| Health Plan |
| 32.1 |
Eligible employees and eligible family members
as defined by PERS shall continue to receive health benefits
offered through the PERS system for the life of this Agreement.
Payment for these benefits shall be based on rates established
by the PERS for participating members. The Employer shall contribute
the amount required for such payments by Government Code Section
22825.1. This provision shall be applicable to all faculty unit
employees whose eligibility for PERS health benefits derives
from their employment in the faculty bargaining unit. |
| 32.2 |
For the limited and exclusive purpose of providing
health insurance, employees appointed to the class of Lecturer,
Academic Year (Class Codes 2331 and 2358) and/or Coach, Academic
Year (Class Codes 2332, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2375, 2378, 2381,
and 2384), who are not eligible to enroll under the regular
enrollment regulations shall be eligible to enroll under the
following conditions provided that they were both employed as
Academic Year Lecturers or Coaches and enrolled in health benefits
at any time during the 1991/92 academic year: |
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a. |
The employee is appointed for one semester or two consecutive
quarters for six (6) Weighted Teaching Units or more but less
than seven and one-half (7-1/2) Weighted Teaching Units. |
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b. |
Enrollment will be continued during subsequent consecutive
semesters or quarters provided the employee is appointed for
six (6) Weighted Teaching Units or more. |
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c. |
If during an academic year (following completion of the initial
qualifying appointment period of one semester or two consecutive
quarters), the enrolled employee is appointed for less than
six (6) Weighted Teaching Units or is not reappointed, the employee
may continue enrollment by direct payment of the employee and
employer premiums through the end of that academic year (August
pay period). |
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d. |
If during the initial qualifying appointment period (one semester
or two consecutive uarters) the employee's assignment is reduced
to less than six (6) Weighted Teaching Units, the employee's
enrollment will be administratively cancelled on the same basis
as others who lose eligibility. |
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e. |
An employee who had a qualifying fall term appointment or
who was eligible in the fall to enroll under the regular enrollment
regulations and who elected not to enroll shall not be eligible
to enroll during subsequent terms of that academic year under
this section of the Agreement. |
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f. |
Individuals eligible to receive health care through payment
of the student health fee shall not be eligible to enroll under
this procedure. |
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g. |
In accordance with provision 32.1, eligibility shall be as
defined by PERS. |
| 32.3 |
Temporary Faculty Unit Employees
that became eligible for CSU health insurance pursuant to Assembly
Bill 211 shall receive this benefit in accordance with the following
schedule: |
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a. |
Employees who do not have alternate health insurance shall
be eligible to enroll for coverage which shall be effective
with the first appointment after the close of business on June
30, 2002. Employees will be required to certify in writing that
they meet this condition as part of the enrollment process. |
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b. |
All other employees eligible for CSU health insurance pursuant
to Assembly Bill 211 shall be eligible to enroll for coverage
which shall be effective with the first appointment after the
close of business on June 30, 2003. |
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c. |
The employee is appointed for at least six (6) Weighted Teaching
Units for at least one semester or two or more consecutive quarter
terms. All other enrollment and continuing eligibility conditions
shall be in accordance with provision 32.2 b through g. |
| 32.4 |
All faculty unit employees who contribute toward
health benefits pursuant to provisions 32.1, 32.2 and 32.3 shall
be entitled to participate in the CSU Health Premium Conversion
Program. The terms of this program shall be determined by the
CSU. All administrative costs for participation shall be paid
by participating employees. |
| Dependent
Care Reimbursement Program |
| 32.5 |
All bargaining unit employees shall be entitled
to participate in the CSU Dependent Care Reimbursement Program.
The terms of this program shall be in accordance with Internal
Revenue Service Regulations. All administrative costs for participation
shall be paid by participating employees and shall be the same
as for all other employees. |
| Dental
Plans |
| 32.6 |
CSU enhanced dental benefits shall be offered
to eligible employees and eligible family members for the life
of this Agreement, fully paid by the Employer. The level of
benefits shall equal the following plans in existence on January
1, 1991: the CSU Enhanced Prepaid Dental Plan and the CSU Enhanced
Level II Indemnity Dental Plan. |
| 32.7 |
The term "eligible employee(s)" as used
in this Article shall mean an employee or employees who are
appointed half-time or more for more than six (6) months. Those
excluded from dental benefits also include intermittent employees
or any employee paid wholly from funds not controlled by the
CSU or from revolving or similar funds from which a regular
State share payment of the insurance premium cannot be made.
