AKCoverMan
Well-Known Member
But do you need off whole trial or just day/days you testify?
if your really gonna need be off for whole trial the Insurance question is what you need answered that could blow up on you if you got sick or hurt and your coverage had lapsed. And you can’t get a straight answer to that on BC as we are covered by so many different plans and union locals.
In my area I could be off close to six months before coverage would lapse. Our plan works on a dollar bank system company pays in set amount per month (roughly $2100) into your plan bank then the plan deducts monthly premium which is not quite that much, so after number of years you end up with a surplus in your bank. They cap your surplus a six months worth of premiums.
Ask Stewart the Steward of better yet union hall about how insurance contributions and qualifications work in your area.
As far as pay goes they can’t force you to not have your scheduled vacation time and Option day time that your u have properly scheduled under the contract. If they pay you for time off at trial they should give you layoff days when your scheduled time off comes along. Saw that happen on FMLA case, member used week of vacation pay during FMLA then had no vacation hours for scheduled vacation but he took time anyway, week was coded as “vacation-prepaid“ just like always and of course he didn’t get a paycheck the following Friday, but he didn’t miss his planned vacation.
if your really gonna need be off for whole trial the Insurance question is what you need answered that could blow up on you if you got sick or hurt and your coverage had lapsed. And you can’t get a straight answer to that on BC as we are covered by so many different plans and union locals.
In my area I could be off close to six months before coverage would lapse. Our plan works on a dollar bank system company pays in set amount per month (roughly $2100) into your plan bank then the plan deducts monthly premium which is not quite that much, so after number of years you end up with a surplus in your bank. They cap your surplus a six months worth of premiums.
Ask Stewart the Steward of better yet union hall about how insurance contributions and qualifications work in your area.
As far as pay goes they can’t force you to not have your scheduled vacation time and Option day time that your u have properly scheduled under the contract. If they pay you for time off at trial they should give you layoff days when your scheduled time off comes along. Saw that happen on FMLA case, member used week of vacation pay during FMLA then had no vacation hours for scheduled vacation but he took time anyway, week was coded as “vacation-prepaid“ just like always and of course he didn’t get a paycheck the following Friday, but he didn’t miss his planned vacation.
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