Agmt14 Servie Employees International Union SEIU MOU 2014-2017

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22.4 Savings Clause 22.4.1 If, pursuant to any federal or state law which may become effective subsequent to the effective date of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City is required to pay contributions or taxes for hospital/medical/surgical, dental care, prescription drug or other health benefits to be provided its workers under such federal or state act, the City's obligation to furnish the same benefits under the hospital/medical/surgical, dental care and major medical programs shall be suspended and the contributions agreed to be paid monthly hereunder by the City shall be reduced each month by the amounts which the City is required to expend during any such month in the form of contributions or taxes to support said federal or state health plan. 22.4.2 If, as a result of such law, the level of benefits provided by such law for any group of workers, or their dependents, is lower in certain categories of services than that provided under the existing major medical plan, the City shall, to the extent practical, provide a plan of benefits supplementary to the federal or state benefits so as to make benefits in each category of coverage as nearly comparable as possible to the benefits provided under the major medical plan. The City need only expend for this purpose the actual amount required to achieve parity between the benefits provided under the major medical plan and the benefits provided under any federal or state plan as supplemented in the manner herein above described. In no event shall the City be required to expend for such purposes an amount which, when added to the contributions or taxes required of the City under the federal or state act, shall exceed the amounts paid at the time such legislation becomes effective. 22.4.3 If the benefits provided under the federal or state act exceed the benefits provided hereunder in each category of coverage, the City shall be under no further obligation to make any contribution. 22.5 Life Insurance The City agrees to offer to eligible workers life insurance equal to one and one half (1-1/2) times the worker's annual salary. 22.6 Contributions/Prorations to Health and Cafeteria Plans All full-time and part-time workers shall be allowed up to one full pay period of non-paid status per month without any proration to cafeteria plan payments. Any full-time worker who exceeds one full pay period of non-paid status in a month would have their cafeteria plan payment prorated based upon the number of additional hours in non-paid status during that month. 22.7 Vision Care The City will contract with Vision Service Plan (VSP) or comparable vision care provider to provide vision care benefits for workers and their dependents. The Vision Service Plan B provides for an exam every 12 months, lenses every 12 months if needed, and frames every 2 years if needed. There is no deductible for workers, but a $20.00 per person deductible will apply to dependents each time benefits are available and will be paid by the worker. 22.8 Long Term Disability The City will contract to provide Long Term Disability Insurance for SEIU workers. The City, for the term of 38