A participant in the Faculty Early Retirement Program shall
be deemed an eligible employee if the participant was enrolled
in a CSU dental plan immediately prior to his/her service retirement. |
| 32.8 |
For the limited and exclusive purpose of providing
dental insurance, employees appointed to the class of Lecturer,
Academic Year (Class Codes 2331 and 2358) and/or Coach, Academic
Year (Class Codes 2332, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2375, 2378, 2381,
and 2384), who are not eligible to enroll under the regular
enrollment regulations shall be eligible to enroll under the
following conditions provided that they were both employed as
Academic Year Lecturers or Coaches and enrolled in health benefits
at any time during the 1991/92 academic year: |
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a. |
The employee is appointed for one semester or two consecutive
quarters for six (6) Weighted Teaching Units or more but less
than seven and one-half (7-1/2) Weighted Teaching Units. |
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b. |
Enrollment will be continued during subsequent consecutive
semesters or quarters provided the employee is appointed for
six (6) Weighted Teaching Units or more. |
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c. |
If during an academic year (following completion of the initial
qualifying appointment period of one semester or two consecutive
quarters), the enrolled employee is appointed for less than
six (6) Weighted Teaching Units or is not reappointed, the employee
may continue enrollment by direct payment of the employee and
employer premiums through the end of that academic year (August
pay period). |
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d. |
If during the initial qualifying appointment period (one semester
or two consecutive quarters) the employee's assignment is reduced
to less than six (6) Weighted Teaching Units, the employee's
enrollment will be administratively cancelled on the same basis
as others who lose eligibility. |
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e. |
An employee who had a qualifying fall term appointment or
who was eligible in the fall to enroll under the regular enrollment
regulations and who elected not to enroll shall not be eligible
to enroll during subsequent terms of that academic year under
this section of the Agreement. |
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f. |
Individuals eligible to receive health care through payment
of the student health fee shall not be eligible to enroll under
this procedure. |
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g. |
In accordance with provision 32.1, eligibility shall be as
defined by PERS. |
| 32.9 |
In accordance with 32.3, employees and family
members eligible to enroll in health benefits are eligible to
enroll in the CSU dental program. |
| Vision
Care |
| 32.10 |
Eligible employees and eligible family members
as defined in this Agreement shall be entitled to receive vision
care benefits as provided in the program presently offered by
CSU and the CSU hereby agrees the Employer's contribution shall
equal one hundred (100) percent of the basic monthly premium.
Eligible family members also include the domestic partners of
CSU employees pursuant to Supplemental Agreement dated January
4, 2000, in Appendix
F on page 231. |
| 32.11 |
The term "eligible family member" as
used in this Article shall mean the eligible employee's legal
spouse and unmarried children from birth to the end of the month
in which the dependent children reach age twenty-three (23).
An adopted child, stepchild, illegitimate child recognized by
the parent, or a child living with the employee in a parent-child
relationship who is economically dependent upon the employee
is also eligible. A family member who is a disabled child over
age twenty-three (23) may also be enrolled if, at the time of
initial enrollment of the employee, satisfactory evidence of
such disability is presented to the carrier consistent with
the carrier's requirements. Upon attaining age twenty-three
(23), a disabled child who is already enrolled may be continued
in enrollment if satisfactory evidence of that disability is
filed with the carrier in accordance with the carrier's criteria. |
| 32.12 |
No provision contained in this Article shall be
implemented unless and until the amount required therefor is
appropriated by the Legislature and made available to the CSU
for expenditure for such purposes. |
| Flex
Cash Program |
| 32.13 |
All employees eligible for either health or dental
insurance pursuant to this Agreement, shall be entitled to waive
health and/or dental insurance in exchange for the following
monthly payments: |
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a. |
Waive medical & dental $140 per month |
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b. |
Waive medical only $128 per month |
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c. |
Waive dental only $12 per month |
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In order to participate, each employee will be
required to request participation and certify that he/she has
alternate non-CSU insurance for the CSU insurance being waived. |
| Retirement
Benefits for Part-time, Seasonal and Temporary Employees |
| 32.14 |
Part-time, seasonal and temporary employees shall
participate in the PST Retirement Plan administered by the Department
of Personnel Administration. The total cost of this DPA plan
shall be paid by participating employees in the form of a seven
and one-half percent (7.5%) pretax reduction from a participating
employee's covered wages each pay period. There shall be no
cost to the CSU. |
| Recreational
Facilities |
| 32.15 |
Employees shall have access to campus recreational
facilities when the appropriate administrator has determined
that such access does not interfere with the student's use of
the facilities. A nominal fee to cover CSU costs may be charged.
