5.2 ERMUSR 12-12-2017 - Laserfiche WebLink

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There will be four groups, concurrent with the pay plan. The four groups are Office, Field Workers, Line Workers, and Management. All groups shall participate in contributions as follows: a. Employees with fewer than 10 years of service are required to contribute 1% of their gross wages. b. Employees with fewer than 20 years of service and at least 10 years of service are required to contribute 2% of their gross wages. c. Employees with at least 20 years of service are required to contribute 3% of their gross wages. 2. Employees who have accrued over 960 hours of sick time will have 50% of those hours converted to cash and deposited in their Post Employment Health Care Savings account. The conversion will take place once a year at the end of December. 3. Employees who voluntarily end their employment and who give the Utilities proper (generally at least two-weeks) notice, and employees whose employment ends involuntarily because of lack of work, will have 50% of unused sick leave, up to a maximum of 120 days, converted into cash and deposited into their Post Employment Health Care Savings account provided they sign and do not rescind an agreement releasing claims arising out of their employment, in a form prescribed by the Utilities. Employees involuntarily terminated by the Utilities for any reason other than lack of work shall not be eligible to receive such conversion. No contributions will be accepted by the Plan on behalf of an employee after the death of the employee. 4. Employees who retire (immediately eligible to claim their pension) and who give the Utilities proper (generally at least two-weeks) notice, will have 100%of unused vacation leave, converted into cash and deposited into their Post Employment Health Care Savings account provided they sign and do not rescind an agreement releasing claims arising out of their employment, in a form prescribed by the Utilities. I ' 101