Tag: Benefits
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For OPS Members – Update on Manulife Service Delays
Update on Manulife Service Delays We know many members have been experiencing significant delays in claim processing and response times from Manulife. Manulife has confirmed that these service disruptions are affecting all their clients, including the province. The delays are the result of recent technological upgrades, increased claim volumes, and limited staffing resources. While these…
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Benefits Fact Sheet #1
Extended Health Care Benefits Insurance companies, through the employer and under a group insurance plan, offer extended health care benefits beyond what is provided under Government plans (e.g. OHIP and Assistive Devices Program). Benefit coverage can vary greatly from plan to plan. You should review your collective agreement and your benefit booklet to determine what…
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EI Fact Sheet #1
Employment Insurance:Caregiving Benefits EI caregiving benefits provide financial assistance while you’re away from work to care for or support a critically ill or injured person or someone needing end-of-life care. You could receive 55% of your earnings, up to a maximum, yearly, insurable earnings amount. As a caregiver, you don’t have to be related to…
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LBED Sick Credit Pool Information Application
LBED Sick Credit Pool General Information and Guidelines As a Permanent Full Time (PFT) or Seasonal (Logistics) member of OPSEU/SEFPO’s Liquor Board Employees Division, you can apply for the Sick Credit Pool if: You have used all other credits, both attendance/sick and vacation; AND If you have previously borrowed days from the Sick Credit Pool,…
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Benefits Fact Sheet #4
LCBO Benefit Claim Denials What type of insured benefits does the LCBO provide? Depending on your employment status with the LCBO, the following benefits may be available to you: Supplementary Health and Hospital Dental Long Term Income Protection (LTIP) Life Insurance (including Basic, Supplementary and Dependent Life Insurance) Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) The LCBO…
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Benefit Fact Sheet #3
Life Insurance Most employers offer some type of group life insurance benefits. Dependent on the insurance policy, the life insurance can allow for separate coverage for the member, spouse and dependents. Life insurance benefits can be paid as a lump sum amount or have a formula (i.e., one, two- or three-times salary). At the time…
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Benefits Fact Sheet #2
Dental Benefits Dental benefits that are provided through the employer and under a group insurance program, are usually reimbursed according to the Ontario Dental Association’s (ODA) suggested fee guide for general practitioners. Some dental benefit plans may have a lag in the year of the ODA Fee Guide on which they will pay. For instance,…
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Appealing OPS Denied Benefits Claim – Fact Sheet #1
Appealing OPS Denied Benefit Claims What insured benefits can I appeal? Supplementary Health and Hospital Insurance (SH&H) Dental Long Term Income Protection (LTIP) Group Life Insurance (including Basic, Supplementary and Dependent Life Insurance) Out of Country claims under the optional “upgrade” offered All benefits negotiated by the Union under the Group Insurance Should you have…
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OCEW benefits update
The Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW) would like to provide an update to members regarding a couple of improvements to the OCEW Benefit Trust: Open enrollment The open enrollment window will be from August 31 to September 30 2020. Members will have 31 days to enroll. Members should be aware that this will be…
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Injured Workers Day
Once again the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is proud to stand in solidarity with injured workers, the Ontario Network of Injured Workers (ONIWG), other Unions, and the general public as we join the fight for justice on June 1st to mark Injured Worker Day. Activities at Queens Park begin the evening before with…
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Changes coming to LTIP for OPS members
Under the new OPS collective agreement, if employees on Long Term Income Protection (LTIP) have both a minimum of 30 years of pension credit and are eligible to retire to an unreduced pension – but they do not retire – they will have to pay the employee portion of pension contributions while receiving LTIP benefits.…
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Seeking Candidates for Trustee – Canadian Blood Services Pension Plan
The Pension Liaison Committee invites you or someone you know to get involved with the Canadian Blood Services Pension Plan by applying to be a Trustee. With the challenges facing defined benefit pension plans, we need people who have a firm and deep commitment to the labour movement and Union principles, as well as an…
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Pension plans make good sense – for people and for the economy
Greetings Friends: Pension plans. Listening to some media pundits, you would think these are dirty words. They will rail on and on about how “public servants” and “government workers” are bleeding the economy dry with their “gold-plated” pensions, leaving poor taxpayers struggling to foot the bill. They’ll say “big union bosses” somehow managed to hoodwink…
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OPS fixed-term employees now eligible for extended benefits
In the recent round of OPS negotiations the parties agreed to extend the Supplementary Health & Hospital and Dental benefits plans (as set out in Articles 39 and 40) to fixed-term employees (FXT). This is an optional benefit and any FXT employee who opts into the plan is responsible for 100 per cent of the monthly…