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OPINION OF TRUSTEES
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In Re

Complainant: Employee
Respondent: Employer
ROD案例编号:32 - 1979年10月25日

Board of Trustees: Harrison Combs, Chairman; John J. O’Connell, Trustee;
Paul R. Dean, Trustee.

根据美国联合煤矿工人1950年福利计划和信托皇冠搏彩中心网站第九条, 并根据美国劳工部授予的豁免授权, 受托人审查了有关在罢工期间(12月6日)向雇员提供健康福利的争议的事实和情况, 1977 – March 26, (1978),并就此发表意见.

Background Facts

雇员于12月开始为雇主工作, 直到1972年12月6日, 1977, 在1978年签订NBCWA之前的罢工开始日期. 1978年3月27日,即协议生效之日,他返回雇主工作.

雇主于1978年3月25日签署了NBCWA, 1978, 在其生效日期之前,并召集某些员工(不包括争议方)工作,以便在有效数据时为矿山的运营做好准备, 12:01 a.m. March 27, 1978. The employees who worked on March 25 and 26 were paid wages under the terms of the 1978 Agreement and also received the $100 Allowance provided under Article IX Section (f) of the Agreement; the hours worked by those employees on March 25 and 26 were reported to the Funds and presumably credited for pension purposes.

雇主选择从协议签订之日起提供健康福利,并向争议雇员和其他雇员提供健康福利卡,确认他们在“3月”时有资格享受健康福利, “1978”(3月份的实际日期未显示).

On March 25, 1978, the Employee’s pregnant wife entered the hospital; she delivered on March 26, 1978 at 4 p.m. 雇主拒绝支付雇员妻子在3月27日之前的任何住院或医疗费用, 1978. 雇员就此事提出申诉, however, 没有达成解决办法,已提交受托人处理. 该雇员还向矿工救济皇冠搏彩中心网站申请帮助支付账单.

Dispute

雇主是否有责任在3月27日前为雇员提供医疗保险, 1978?

Pertinent Provisions

(1) 1978年NBCWA,第XX条,1974年计划和信托
(2) 1978年NBCWA第29条协议的批准和终止
(3) Health Q&A Control No. 14 (4/7/78)

Positions of the Parties

员工立场:周五,UMWA的成员批准了这份合同, March 24, 1978; the Employer called Employees to active work on March 25 and 26, 并于3月25日晚签署了1978年的《皇冠搏彩中心网站》, 根据新协议支付员工工资. Therefore, 自3月25日起,雇主应为所有雇员的健康保险负责, 1978. See statement attached.

雇主立场:雇主认为健康福利保险的责任从3月27日开始, 1978, 1978年《皇冠搏彩中心网站》的生效日期. See statement attached.

Opinion of the Trustees

受托人认为,雇主根据福利计划向3月25日未被召回工作的雇员支付健康福利的责任从3月27日开始, 1978 under the terms of Article XX of the NBCWA of 1978; any medical services received by the Employee or his dependents prior to that date are not covered by the plan.