Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Carbon County Education Association Ratifies 2009-10 Agreement

Negotiations Summary
School Year 2009-2010

Benefits and Benefit Changes
· Steps/Lanes funded
· Insurance premium increase of 6.4% funded – no increase of cost to employees
· 180 contract days with additional 2 days from Quality Teaching – 182 total days
· Early Retirement Incentive payments will no longer be based on the employee’s last year of salary, but on their highest year
· Early Retirement Incentive will not be offered to anyone hired or rehired after January 1, 2009
· No change to Early Retirement Incentive of 20/20/20 with Insurance benefit
· Early Retirement Incentive of 50/50/50 will change from payments of “50% of highest base salary for three consecutive years” to “25% of highest base salary for six consecutive years”
· District will no longer contribute 50% of premium cost of Long-Term Disability Insurance
· District will no longer participate in the Blomquist-Hale Employee Assistance Program


Jim Thompson was elected to the position of CCEA President and Janis Blake was elected as Vice-president.