All permanent professional employees are eligible for immediate benefits coverage. In most cases, temporary Professionals who have been hired for a full-time contract of more than six months are also eligible for benefits coverage. Occasional and short-term contract Professionals are not eligible for group insurance coverage.

Participation in the basic health insurance plan is mandatory for all eligible professionals. However, a professional employee may, by giving prior written notice to the College, request to be exempted from participation to basic health and dental insurance plan, provided that he or she can submit proof of similar coverage under a different group insurance plan.

Based on La Fédération du personnel professionnel des colleges’ (FPPC’s) current agreement with Beneva, eligible professionals may choose between three different health insurance plan options, each of which offers a different level of coverage; dental and life insurance is also optional for all professional employees. Basic health insurance and long-term disability are compulsory coverage.

Professional employees who continue to pay their insurance premiums will experience no interruption in coverage as a result of an approved leave.

Professional employees with questions about sick leave, maternity, paternity, and other related leaves should contact the Benefits office, local 1373.

Professional employees’ questions about leaves of absences, voluntary workload reductions, sabbaticals and other time away from work should contact the Human Resources Administration Technician (non-teaching employees), local 1380.

Retiring Professionals’ health insurance questions can be answered by the retirement specialists at Beneva, who administer this aspect of FPPC’s Professional employee health insurance plan. They can be reached at the following phone number: 514 223 2501.

Questions about pensions and other related retirement policies for all cégep employees should be directed to Retraite Québec (former CARRA La Commission Administrative des Regimes de Retraites et d’Assurances) at 1 800 463 5533 or their website: www.retraitequebec.gouv.qc.ca.