Health and Welfare

Payment shall be made to the administrator appointed by the Trustees. Remit to ACRC Trust Fund, C/O Coughlin & Associates, P.O. Box 764, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2L4.

Payments shall be due and payable not later than fifteen (15) days after the termination of the calendar month in which the hours were worked. The employer concerned will not only remain liable to the said welfare plan for the amount of any contributions not so paid, but shall be responsible for claim or benefits lost to the employee or employees and family by reason of the failure to make payment in the amounts and at the times provided herein. The employer shall also forward a statement setting out the names of the employees in respect of whom such payments are made, and the amounts in respect of each employee and the hours worked by each employee during such calendar month. Any funds remitted two weeks past the due date of the 15" of the month following the month worked shall be subject to a 20% penalty.

The Trust Document under which the fund is controlled shall provide for equal trusteeship from the employer and from the Union.

Timely payment of wages and contributions to the Trust Funds provided for in this Agreement is essential for the protection of the beneficiaries. Delinquency and continued failure to pay wages and/or remit contributions to the Trust Funds shall be dealt with as follows: (1) The Union will advise the employer in writing of any delinquency. = (2) If the employer has failed to respond within forty-eight (48) hours of receipt of notification, exclusive of Saturday and Sunday and Holidays, the Union may then request a meeting with the employer, or the employer’s representative to provide for the payment of funds. ol wr CLRA and Carpenters Local 579 Collective Agreement 2022 - 2027 Page 23 of p ey (3) Should the matter not be resolved at the above-mentioned meeting, the matter shall be referred directly to arbitration. Any arbitration under this Article shall be paid in full by the employer including benefit trust legal cost and a twenty percent (20%) penalty on the outstanding amounts. Should the Arbitrator find in favour of the employer, all costs including benefit trust legal costs, shall be paid by the Trust or Union.

The employers bound by this Agreement hereby covenant and agree to be bound by all terms of the trust agreement governing the Newfoundland Carpenter’s Union Welfare Trust Fund as established by a Trust document dated the 1° day of July 1974 and all amendments thereto.