2007
WP&L/IBEW LOCAL 965 NEGOTIATIONS
COMPANY RESPONSE TO UNION WAGE AND BENEFIT PACKAGE 3 05/03/07 Medical
Money
accumulated in Health Reimbursement Accounts may be used toward qualified
medical and wellness expenses including retiree medical premiums as long as the
employee/retiree participates in an Alliant Energy Medical Plan.
Dental: Premiums:
Pension: For New Hires:
For Employees hired after June 1, 2007,
provide access only to the Company Medical Plan at the time of retirement
Employees
in Retirement Plan B will have a one-time option during a window beginning in
the second quarter of 2009 to
terminate participation in Retirement Plan B thereby freezing current defined
benefit and electing the enhanced 401(k) as outlined
above. The election of this
option will not impact eligibility for retiree medical benefits.
It also will not impact eligibility for benefits for which these
employees would otherwise be eligible on the basis of their vested benefit in
Retirement Plan B. In
the event an employee hired prior to June 1, 2007 elects the enhanced 401(k)
plan prior to becoming vested in the Retirement Plan B, and subsequently elects
early retirement under the provisions of Article IV. Reducing Forces,
paragraph (6) or Article XXVII. Partially Disabled Employees, paragraph (6),
such employee will receive a lump sum payment comparable to the benefits
outlined in these provisions that may be in effect at the time of the
employee’s retirement. Pension
improvement for all employees eligible to participate in the Alliant Energy
401(k) Savings Plan as of June 1, 2007, to
include: Effective the first full pay
period of 2008 and continuing through the term of the agreement, the company
will make a 1% contribution in company stock to each employee’s
401(k) account on a bi-weekly basis. Wages: 3.25%
- Effective 05/27/07 3.25%
- Effective 05/25/08 3.25%
- Effective 05/24/09 3.25%
- Effective 05/23/10 1.00%
- Effective 01/02/11
Premium Pay: Provide the following premium pay increases effective the first full pay period following ratification: Ø Evening shift premium increased from 66¢ per hour to 70¢ per hour for all hours worked. Ø
Night shift premium increased from 78¢ per hour to 82¢
per hour for all hours worked. Ø
Sunday premium will be increased from 95¢ to 99¢ per
hour for all hours worked. Ø
Maintenance evening premium increased from 75¢ per
hour to 79¢ for Ø
Maintenance night premium increased from 78¢ per hour
to 82¢ for Ø Section IX welders’ premium increased from one dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per hour to one dollar and fourteen cents ($1.14) per hour for all hours paid. Ø Chief Gas Technician and Chief Corrosion Technician Welding premium increased from fifty-two cents (52¢) to fifty-six cents (56¢) for all hours paid. |
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