SpecialMtg 2018-12-10 Item 2J - Labor Agreement - 2017-2018 Police Commanders Collective Bargaining Agreement with Fraternal Order of Police

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compensation. Domestic Partner Benefits The City of Tukwila Self -Insured healthcare plan extends dependent eligibility to employee's domestic partners and their children. The City will provide benefit coverage to a domestic partner of the same or opposite sex and dependent children on the same basis as provided to a spouse and dependent children. Eligibility for domestic partnership status will be established by presentation of proof of a registered domestic partnership of the State of Washington or the submission of an affidavit and documentation as required by the City's Personnel Policies. Funeral Leave An employee who has a member of his/her immediate family taken by death or who has been notified by a physician in attendance of imminent death may request to use up to fifty-six (56) hours of leave of absence with pay. Immediate family shall be defined as: spouse, registered domestic partner, mother, father, mother-in-law, father- in-law, children (including registered domestic partner's children in compliance with City Policy & Procedure #01-02-14), brother, brother-in-law, sister, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, and grandchildren and any person acting in the capacity of a parent to the employee as a child (applying "in loco parentis" doctrine). 3. Medical Insurance The Employer shall pay the full premium cost for medical coverage (for employees and their eligible dependents) under the Self -Insured Medical Plan up to a maximum increase of eight percent (8%) each year. Any increase above 8% will be paid by the employee through payroll deduction; provided bargaining unit members shall not pay premium costs that exceed that which is paid by members of the Tukwila Police Officers' Guild during the term of this Agreement. In the event the monthly premiums increase more than eight percent (8%) in 2017 or 2018, the Employer or the Union have the right to reopen the Agreement to negotiate changes in the Self -Insured Medical Plan benefit level so that the increase in medical premium costs does not exceed eight percent (8%). In August of each year the Tukwila Health Care Committee will meet to review the actual costs of the Plan from September Pt of the previous year through August 31st of the current year. The actual costs together with any projected increase to the Tukwila Self -Insured Medical Plan shall be used by the City to determine the premium costs for the following year. For employees who elect medical coverage through Kaiser-Permanente, the Employer shall pay up to the maximum dollar amount contribution to the Self - Insured Plan for employee and dependent coverage. Any premium amounts in 126