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The purpose of this program is to help employees defray some of the costs of post <br /> employment health insurance premiums using pre-tax dollars. <br /> 23.2 Effective Date <br /> Participation in the Post Employment Health Care Savings Plan (PEHCSP) is <br /> available to full- and part-time regular employees who are members of the <br /> AFSCME unit and who meet the eligibility requirements described below on their <br /> termination date. For the purposes of the PEHCSP, the termination date is the last <br /> date an employee performed services for the City. This includes, but is not limited <br /> to, the employee's retirement date. <br /> This PEHCSP is effective November 1, 2008. <br /> 23.3 Eligibility Requirements <br /> In order to be eligible for participation in the PEHCSP, the following terms and <br /> conditions must be met: <br /> A. The individual must be a regular employee and a current member of the <br /> AFSCME bargaining unit. <br /> B. The employee must have been continuously employed by the City of <br /> Ramsey for ten years. There shall be no partial years and no aggregation of <br /> separate periods of employment. <br /> 23.4 Benefits <br /> Under the PEHCSP, eligible employees will contribute 100% of eligible sick leave <br /> hours to the PEHCSP. City employees are eligible to accrue a maximum of 960 <br /> hours of sick leave and may receive a percentage of the 960 hours of sick leave <br /> depending upon their years of service. <br /> For the purposes of this PEHCSP, as per Article 22 of the AFSCME labor <br /> agreement, "eligible sick leave hours" is 33% of unused accumulated sick leave <br /> after 5 years of continuous employment; 45% of unused accumulated sick leave <br /> after 10 years of continuous employment; 50% of unused accumulated sick leave <br /> after 15 years of continuous employment <br /> Per Article 22 of the AFSCME labor agreement, severance pay shall not be <br /> available in any sum to an employee if that employee is discharged for just cause, <br /> or if the employee voluntarily terminates his or her employment without giving the <br /> employer fourteen(14) days written notice. <br /> 23.5 Fees <br /> Fees are paid by employees (or former employees) when the individual begins <br /> making contributions to the plan. <br /> 24 <br />