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[Pacific Region See Appendix “E”]
16.01 All employees, probationary and regular, will be
covered by the NDT Industry Health and Welfare Plan. An
employee's benefits will be determined as below and will be
subject to the conditions of the Plan. The Employer shall pay
one hundred per cent (100%) of the premiums.
A detailed description of the coverage and eligibility
of the NDT Industry Health & Welfare Plan is available in
the policy booklet supplied by the Administrator of the Plan.
This should be referenced when determining the benefits of the
plan.
Full Plan Benefits will include the following:
Life Insurance
Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Provincial Health Care Premium
Extended Health Care
Vision Care
Weekly Indemnity
Dental Plans
Long Term Disability - Premiums are paid by employee
Premium Terms:
(a) Remissions for health and welfare shall be made on the
same form as other remissions and all employees shall be
covered by either the Mini Plan or the Full Plan and shall be
paid in one (1) cheque.
(b) Full Plan: A QCCC member who has earned 90 hours'
pay in a month (120 hours’ pay for initial month’s
coverage) will be included in the full plan for the month
which shall include the month's provincial medical care plan
premium, if any.
The Plan shall continue the dental, vision care, and major
medical benefits to the surviving spouse of any employee who
has been enrolled on the full plan whose estate is entitled to
a death benefit under the plan for one (1) year from the
death.
A QCCC member who has earned fewer than ninety (90) hours' pay
in a month with any one employer but ninety (90) hours or more
with two (2) or more employers and who advises the Plan
Administrator together with proof of such earnings will be
included in the Full Plan with the difference between the
premiums for the Full Plan and the Mini Plan to be divided
equally by the employers for whom he worked.
(c) Mini Plan: Any employee who is not covered by the
full plan for the month will be covered under the Life
Insurance + Accidental Death + Dismemberment benefit for
that month.
(d) A detailed description of the coverage and eligibility of
the NDT Industry Health & Welfare Plan is available in the
policy booklet supplied by the Administrator of the Plan (D.
A. Townley & Associates).
Lay Off Coverage:
(e) Lay off coverage shall be provided by the Plan to any
member who is on the Full Plan at time of layoff and who has
earned at least 520 pension contribution hours.
(f) Eligibility: A member shall receive one (1) months lay off
coverage for each 520 hours earned up to a maximum of six (6)
months of coverage. Provided they are registered and available
for work under this agreement.
(g) If a member has been on the layoff coverage or on self-pay
and returns to work for a signatory Employer, he can qualify
for full plan coverage upon completion of ninety (90) hours
earned.
If a member who is on the foregoing layoff coverage works for
a nonsignatory employer while on such coverage, the member
will be obligated to repay premiums to the plan, for their
layoff coverage, before being eligible for rehire by a
signatory employer.
(h) A detailed description of the coverage and eligibility of
the NDT Industry Health & Welfare Plan is available in the
policy booklet supplied by the Administrator of the Plan (D.
A. Townley & Associates).
16.02 The NDTMA, through the Plan Administrator will
supply to the QCCC a list of those Employers who are
delinquent in their monthly payments to the Plan. The QCCC
will provide to the Administrator a list of all signatory
employers and the Administrator will advise the QCCC which
companies are not enrolled in the Plan.
16.03 The Employer hereby authorizes the Plan
Administrator to forward monthly to the QCCC a copy of the
monthly invoice to each Employer showing the name and amount
payable in respect of each employee; and to report monthly to
the QCCC the list of employees covered by the Plan.
16.04
(a) If it is proven that an employee has received an overdose
of ionizing radiation and if he is not eligible for Workers'
Compensation he shall be entitled to Weekly Indemnity Benefits
under this Agreement provided he is unable to perform other
work covered by the Agreement.
(b) An employee who has received an overdose of ionizing
radiation will become eligible to apply for weekly indemnity
until such time as he receives Workers' Compensation benefits.
Employees that receive WCB benefits under this provision will
assign these benefits to the Heath and Welfare plan to repay
any weekly indemnity benefits received.
16.05 The Health and Welfare plan shall be administered
by four trustees appointed by NDT Management Association and
four (4) trustees appointed by the Quality Control Council of
Canada.
16.06 Pension — See Appendices.
16.07 EMPLOYER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
The signatory contractors to this agreement hereby apply to
the Board of Trustees of the NDT Industry Pension Trust Fund (“The
Board of Trustees”) for approval of the undersigned for
participation in the NDT Industry Pension Trust Fund (“The
Plan”).
The signatory contractors under take and agree to be bound by
all of the terms and provisions of the Agreement and
Declaration of Trust dated the 15th of September 1983, as
amended from time to time under and pursuant to which the Plan
is constituted, and to perform and discharge promptly all of
the obligations therein imposed upon employers.
The signatories to this agreement further agree that this
provision shall constitute a binding agreement between the
signatory contractors and the Board of Trustees and each of
their successors, respectively.
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