Who can join the Employee Benefits Program?
As an employee of Acadia University, upon joining the University you are required to participate in the Group Health Insurance, Long Term Disability, Basic Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Plans, provided you meet the following criteria:
1) You are employed in one of the following employment categories:
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Full Time - you are working in a continuing full-load capacity as defined for your class of employment;
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Sessional - you are working in a full-load capacity as defined for your class of employment for at least 8 consecutive months per year.
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Half-time - you are working in at least a half-load but less than full-load capacity as defined for your class of employment on an ongoing basis 12 months of the year.
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Job Sharing - you share one full-time 12 month position in maximum two week cycles equally with another employee so that each of you is working in a half-load capacity.
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Retired employees enrolled as active employees prior to retirement are eligible employees.
2) You are a resident of Canada and for Group Health Insurance are eligible for benefits under the provincial government health care program in the province of residence.
3) You are under the age of 65.
Applications for all plans should be submitted within one month of the date you are hired or you may be asked to provide evidence of good health. Evidence of good health is required on all applications for Optional Life Insurance. Please refer to the Group Life Insurance Plan for details.
Coverage is effective on the date of eligibility, except when: (a) the employee is not actively at work on the day that coverage would otherwise become effective, or (b) the application is made after the 31 day period.
If you are not actively at work when you normally have become eligible, your coverage will commence when you return to work on a full-time basis.
Evidence Of Health
Proof of good health is not required if application is made within 31 days of first becoming eligible. If coverage is not applied for within this 31-day period, evidence may be requested for the employee and his/her dependents, if any, before benefits commence.