ARTICLE 21
GROUP INSURANCE
SECTION 1. Employees with three (3) months of continuous service and who work thirty (30) hours or more per week and/or one hundred twenty (120) or more hours per month effective July 1, 2021, the Company shall pay the cost of providing Union sponsored health and welfare benefits (Medical, Dental, & Life Insurance) for all eligible employees and dependents, plus the annual increase up to 12%.
The Company shall pay any increase in the union sponsored health and welfare benefits premiums based on the following dates:
Effective Date Increase
7/1/21 12%
7/1/22 12%
7/1/23 12%
7/1/24 12%
7/1/25 12%
7/1/26 12%
7/1/27 12%
7/1/28 12%
7/1/29 12%
SECTION 2. Employees, upon documented proof of an alternative medical coverage through a family member or any other type of medical coverage, may be permitted to withdraw from the Company’s Health and Welfare Plan and receive in return a monthly amount of $120, otherwise payable by the Company for such withdrawing employee’s Health and Welfare coverage.