WELFARE Clause Samples

WELFARE. 19.1 Welfare benefits shall be the same as those negotiated by the parties to the ILWU-PMA Pacific Coast ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Clerks Agreement. Such benefits and provisions therefor are separately covered by the ILWU-PMA Welfare Agreement, as amended, and the ILWU-PMA Welfare Fund Declaration of Trust, as amended.

WELFARE. (a) Each Employer shall make contributions to the applicable Employee Benefit Plan as per Appendix “C” at the rates provided in Article 20 –

WELFARE. 9-1 Hospitalization/Major Medical (for EA’s hired prior to July 1, 2012) 9-1-1 District Contribution

WELFARE. (a) The Employer shall continue the existing Group Life In­ surance Plan for full-time employees up to age 65. All full-time em­ ployees who retire after age 55 with at least fifteen (15) years Company service shall receive a death benefit of fifteen hundred $1500) dollars. (b) The Employer will pay the premiums to provide for full­ time employees' hospitalization by expanded Blue Cross of New Jersey, and medical and surgical benefits, including Family Doctor Plan - Anesthesia coverage, and such additional benefits as provided by the expanded Group Health Insurance Plan. The expanded Blue Cross coverage shall provide seventy (70) full, days and one hundred eighty (180) half days of hospitalization pursuant to the terms of the policy. Should the Employer desire to provide equal or better coverage through self- insurance or otherwise, such proposed change will first be discussed with the Union subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure of the contract. The benefits provided under this paragraph shall be fully described in a booklet to be distributed to the employees. (c) The Employer shall provide an Optical Plan for all full­ time employees, the spouse of each such employee and the dependents of each such employee up to the age of nineteen (19) years, as described in the policy. The plan shall be placed in effect no later than October 1, 1965. (d) The Employer shall provide an Improved Dental Plan for full-time employees, for the spouse of each employee and the dependents of each such employee up to the age of nineteen (19) years, as described in the "Group Dental Expense Benefits" policy. The premiums for the above policy shall be paid by the Company to the Health and Welfare Fund of the local Union. (e) Sickness absence benefits shall be provided in accord­ ance with the Employer’s present practice. (f) The benefits provided by subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) will be provided for all full-time employees on the active payroll of the Employer on the first day of the month following the date of em­ ployment . (g) All part-time employees who have six (6) months' seni­ ority on January 1st and July 1st of any year, and who have worked five hundred (500) hours within prior six (6) months, and those part-time employees with six (6) months’ seniority and who have worked five hun­ dred (500) hours in the six (6) months prior to August 4, 1968 shall be entitled to the hospitalization, surgical and miscellaneous benefits as previously provided; provided, how...

WELFARE. (a) Each Employer shall make contributions to the applicable Employee Benefit Plan as per Appendix “C” at the rates provided in Article 20 – Rates of Wages. Such contributions shall be made on or before the fifteenth (15th) of the month following the month in which such hours were worked and shall be accompanied by a remittance report form for such employees as prescribed by the Trustees of the applicable Fund. Each monthly report and contributions shall include all obligations arising from hours worked up to the close of the Employer’s payroll ending the nearest to the last day of the preceding calendar month. Such contributions shall be made payable by cheque to the applicable Fund (b) The Employer agrees that an amount of two cents ($0.02) per hour earned by each employee covered by this agreement shall be sent to the Employee Benefit Trust to establish a Substance Abuse Program with DeNovo.

WELFARE. The Company agrees to pay eighty percent (80%), and the employee will pay twenty percent (20%), of the cost of the existing group insurance plan or equivalent, including major medical, for employees participating therein. Employees shall become eligible for the foregoing welfare coverage upon attaining seniority. The current Weekly Indemnity Insurance shall be equivalent to Employment Insurance benefits, on a 1-1-5-52 formula. In recognition of the fact that the Company is herein providing benefits equal to or greater than those required by the Employment Insurance Act for qualification for premium reduction, the parties hereto agree that the Company shall be entitled to retain the full amount (i.e. twelve-twelfths (12/12)) of the premium, reduction available from the Employment Insurance.

WELFARE. The Company will continue to provide the same degree of hospital and medical coverage. Employees who retire from the employ of the Company on a normal retirement date, or on an applicable early or disability retirement date, on or after April 1, 1988, are eligible for a $2,000 post-retirement death benefit, payable upon the death of the retiree.

WELFARE. 5.2.1 Party A and Party B shall contribute to employee pension insurance, unemployment insurance, medical treatment insurance, work-related injury insurance and other social insurance in accordance with the relevant provisions concerning social insurance as established by the State and local authorities. Party A shall withhold the portion which should be paid by Party B from its salary as per the relevant requirements. 5.2.2 Party B shall be entitled to paid public holidays stipulated by the State, such as New Year Day, Spring Festival, Labor Day and National Day, etc.

WELFARE. The Employer agrees to pay the following amounts for each hour earned into the Local 183 Members’ Benefit Fund, jointly administered by an equal number of Employer and Union Trustees, for the purpose of purchasing weekly indemnity, life insurance, major medical, dental care, or similar benefits for the employees covered by this Agreement, represented by Local 183, as set out below: Effective May 1, 2019 - three dollars and thirty cents ($3.30) per hour Effective May 1, 2020 – three dollars and forty-five cents ($3.45) Effective May 1, 2021 – three dollars and sixty cents ($3.60)