8.01       This Plan shall be effective the date of signing the Agreement, and shall continue to be binding on the parties to the Agreement for so long as the Agreement is binding between the parties.

ELIGIBILITY

8.02       Each employee shall be entitled to the benefits in this Plan subject to the following conditions:

1. If qualified for the present benefit plans on the date this Agreement is signed, he shall be eligible on the effective date of the Agreement; or
   
   
2. New employees will be entitled to regular benefit status, if they move to regular status, in seniority order as part of maintaining the minimum number of core employees, in accordance with the Branch Manning levels, Letter of Understanding #1.

8.03       New employees who were enrolled in the benefit plans of any other B.C. brewery or BDL agents in B.C. and who were laid off from that brewery or agency due to lack of work shall be entitled to immediate coverage for M.S.P. basic medical and Extended Health Plans.

LIFE INSURANCE

8.04       Effective April 21, 2006, the amount of Life Insurance coverage shall be increased to provide $50,000.00 insurance coverage for benefit status employees actively at work on that day. Effective April 21, 2007, the amount of Life Insurance coverage shall be increased to provide $51,000.00 insurance for benefit status employees actively at work on that day. Employees not actively at work on the above named days shall only be provided increased insurance coverage upon their return to active employment.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE

8.05       Effective April 21, 2003, the amount of Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance coverage shall be increased to provide $49,000.00 insurance coverage for benefit status employees actively at work on that day. Employees not actively at work on the above-named days shall only be provided increased insurance coverage upon their return to active employment.

MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND HOSPITAL

8.06       Each eligible employee shall be insured in the Medical Services Plan of B.C. and the Extended Health Benefits Plan.

DENTAL

8.07       Dental Care Plan for active employees.

Plan "A" -  100% to a yearly maximum of $1,200.00
Plan "B" -  75% - $4000.00 restorable lifetime maximum
Plan "C" -  50% - $4000.00 restorable lifetime maximum

The combined lifetime maximum for restorative and orthodontic services is $4,000.00 An annual reinstatement of up to $500.00 will be provided at the beginning of each calendar year, if required, to restore such lifetime maximum to the level of $4,000.00.

SICK LEAVE

8.08       Each employee shall be entitled to sick leave under the following conditions provided he furnishes a doctor's certificate proving his diability to the satisfaction of the Company.

1. Effective April 21, 2006 each regular employee shall be entitled to sick leave of three [3] days for each calendar year. Effective April 21, 2008, each regular employee shall be entitled to sick leave of four [4] days for each calendar year. Any unused sick leave to be paid to employee's on the last pay day before Christmas.
   
   
2. Sick leave will be pro-rated in the year in which an employee attains regular status.
   
   
3. Regular employees who have been absent from work for a full calendar year shall not be entitled to sick leave or payout.
   
   
4. Sick leave will be pro-rated in the year in which an employee is terminated.
   
   
5. Upon retirement, any unused portion of the two [2] days sick leave will be payable in cash to regular employees who achieved regular status prior to April 21, 2003.

8.09       This sick leave shall be applied to provide full pay [in certain instances by supplementing Weekly Indemnity or Workers' Compensation payments] for working days lost during:

1. Two (2) of the three (3) waiting days prior to start of Weekly Indemnity payments resulting from illness; or
   
   
2. in the case of non-occupational accident an employee shall have the option of using 3 hours of sick pay to bring his Weekly Indemnity from 70% of his daily wages to full pay thus reducing by 3 hours an employee's maximum entitlement of sick days, when supplementing Weekly Indemnity to full pay in this manner.
   
   
3. during the first two (2) days of Workers' Compensation payments, in which case sick pay will be used to supplement Workers' Compensation payments up to full pay.

8.10       An employee shall have the option of supplementing to full pay, his Weekly Indemnity benefit after the first three [3] days of sick leave. For each day supplemented the employee's maximum sick leave shall be reduced by three [3] hours

8.11       If an employee who has not had to use any of his sick pay in the calendar year experiences an illness or accident for which he expects to be absent for more than (15) working days, he may elect not to use the last two (2) days of his sick leave entitlement as outlined above, for that illness, thereby providing himself with two (2) days of sick pay which may be used for a different illness later in the year. If the two days sick leave are not used up at the end of the year, then those days may be used to make up the employee's basic rate of pay for two days of his original illness.

8.12       An employee's maximum entitlement of sick leave per year shall be reduced by one [1] day for each full or partial day's payment of sick leave. For each day of Weekly Indemnity supplemented, the employee's maximum sick leave shall be reduced by three hours.

8.13       Full pay for an employee shall mean the equivalent of his standard daily hours times his job rate of pay, and the payment of sick pay shall not result under any circumstances, in an employee receiving more than full pay on any lost working day.

8.14       The Company, at its discretion, may appoint a doctor to examine the employee. Abuse, misrepresentation or any misuse of sick leave by the employee shall be sufficient grounds for dismissal. Company policy on sick leave is attached to this Agreement.

WEEKLY INDEMNITY AND LONG TERM DISABILITY

8.15       Where an employee is disabled due to a sickness or non-occupational accident, a weekly benefit amounting to 70% of wages [applicable classified hourly rate x 40] in effect during the 26 week period will be paid to an employee who is off work and under the care of a doctor.

