Common use of Spousal Coverage Clause in Contracts

Spousal Coverage. For Employees who now qualify for Benefits under the provisions of Article 23:06, the Employer agrees to provide continuance of coverage to the spouse and dependents until the spouse attains the age of sixty-five (65) or upon remarriage, whichever comes first, but in no case shall extend beyond ten (10) years after the death of the Pensioner. (Dependents defined as per existing Plans.) (2) The above Benefit Plan will be applied in the following manner: (i) The Benefit Package will only be paid until the recipient attains the age of sixty- five (65). (ii) Eligibility for the Benefit Plan - only Employees of the City who have attained fifteen (15) years of continuous service with City of Greater Sudbury, inclusive of any continuous service with any other Local Municipality or Local Board will be eligible for the above-mentioned Package provided: (a) they have elected to apply for and receive either an O.M.E.R.S. Early Retirement Pension within ten (10) years of normal retirement, or an unreduced pension; OR (b) they have elected to apply for and receive an O.M.E.R.S. Disability Pension prior to the age of sixty-five (65); OR (c) when they are no longer an Employee of the City because of a work related disability received while working at and for the City and for which they receive and continue to receive a Permanent WSIB Pension which is and was assessed against the City; OR (d) when they are no longer an Employee of the City because of a disability for which they are receiving benefits from the Weekly Indemnity or Long Term Disability Plan in existence at the City. (iii) The Employer is prepared to extend the eligibility for the Employer Paid Retired/Disabled Employee Benefit Plan to those Employees who would have attained fifteen (15) years of continuous service with the City within twelve (12) months of termination of employment due to disability, and commits to not move an eligible disabled Employee to the Retired/Disabled Plan for the first twenty four (24) months of disability. The effective date of this Retired/Disabled Employee Package would be April 1st, 1987 following ratification of the Contract by the Parties; the Qualifying Date is January 1st, 1987. (3) It is also to be understood that the payment of LTD Benefits will cease when; (a) the gross monthly income payable to the Employee from O.M.E.R.S., Canadian Government Annuities, Canada Pension Plan and Workers' Compensation and supplemental retirement benefits if applicable (including a lump sum benefit for three (3) consecutive years or less) are equal to or greater than the total monthly income payable to the Employee from the Long Term Disability Benefit and the Canada Pension Plan Benefit. OR (b) when the recipient becomes eligible for a Pension under the O.M.E.R.S. Ninety (90) Factor.