Use of campus recreational facilities by a faculty unit employee
pursuant to the terms of this provision shall be wholly voluntary
and, for the purpose of workers compensation, any time spent
in the use of these facilities shall not be counted as time
worked. |
| Travel
Reimbursement |
| 32.16 |
Employee expenses incurred as a result of travel
on official CSU business shall be reimbursed in accordance with
CSU travel regulations. The parties agree that any increases
for CSU employees ratified by the CSU Board of Trustees in the
CSU subsistence allowance(s), travel allowance rate(s), and/or
automobile mileage rate(s) shall be provided to faculty unit
employees, and that the parties must meet and confer on any
CSU proposal to decrease such reimbursement allowance(s). |
| Parking
Fees |
| 32.17 |
An employee is required to pay the parking fee
as determined by the CSU for parking at any facility of the
CSU. The CSU shall provide for payroll deductions for this purpose
upon written authorization by the employee. The CSU shall not
change the parking fees payable in effect upon the effective
date of this Agreement, without first complying with provision
3.1 of the Agreement. Meeting and conferring over the impact
of such a charge shall be about the portion of the rate increase,
if any, the faculty unit employees will pay. * |
| Life Insurance,
AD&D Plan and Disability Benefits |
| 32.18 |
The CSU shall provide employees eligible for health
insurance pursuant to this Agreement with a supplemental life
insurance program at no cost to the employee. This program shall
provide life insurance during the term of employment in the
amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). This provision shall
be exempt from the conditions set forth in provisions 32.12
and 41.3. |
| 32.19 |
The CSU shall provide employees eligible for health
insurance pursuant to this Agreement with a disability income
protection plan at no cost to the employee. The level of benefits
shall equal the CSU Group Long Term Disability Plan in existence
on January 1, 1996. |
| 32.20 |
The CSU shall provide employees eligible for health
insurance pursuant to this Agreement with $50,000 accidental
death and dismemberment insurance at no cost to the employee. |
| 32.21 |
The campus Personnel Office shall make available
information concerning an employee's rights under Nonindustrial
Disability Insurance (NDI), Industrial Disability Leave (IDL),
Temporary Disability, Social Security and PERS or STRS retirement
options. |
| 403(b)
Programs and Optional Retirement Plan |
| 32.22 |
All members of the bargaining unit shall be eligible
to participate in 403(b) programs in accordance with regulations
and procedures as established by The California State University. |
| 32.23 |
Optional retirement plans permitted by legislation
and subject to negotiations under HEERA shall be made available
to members of the faculty hired after the effective date of
any such plan. |
| Enhanced
1959 Survivor Benefits |
| 32.24 |
The parties agree as follows regarding the enhanced
1959 survivor benefits and the implementation of SB 423 (Royce). |
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a. |
The amount paid to a surviving spouse under the 1959 survivors
benefit enhancement shall be increased to the equal level of
payment described in Government Code 21382.4. |
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b. |
The employer shall be responsible for payment of the additional
monthly premium for such coverage at the rate established by
PERS for the enhanced survivor benefit. |
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c. |
In executing this Agreement the parties acknowledge they have
fully discharged whatever obligations to bargain which may have
arisen as a result of implementing the above-referenced status. |
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d. |
The Agreement described above shall be implemented upon receipt
of final approval and authorization by PERS. |
*
Pursuant to the Supplemental Agreements in Appendix F dealing
with Parking Fees: |
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1. |
"The parties agree that faculty will not be required
to pay parking fees in excess of those applicable as of June
30, 2001 during the 2001-2002, 2002-2003 contract years." |
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2. |
"As part of the reopened negotiations for salaries and
benefits to be effective July 1, 2003, the Parties further agree
that either party may propose parking fee increases or decreases
to be effective July 1, 2003." |
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3. |
If parking fee changes as referenced in paragraph 2 are brought
forward, said proposals may entail specific fee modifications
for individual campuses in amounts thought appropriate for each
campus." |
