BACKGROUND:
This Side Letter arises out of recommendations from the Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee (“JLMBC”) following its discussions about future medical, dental and vision plan design. The recommendations were that active employees have the option to participate in a voluntary vision plan and a health savings account. The County determined that these were constructive suggestions from the JLMBC that warranted pursuing with individual employee organizations, such as the CCC Defenders. As a result, the County and CCC Defenders agree that during a special open enrollment for the remainder of the 2017 plan year the County will offer active employees in the classifications listed in the side letter, except those who are temporary or permanent-intermittent, the option of enrolling in an employee paid vision plan and an employee-funded health savings account pursuant to the terms detailed in the side letter.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Members will not have access to the voluntary vision plan nor the health spending account.