Opinion ID: 786209
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Medical Plan

Text: 7 The Medical Plan gave employees medical benefits and life insurance both during employment and in the event of a layoff. Following termination of employment, an employee would continue to receive medical benefits for a period of 90 days beginning with the first day of layoff. J.A. at 217 (art. IV, § K.1(a)). An employee would also be covered for an additional time period beyond the first ninety days, which varied as a function of the number of SUBs an employee would expect to receive given an employee's available credit units on the last day worked prior to the layoff. For example, if an employee were entitled to thirty-three weeks of SUBs, as determined by the employee's seniority and the SUB Plan's fund position, the employee would receive ninety days plus five months of full medical coverage. See J.A. at 218 (art. IV, § K.1(b), (c)). If the SUB fund position dropped below 4% at the time of layoff, the employee would not be entitled to any SUB benefits, which consequently would limit the employee's post-layoff medical coverage to ninety days. Furthermore, if the SUB Plan were terminated, a laid-off employee would only be entitled to ninety days of medical care following the date of termination.