Southern Interior Health & Welfare Plan

The Southern Interior Health & Welfare Plan arises out of and is subject to the terms of the British Columbia Southern Interior Master Agreement. It provides benefits to eligible Steelworkers bargaining unit employees of forest industry companies which are members of the Interior Forest Labour Relations Association.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Three Trustees have been appointed by Steelworkers and three by the Interior Forest Labour Relations Association. The six Trustees are responsible for the placement and administration of the Plan. As of January 2005, the Trustees are:

Employer Trustees	Union Trustees
Vyvian Burton	Marty Gibbons
Greg Wishart	R. (Bob) Matters
Tom Kirk	Stan McMaster

SUMMARY OF BENEFITS

		January 1, 2007
Life Insurance Insured by The Great-West Life Assurance Company (“Great West”)		$100,000

Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insured by Co-operators Life Insurance Company (“The Co-operators”)		$100,000 (Principal Sum)

Weekly Indemnity (WI) Self-insured by the Trust, paid by the British Columbia Life and Casualty Company (“BC Life”)		$449/week 26 week maximum

Dental Plan	Plan A:	80%
	Plan B:	60%
	Plan C:	60% (lifetime maximum $2,500 for adults, $3,000 for children)

Extended Health Care Self-insured by the Trust, paid by Pacific Blue Cross*		$75 annual deductible 80% reimbursement for most eligible expenses $60,000 life time maximum

Note: Designated part-time employees are covered for full benefits except that WI is one-half of the regular amount. Cost of benefits other than WI is shared equally between the employer and the designated part-time employee.

ADMINISTRATION

The Trustees have hired Pacific Blue Cross* to administer the Plan on their behalf. Every month, participating employers contribute to a trust fund on behalf of their eligible employees. The Trustees hold and invest the fund, which is used to pay for benefit coverage and for operating expenses.

NOTICE

The information on this web site is an outline of the benefits provided by the Southern Interior Health and Welfare Plan and is not a contract. This Plan only covers those benefits listed above and included in the Plan Summary and the Plan Booklet included in the web site. Each covered employee may study a copy of the Plan Text at any time by contacting his employer or local union office. For your information, we have included references to other negotiated benefits and certain government programs.

OTHER BENEFITS

Eligible employees may also be covered through their employment for other benefits which are NOT part of the Southern Interior Health & Welfare Plan:

Long Term Disability benefits (through the jointly trusteed IWA-Forest Industry LTD Plan)
Pension benefits (through the jointly trusteed IWA-Forest Industry Pension Plan)
Basic Medical and Hospital (through the provincial government’s Medical Services Plan of British Columbia)