ARTICLE 21 - Fringe Benefits
A. Fringe Benefits – Full-time Employees
1. Medical
The District shall continue to provide medical care insurance programs to Contract and Regular Full-time employees, and other employees who were covered as of September, 1981, in accordance with provisions of the City Charter.
1.1 Effective July 1, 1998, the District shall pay an additional $75.00 per month (for a total of up to $225.00 per month) of each covered current employee's contribution to Dependent Care Health Benefits.
1.2 Effective Fall Semester 2000, in addition to the benefits in Section 21.A.1.1 above, for full-time employees who elected coverage for employee plus two or more family members, the District shall pay a $200 flat sum partial reimbursement of each employee's contribution to Dependent Care Health Benefits.
2. Drug/Dental / Orthodontia /Life Insurance
The District shall continue Drug, Dental (including orthodontia) and Life Insurance Programs to Contract and Regular Full-time employees, and other employees covered as of September, 1981, for the years 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003.
2.1 Effective January 1, 1995, the face value of the Life Insurance Policy shall be $50,000.
2.2 The District shall, during the life of this Agreement, pay increased premiums for such coverage, if any.
2.3 Effective July 1, 1993, only employees and their eligible dependents with District-provided Health Service System health plans shall be eligible for the District-provided Drug Plan. Employees and their eligible dependents shall first obtain prescriptions through such plans. The District shall reimburse the employee or eligible dependent co-payment, if any. Employee dependents who are not participating in a District-provided Health Service System health plan shall not be eligible for benefits under the District-provided Drug Plan.
B. Fringe Benefits – Part-Time Employees Medical and Dental /Orthodontia
1. Eligibility
1.1 Part-time employees who are beginning at least their third semester and who are assigned either twelve and one-half (12½) hours or more per week for a semester in the noncredit program or seven and one-half (7½) units or more per week for a semester in the credit program will be provided health and dental coverage as outlined in this section. For purposes of this section, employees must serve at least 75% of the service days required in a full semester within that assignment.
1.1.1 Effective Spring Semester 2002, part -time employees who (1) were eligible for and received coverage during the Spring Semester, and (2) are subsequently hired for the Fall Semester at a load making them eligible for benefits will be provided health and dental coverage for the Summer period.
1.1.2 In order to continue health benefits through the Summer period, the District will make additional deductions from employees' paychecks in the months of May and June to cover applicable employee premiums during the Summer period, if any. Each year, in April, employees will be notified in writing of the applicable rates and asked to indicate any changes in health plan coverage made during the open enrollment period. Employees who fail to respond to the District will (1) have deductions made from their paychecks in the months of May and June based on health plan coverage information available to the district at that time and (2) be subject to further payroll adjustments as necessary in August or September.
1.1.3 Employees who are not hired for the subsequent Fall Semester at a load making them eligible for health and dental benefits shall have their benefits terminated. Benefits shall be terminated effective at the conclusion of the week before Fall Semester instruction commences.
1.1.4 Effective Fall Semester 2000, part-time employees initially determined to be eligible for health and dental coverage for a semester under Section 1.1, above, subsequently shall not be determined to be ineligible for health and dental coverage under that section if they should suffer a reduction in assigned hours/units in the same semester due to class cancellation (s) because of low enrollment, provided they continue to be assigned for a minimum of five (5) hours per week in the noncredit program or a minimum of three (3) units per week in the credit program. For purposes of this section, employees must serve at least 75% of the service days required in a full semester within that assignment. The total expenditure for this benefit and transit/parking fees (Article 20) shall not exceed $50,000 in any year during the three-year period covered by this Agreement (a total allocation of $150,000 for the three-year period).
1.1.4.1 The District and the Union shall evaluate the preceding provision during Spring Semester 2001 to determine (1) the number of part-time employees affected by this provision, (2) the cost of providing health and dental coverage to those part-time employees, and (3) whether sufficient funds have been identified to continue to provide health and dental coverage to similarly situated part-time employees in the future. Thereafter, the Union and the District shall determine whether to modify, continue, or discontinue the preceding provision for Fall Semester 2001 and thereafter.
1.1.4.2 Effective Spring Semester 2001, part-time employees who are beginning at least their third semester and who receive assignments with effective dates that cause the employees' load levels to vary during a semester shall be deemed eligible for health and dental coverage provided the employees, on average, work either twelve and one- half (12½) hours or more in the noncredit program or seven and one-half (7½) units or more in the credit program during the semester. For purposes of this section, employees must serve at least 75% of the service days required in a full semester within that assignment.
1.2 Part-time employees within the credit program whose teaching assignment within a department is limited to eight or nine hours per week and such hours do not equal at least seven and one-half units of credit due to laboratory or lab/lecture load differentials may apply for such coverage. Such applications shall be processed through the consultation procedure between District and Union on a case-by-case basis.
1.3 Any other exception which in the view of the Union is unjust or unfair to an individual because the lecture, or lab/lecture differentials do not meet the criteria of this section, may be submitted by the Union on a case-by-case, semester-by-semester basis. Any coverage allowed as an exception in an individual case shall not be considered or construed as a precedent in any way or in any manner. The District decision on each case is not grievable or appealable under any process.
1.4 Effective Fall Semester 2004, part-time faculty members who give birth will remain eligible for District-paid medical and dental benefits for a maximum period of up to 12 weeks while caring for their newborn child, provided they were already enrolled for and receiving such benefits. The twelve-week period for the care of a newborn child shall not include the six week period of disability under Article 17, Section D, Paid Maternity Leave.
1.5 For purposes of this section, effective Academic Year 2006-2007, following a break in service of more than four consecutive semesters (a one-month grace period shall be given), an employee shall revert to third semester status provided he/she had attained at least that status prior to the break in service. Employees who do not revert to third semester status following a break in service must establish eligibility pursuant to Section 1.1, above.
2. Dental Insurance
2.1 Effective July 1, 1990, eligible employees will be provided, at District expense, as long as so employed, the Delta Dental Plan of California one-hundred percent (100%) Dental Insurance Program, including orthodontia, for employee and dependents, in accordance with carrier requirements.
2.2 The District shall, during the life of this Agreement, pay increased premiums for such coverage, if any.
3. Health Insurance
3.1 Eligible employees will be provided coverage as long as they remain eligible during the academic year. (See 21.B.1 et. seq.)
3.1.1 Effective August 22, 1998, the District shall pay an additional $75.00 per month (for a total of up to $225.00 per month) of each eligible current employee's contribution to Dependent Care Health Benefits.
3.1.2 Effective Fall Semester 2000, in addition to the benefits in Section 21.B.3.1.1 above, for temporary, part-time employees who elected coverage for employee plus two or more family members, the District shall pay a $200 flat sum partial reimbursement of each employee's contribution to Dependent Care Health Benefits.
3.2 Coverage shall commence on the first day of the pay period following the first payroll deduction.
3.3 Coverage shall cease on the last day of the pay period in which termination occurs.
A unit member may, upon retirement, elect to con t inue dental insurance coverage in accordance with carrier requirements and State law, at his/her expense.
The Union shall be entitled to one (1) representative at all District insurance meetings considering drug, dental and life carriers, bids, specifications and selection, including selection and specifications for consultants for the above-mentioned insurance.
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