the accidental death and dismemberment plan. Notwithstanding the above, nothing in this clause obligates the Employer to maintain benefits provided under MSP that the government of British Columbia has changed. The listed paramedical practitioners are restored and leveled to a maximum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per year, per insured person, for each category of practitioner. (a) Extended health care plan – one hundred percent (100%) of the monthly premium. Vision care benefits, including eye examinations, will be seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) per twenty-four (24) month period per employee and five hundred dollars ($500.00) per twenty-four (24) month period per family member. Vision care benefit entitlements may be banked to a maximum amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) to fund laser eye surgery. (b) Medical Services Plan – one hundred percent (100%) of the monthly premium.