Compensation
Compensation is detailed in the MUALA Collective Agreement.
Collective Agreement – MUALA
MUALA Collective Agreement (2019-2021) | PDF
Benefits
Effective August 1, 2019, your benefit plan incorporated the following changes:
- Mental Health Benefits – Maximum coverage of $3,000 per person (including eligible dependents) per benefit year, in total for services received by registered psychologists, social workers and psychotherapists.
- Hearing Aids – Coverage of 80% of the costs of hearing aids prescribed by an ear, nose and throat specialist, up to a maximum of $1,500 per person per ear over a period of three benefit years. Repairs are included in this maximum.
- Medical Devices: Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) – Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) receivers, transmitters or sensors for persons diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes up to a combined maximum of $4,000 per person per benefit year. Sun Life must be provided with a doctor’s note confirming the diagnosis.
- Dental Claims – The University will allow assignment of dental claims to the dental office, whenever such service is available. TMG members will only need to pay the dental office for the difference between the total bill and amount paid by the McMaster plan.
- Dental Fee Guide – The plan will not cover more than the fee stated in the Dental Association Fee Guide for general practitioners of the province of Ontario, regardless of where the treatment is received. If services are provided by a board qualified specialist in endodontics, prosthodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, paedodontics or orthodontics whose dental practice is limited to that speciality, then the fee guide approved by the provincial Dental Association for that specialist will be used.
- Optional Life Insurance – Insurable annual basic earnings of $100,000 multiplied by increments of 25% up to 1000% (increase from 500%) inclusive, subject to the maximum of $1,000,000 (increase from $500,000).
MUALA, Academic Librarians Benefit Booklet
Benefit Booklet for Academic Librarians (MUALA), effective August 1, 2019 | PDF
University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP)
February 27, 2019
LTD Premium Rates (MUFA (Faculty), MUFA (Senior Academic Librarians) and MUALA)
Document that outlines LTD Premium Rates as of July 1, 2020 for MUFA (Faculty), MUFA (Senior Academic Librarians) and MUALA. | PDF
Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
February 28, 2019
Retirement Plans
How to Read your 2020 Annual Pension Statement – Salaried Plan
Document that is intended to help employees understand their annual pension statement (Salaried Plan). | PDF
Highlights of the McMaster Salaried Pension Plan – MUALA Members
Document that outlines the highlights of the McMaster Salaried Pension Plan for MUALA Members. | PDF
Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan
January 28, 2019
Highlights of the McMaster University Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Academic Librarians represented by MUALA
Document that outlines the highlights of the Group RRSP for MUALA Members. | PDF
Paid Time Off
Compensation is detailed in the MUALA Collective Agreement.
Collective Agreement – MUALA
MUALA Collective Agreement (2019-2021) | PDF
Learning and Development
Librarian Professional Development Allowance Plan (LPDA) Policy and Procedures
Librarian Professional Development Allowance Plan (LPDA) Policy and Procedures is managed by the McMaster University Secretariat`s Office. (Board approved) | Site