Tentative Agreement 5-03-07
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2007 WP&L/IBEW LOCAL 965 NEGOTIATIONS

COMPANY RESPONSE TO UNION WAGE AND BENEFIT PACKAGE 3

05/03/07

 

Medical

 

IBEW 965 CDHP Medical Plan

Annual Deductible

$1,500 single/$3,000 family

Coinsurance       In Network

90% / 10% 

Coinsurance       Out of Network

70% / 30%

Annual Out-of-Pocket Maximum

(Includes Deductible and Co-Insurance)

IN:  $3,000 single/$5,000 family                           OUT: $4,000 single/$6,000 family

Health Reimbursement Account Employer Contribution

Single:   $2,000

EE + 1:  $3,000

Family:  $4,000

To be paid in full on January 1, 2008.

 

Effective January 1, 2009:

Single:   $1,000

EE + 1:  $2,000

Family:  $3,000

To be paid in semi-annual installments.

 

Flexible Spending Account Employee Contribution - Done by pre tax contribution

Health Care FSA $4,500                                     Money in FSA used before HRA.

Preventative Care

(Per AMA Guidelines)

100% in-network    90% out-of-network

 

Prescription Drugs

(Covered Products)

Effective 1/1/2008:

Retail Deductible: $50 single/$100 family                        Retail (30 days):   $10 generic/

                              $20 preferred brand/

                              $30 brand   

Mail (90 days):      $20 generic/

                              $40 preferred brand/

                              $60 brand

 

Effective 1/1/2010:

Retail Deductible: $50 single/$100 family                       

Retail (30 days):   $10 generic/

                              $25 preferred brand/

                              $40 brand   

Mail (90 days):      $20 generic/

                              $50 preferred brand/

                              $80 brand

 

Vision

$40 eye exam                                                                          $150 eyewear (glasses or contacts)

 

Not limited to network providers.

Chiropractic

Deductible, Coinsurance and Out-of-Pocket Maximum - Treatments in Excess of 20 require Physician Approval

 

Not limited to network providers.

Acupuncture

Deductible, Coinsurance and Out-of-Pocket Maximum As authorized by Physician; limited to 10 visits per year.

Physician Office Visits and Services, In-Patient and Out-Patient Hospital Services

 

Deductible, Coinsurance and Out-of-Pocket Maximum.

 

 

Emergency and Urgent Care

Deductible, Co-Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Maximum.

 

Out-of-Network Benefit is 90% / 10% if a true emergency.

 

Hearing Care –

     Office Visit and Testing

 

 

     Hearing Aid

 

Subject to Deductible, Co-Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Maximum.

 

$1,000 Benefit every three years – No Deductible/No Co-Insurance.

 

Organ Transplants

100% at Life Source Center .

 

Deductible, Co-Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Maximum for non-Life Source Center .

 

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Limited to 20 Outpatient and 30 Inpatient days per year - Deductible, Coinsurance

Medical Opt Out Option

$100 per month.

Employee Premium Amount 1/1/2008

 

Single:     $  60 

EE + 1:    $125 

Family:    $185 

Employee Premium Amount 1/1/2009

 

Single:     $  75 

EE + 1:    $140 

Family:    $200 

 

Employee Premium Amount 1/1/2010

 

Single:     $  90

EE + 1:    $160 

Family:    $225

Employee Premium Amount 1/1/2011

 

Monthly employee contributions for the medical plan paid by employees will be based on 20% of the total monthly premium as calculated annually.

 

Wellness Credit

Employees participating in the Company’s Wellness Program, who meet established Power Your Health Program criteria, will have the option to receive a reduction in monthly health care premiums (currently at $15), or an additional $200 HRA contribution, or an additional medical opt out credit of $15 per month.

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:

 

 

1/1/2008

1/1/2009

1/1/2010

1/1/2011

Single:

$  8.00

$  8.00

$  8.00

$  8.00

Employee + 1:

$12.00

$12.00

$12.00

$15.00

Family:

$16.00

$16.00

$18.00

$22.00

 

 

Pension:

 

For New Hires:      For Employees hired after June 1, 2007, provide access only to the Company Medical Plan at the time of retirement  and provide an enhanced 401(k) Plan in lieu of the WP&L Retirement Plan B as follows: 

 

 

Age Plus Service

Points

Company Cash

Contribution

 

Stock Match

< 49

4%

4%   (50¢ on $1.00 up to 8%)

50 - 69

5%

4%   (50¢ on $1.00 up to 8%)

70 +

6%

4%   (50¢ on $1.00 up to 8%)

 

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 Columbia and Edgewater evening crews per hour for all hours worked. 

Ø      Maintenance night premium increased from 78¢ per hour to 82¢ for Columbia and Edgewater night crews per hour for all hours worked.

 

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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