2021 Contract For Mine Mill UNIFOR Local 598 Pensioners Information

This Agreement shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. February 1, 2021, and shall terminate at Midnight on January 31, 2025.

One Time Retiree/Surviving Spouse Payment

The 500 retirees/surviving spouses who receive the lowest pension income on the pension list will be given a one time payment of $500. Only those eligible for retiree benefits will receive this payment.

Dental Plan

For all regular full time active employees, and their dependents, as well as retirees, surviving spouses and their dependents, the Dental Plan will be based on the 2020 ODA Fee Schedule effective 12:01 a.m. February 1, 2021 and maintained at a one-year lag thereafter effective February 1° each year of the current collective agreement,

Orthotics

Increase from $250 to $300/year, subject to referral by a physician or podiatrist, for eligible employees and retirees under age 65 and their dependents,

Medication Awareness Program

The Company will provide funding up to $25,000 per year for the life of this agreement for a Medication Awareness Program. This program will be administered by a Retiree Committee under the direction of the Union Health and Welfare Officer and the Company Total Compensation Specialist.

Supplementary (Semi-Private) Plan

Effective June 1, 2021, there will be a dally limit of $300 for semi-private hospital stays.

Plan for Prescription Drugs

Plan for Prescription Drugs: (35-cents deductible) $2.00 deductible (active employees and future retirees) and $1.00 deductible (current retirees) effective July 1, 2021.

Group Life Insurance Group Life Insurance Plan

$6,000 for survivor.

Benefits

The Company is committed to working with the union to ensure that all active employees, retirees, surviving spouses, and dependants ("members") have access to prescription drugs not on the Sudbury Drug Formulary if it is considered to be medically necessary in life threatening or life sustaining situations or in cases of terminal illness that cannot be adequately substituted by a drug on the formulary. The Exception Request Process will allow members to use the services of Medi-Well Services or like service during the life of this Collective Agreement, for assistance in completing the Exception Request Form or having it reviewed if the exception request is denied by the benefits carrier, at the Company's expense. Furthermore, the Company is committed during the life of this Collective Agreement to continuing its relationship with Med i-Well Services or like service through the Medication Management Program, including meeting annually with the Union Executive to review this program.

If the Company changes its benefits carrier or the benefits plan has been updated, the Company commits to meeting with the Union within three months to discuss the change(s). The Company further commits to providing the Union and its members with new pension and benefits booklets within three months of contract ratification.

The parties, in working with Sudbury Drug Formulary, will continue to work jointly and will seek to guide themselves by the four principles below:

a) Provide participants with access to new drugs in a timely manner

b) Clearly state which drugs are covered

c) Is appropriate to the health care needs of participants, and

d) Protects the plan against unnecessary costs
Mandatory Generic Substitution Plan: Effective September 1, 2017, the reimbursement of prescription drugs will change to a Mandatory Generic Substitution drug plan.

Reimbursement of a prescribed drug, where a lower cost interchangeable drug is available, will only occur if the lower cost drug cannot be tolerated or is ineffective, and this information is provided on the benefit carrier's form

Over the Counter Drug Coverage

Effective June 1, 2021, over the counter drugs covered under the plan will be limited to the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan plus generic ASA, some allergy medications and acetaminophen.

Three (3) Month Supply of Drugs

Effective June 1, 2021, all maintenance prescription drugs will be provided as a ninety (90) day supply with up to six (6) dispensing fees per year. All coverage will continue to be subject to the provisions of the plan deductible.

 

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