Payments will commence on the first day of the disability if due to an accident, and on the fourth day if due to a sickness, and will continue to a maximum of 26 weeks for any one period of disability.

8.16       Should the disability, described above, continue beyond the end of the 26th week, the insured Long Term Disability Plan will commence at the 27th week and will continue until recovery, or age 65, whichever occurs first.

8.17       Where an employee has received Workers' Compensation payment for a twenty-six [26] week period, the Long Term Disability Plan will commence at the twenty-seventh [27] week and will continue until recovery, or age 65, whichever occurs first.

8.18       The LTD plan will provide the payment of 66 2/3% of wages [applicable hourly rate x 40] in effect during the first 78 weeks of the Long Term Plan. Should the disability continue past the 104th week [26 weeks + 78 weeks] the future weekly benefits will be calculated at 66 2/3% of wage [hourly rate x 40] in effect at the 104th week of disability.

8.19       Coverage under insured Weekly Indemnity and Long Term Disability Plans will be continued:

1. for the first one hundred and four [104] weeks of a disability provided the employee is unable to perform his own job.
   
   
2. in excess of one hundred and four [104] weeks, provided the employee is unable to perform any job for any employer for which he is reasonably qualified by training, and education, or experience, to perform, as determined by the insurance carrier.

8.20       The Weekly Indemnity Plan and the Long Term Disability Plan will be of a standard nature underwritten by an insurance carrier and will include an offset clause for integrating statutory payments such as Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance and in the case of Long Term Disability, will also include an offset clause for integrating Workers' Compensation.

8.21       The Company will provide the necessary monies to build up the pension of an employee receiving benefits from the insured Long Term Disability Plan at the rate of pension accrual in effect at the commencement of disability.

8.22       Group Life, A.D. & D., M.S.P. and Extended Health Benefits shall be continued in force during any period the employee is receiving Weekly Indemnity or Long Term Disability Benefits. Employees drawing benefits under the Weekly Indemnity Plan shall receive a supplement up to full pay for Statutory Holidays falling within the 26 week period. Employees drawing benefits under the Long Term Disability Plan shall not be eligible for vacation entitlement after 104 weeks. This benefit shall be capped at 52 weeks for any claims commencing after the date of ratification. When an employee who has lost his entitlement does recover and return to work, his vacation entitlement shall be pro-rated in his first year of return.

BENEFIT CARRIERS

8.23       The cost of the Welfare Plans shall be borne by the Company. The Company will pay full cost of the Dental Care Plan with coverage terminating when the employee ceases employment or becomes a pensioner. The Company may provide coverage by alternate carriers, provided the benefit levels and service arrangements are the same or better than that provided by the existing carrier.

CANCELLATION OF BENEFITS

8.24       An employee whose service with the Company has been terminated shall not be entitled to any benefits after the date of such termination.

PENSIONS

8.25       Effective April 21, 2006, the employer agrees to remit to the Union for credit to each member's account, the sum of two dollars and forty cents [$2.40] for each straight time hour worked or compensated for at regular rates excluding overtime. The parties agree that employees shall be required to contribute ten cents [$0.10] per hour which shall be deducted from the employee's wages as their contribution to the plan and which will be included in the two dollars and forty cents contribution.

The new plan will be set up on the following basis:

1. Type: Money Funded Purchase Plan
   
   
2. Administrated: By the Union or its designate
   
   
3. Eligibility: Immediate on the employee achieving full benefit status or in accordance with BC Pension legislation
   
   
4. Participation: Mandatory for all eligible employees
   
   
5. Vesting: 100% upon entry
   
   
6. Contributions: The employer will submit contributions as outlined in Article 8.25 for hours worked or compensated at regular straight time rates (overtime excluded).
   
   
7. Employee shall be permitted to contribute on a voluntary basis over and above the agreed to employee pension contributions.
   
   
8. The employer shall forward his contributions and any and all voluntary entitlements on forms provided by the union to the union office no later than the twelfth of the month following the month for which the contributions apply.

BENEFITS FOR PENSIONERS

8.26       All benefits granted to employees who retired prior to the date of signing of the Agreement are governed by the Agreement in force on the date they retired. The following benefits will be provided to pensioners who retire after the date of signing of the Agreement, at no cost to the pensioner.

1. Normal Retirement:
   1. Life Insurance continued at $4,000.
   2. MSP will be continued as long as the pensioner is a resident of BC.
   
   
   
2. Total and Permanent Disability Retirement:
   1. Life Insurance will be continued in the amount of $20,000 to age 65, then reduced to $4,000.
   2. MSP will be continued as long as the pensioner is a resident of BC.

8.27       Employees and the Union will be provided with copies of the Plan and reports as required by BC Pension legislation.

8.28       All present amenities, now enjoyed by the employees, shall be kept in force except wherever such amenities conflict with or fundamentally prevent the possible inclusion and implementation of the provisions of the Social Security Plan. It is understood and agreed that the word "amenities" shall not be construed to obligate the Company to pay a year-end bonus. This Article shall not be construed to alter any specific term or condition specifically set forth elsewhere in this Agreement.