Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

Article 18: Employee Benefit Plans

1. The Employer agrees that during the lifetime of this Agreement it shall continue to provide Employee coverage on the following health and Employee benefit plans, to the same extent and subject to the same eligibility requirements and rules and regulations of these plans, and on the same cost-sharing basis, as are at present being enjoyed by them:
   1. Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan - one hundred percent (100%) Employer-paid
   2. Extended Health Care Benefits - one hundred percent (100%) Employer-paid
   3. Dental Care Plan - sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) Employer-paid; thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) Employee-paid.  Such plan will also provide for the reimbursement of one hundred percent (100%) eligible Basic Services per insured person; fifty percent (50%) of all eligible Major Restorative Services; in accordance with a Fee Guide established by the Provider.  A maximum annual reimbursement of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) per insured person per benefit year shall apply to Major Restorative Services.
   4. Group Life Insurance – one hundred percent (100%) Employee-Paid
   5. Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance – one hundred percent (100%) Employer-Paid
   6. Voluntary Dependents' Life Insurance - one hundred percent (100%) Employee-Paid
   7. Long Term Disability Plan - sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) Employer-paid; thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) Employee-paid.
   8. A Vision Care Plan, one hundred percent (100%) Employer paid, providing for reimbursement of a maximum of $250.00 in any 24 consecutive months for eye wear per insured person.
2. The Employer will provide Employees with information brochures outlining the terms, conditions and coverages of the Plans specified in 18.01 above.
3. The Employer may at any time substitute another carrier(s) to underwrite such plans, provided that the benefits under the plans are not in any way reduced.
4. A temporary or part-time Employee who is accepted to a regular full-time position shall be required to serve only one (1) eligibility period for the purpose of enrolling in the Insured Benefit Plans. Insured benefits shall commence immediately upon being hired into a regular full-time position provided that the Employee has completed one (1) eligibility period.
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   1. Regular full-time employees shall be entitled to coverage in the Employee Benefits Plans specified in Article 18.
   2. Regular part-time Employees who are scheduled to work at least eighteen point seven five (18.75) hours per week shall be eligible to participate in the Employee Benefit Plans specified in Article 18 subject to applicable regulations and requirements.
   3. Temporary full-time and temporary part-time Employees who are scheduled to work at least eighteen point seven five (18.75) hours per week shall be entitled to participate in the Employee Benefit Plans specified in Article 18 after the completion of twelve (12) months of continuous employment, subject to the applicable rules and regulations of such plans.
6. The Employee and Employer shall each continue to pay their respective share of benefits premiums while an Employee is absent from work due to illness in accordance with this Article. Such cost sharing shall continue until the Employee is eligible for Long Term Disability.
7. Upon request, the Employer shall provide the Union with a copy of the benefit contracts applicable to HSAA members.