Public Employees Benefits Agency (PEBA): www.peba.gov.sk.ca

SIAST's dental plan is located through Public Employees Benefits Agency (PEBA). The intent of the Plan is to promote good dental health by reducing the costs for preventative, routine and major restorative dental work. The insurance carrier for the Plan is Great West Life. The Administrator for the Plan is the Public Employees Benefits Agency, Saskatchewan Finance.

Fulltime SIAST employees are eligible for claiming dental coverage starting on the first day of the month following 6 months of continuous employment, while part time and casual employees may become eligible for benefits after meeting certain eligibility requirements.

Making Dental Claims:

PEBA will send you a Green wallet card with your plan number (57447) and ID number (which is your SIAST employee number). Present this information to your dentist's office, and they will directly contact PEBA for claim payments. 
If you have claims from the first six months of employment, you will have to directly make the claims to PEBA.
More information is found in the Dental Plan Booklet. If you have any questions, please contact PEBA .
PEBA E-mail:
benefits@peba.gov.sk.ca

PEBA Telephone:
In Regina 1-306-787-3440
Fax: 1-306-787-8822

SIAST's Group Life Insurance is located through Public Employees Benefits Agency (PEBA). The Great West Life Assurance Company provides claims adjudication and benefit payment services to the Plan.

For more information regarding this benefit, please read the attached Group Life Insurance Booklet.

For more information about SIAST's Group Life Insurance plan, please contact PEBA.

E-mail:
benefits@peba.gov.sk.ca

Telephone:
In Regina 1-306-787-3440
Fax: 1-306-787-8822

Great West Life:  www.greatwestlife.com

SIAST's health plan is handled through Great West Life. To find out more about the plan, please visit their website. Access to your benefits information has never been easier, as you are able to view all your information online.

How to view your information:

• Visit www.greatwestlife.com
• Click on GroupNet for Plan Members, found on the right side of the screen.
• If you are a new employee click on, “New User? Register Now...”
• You will need to have this information to fill out the registration form:
• Plan Number: 57447 (for all SIAST in-scope staff and OOS staff bands 1-9)
• ID Number – which is your SIAST employee number – not including zeros at the beginning
• Your date of birth
• Date of birth of one of your dependents, if applicable
• Your postal code
• Your e-mail address
• You will then get to choose a user name and password, which will be used for each additional login.

 On Great West Life's site you can:

• Complete and print personalized claim forms
• View your claim status and Explanation of Benefits for the past 24 months
• Sign up for Direct Deposit Claim Payments – claims paid directly into your bank account
• Look up common group insurance terms and Frequently Asked Questions
• See the Health & Wellness section for topics that are important to you
• Personalized health evaluation tool: Modifiable Health Risk Assessment
• Access expanded coverage information quickly and easily

If you have any questions regarding your Health Benefits Plan, please contact a Great West Life Customer Relationship Specialist at calling 1-800-957-9777. They are available weekdays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CST. (If you are deaf or hard of hearing and use a TTY machine, please call us 1-800-990-6654 or 204-946-7281 in Winnipeg.)

For in-scope employees, Long Term Disability (LTD) is held through Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union.

For more information about this benefit, please visit SGEU’s website (http://www.sgeu.org/content/long-term-disability).

Public Employees Pension Plan (PEPP):  http://www.peba.gov.sk.ca/pepphome.htm

SIAST's pension plan is held through Public Employees Pension Plan (PEPP). It is a defined contribution pension plan administered by PEBA with more than 100 participating employers and over 49,000 members. PEPP employers include the Government of Saskatchewan, certain Crown corporations, agencies, boards and other institutions.

PEPP will send out a package to the home with new employees when the new employee is eligible for the pension plan.

For more information regarding this plan please see PEPP'S website or the information booklet.

• Vacation
• Deferred Salary
• Maternity Leave
• Job Share
• Earned Days Off (EDO's)