Health & Welfare Trust. 1. Effective January 1, 1998, the Union and the Employer agree to deliver certain benefits to employees of the Employer who are subject to the terms and conditions of this Collective Agreement, through a Jointly Trusteed Health & Welfare Trust (The Trust) on the following terms and conditions:
Health & Welfare Trust. In the event, that through the sale of Agropur Cooperative, the feasibility of continued participation in the Health and Welfare Trust becomes compromised, the parties agree to meet in good faith to negotiate a solution. In the event that a solution cannot be reached, the matter shall be referred to binding arbitration in accordance with the Collective Agreement.
Health & Welfare Trust. The Employer agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust establishing the Union Health & Welfare Fund and Amendments thereto and hereby agrees to its incorporation into this Agreement. In addition to the hourly base wage rates shown in Article 17 of this Agreement, the Employer agrees to pay the amount listed per hour to Health & Welfare to the jointly administered Fund for health insurance and hospitalization benefits as determined by the Fund Trustees. H&W contributions may not be added to employee pay.
Health & Welfare Trust. The Employer agrees to contribute fifty cents ($0.50) for each hour worked by bargaining unit members to a Health and Welfare Spending Account for use by employees to cover the costs of Health & Welfare and Dental expenditures. Contributions will be made to the UFCW Health & Welfare Trust (Trust) on or before the 15th day of each month for hours worked during the previous month. The Trust will segregate the contributions made by the Employer from other employers and groups so that the contributions made to the Trust for its employees will not be used to pay the costs of benefits of employees of other employers. The Trust will determine rules of eligibility. The Trust will ensure that sufficient funds are set aside to fund the costs of Health & Welfare and Dental benefits of employees who have had their benefits red-circled as a result of their transfer from other banners under Letter of Understanding #1. The Employer will provide the Union with a list of employees who have had their benefits red-circled, including details of which benefits have been red- circled.
Health & Welfare Trust. For the duration of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the said parties, and any renewals or extensions thereof, the Employer agrees to make payments to the Ironworkers Health Welfare Trust Fund of Western Canada for each employee covered by the said Collective Bargaining Agreement as follows: For each hour or portion thereof for which an employee receives pay, the Employer shall make a contribution as per Article of this Agreement to the above named Health and Welfare Trust Fund. For the purpose of this article, hours for which pay is received by the employee, in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, shall be counted as hours for which contributions are payable and each overtime hour shall be counted as one regular hour for which contributions are payable. Contributions shall be paid on behalf of an employee starting with the employee's first hour of employment in a job classification covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The payments to the Health and Welfare Fund required above, shall be made to the Ironworkers Health and Welfare Trust Fund of Western Canada, Funds Administrative Service, 9th floor, Street, Edmonton, Alberta, established under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust which shall provide for joint Administration of an equal number of Employer and Union Trustees. When the said Trust Agreement was adopted, the Employer and the Union agreed to become parties to such an Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof, and a copy of such Trust Agreement shall be attached to and become part of this Collective Bargaining Agreement. It is agreed that all contributions shall be made at such time and in such manner as the Trustees of the Health and Welfare require; and the Trustees shall have the authority to have an independent person, who is qualified to perform an audit, audit the payroll and wage records of the Employer for the purpose of determining the accuracy of contributions to the Health and Welfare Trust Fund of Western Canada. If an Employer fails to make contributions to the Health and Welfare Fund within fifteen (15) days after the date required by the Trustees of the Health and Welfare Fund, the Trustees shall have the right to take whatever steps are necessary to secure compliance with this Article, any provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Employer be liable for all reasonable cost for collecting the payments due together ...
Health & Welfare Trust. Each Bargaining Unit Employee shall have a time specified by the Union to decide whether or not to participate in the Laborer's Health Insurance Plan II. The decision shall be effective until July 1, of the following year. Each employee who chooses not to participate shall sign a waiver. All eligible, newly hired employees shall have thirty (30) days from their date of hire to decide whether or not to participate in the Health & Welfare Plan. It is understood the Trust will deduct hours per month from the participant's Hour Bank to repay the advanced 260 hours UNION PENSION ARTICLE 16 The employees covered by this Collective Bargaining Agreement voted on January 14, 1999 to participate in the Laborer's International Union of North America, National (Industrial) Pension Plan. It was agreed in lieu of wages and effective February 1, 1999; the District would contribute twenty-two cents ($.22) and remit the total on behalf of each Bargaining Unit Employee. Effective November 22, 2004, and in lieu of wages, the District agrees to contribute a total of fifty cents ($.50). This amount shall be reduced from each employee's gross wages before taxes. At any time employees may vote an additional hourly amount to be reduced from the gross wage and the District agrees to add that amount and remit the total on behalf of all Bargaining Unit Employees.
Health & Welfare Trust. Where hours paid were reported at a rate higher than required, the amount of overpayment shall be refunded or credited to the Employer. Written application for refund or credit must be made within four (4) years from the due date of the report containing the erroneous payment; but an audit report may be considered a written request for refund. Refund or credit may be made within six (6) months after the Plan Administrator determines that the improper rate was paid by mistake. Any amounts found to be over reported and overpaid for the purpose of providing coverage to persons not eligible for coverage shall be offset from any other amounts repayable to the Employer, or if no offset is available, billed to the Employer for repayment to the Trust Fund;
