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Pension Credits


Past Service Credit

1/12 Credit for each month of Past Service Maximum 15 years prior to:
June 1, 1961 (Inside Wire Agreement)
June 1, 1962 (Motor Shop)
June 1, 1966 (Neon Sign)

 

Pension Credit for Future Service

One Pension Credit for each 1,500 pension credit Hours and 1/12 Credit for each remaining 125 pension credit Hours.

 

Credited Service

1,000 or more Hours of Credited Service earns one Year of Credited Service. See Credited Service Explained.

 

Participation/Breaks in Service


Participation

End of Plan Year (Calendar Year) during which you earn 300 Hours of Pension Credit or 500 Hours of Credited Service.

 

Break in Service

A non-vested Employee incurs a One Year Break in Service in a Plan Year if the Employee fails to complete 500 or more Hours of Credited Service, or fails to earn a total of 300 pension credit Hours in the current and previous Plan Years.

Grace Periods from Break in Service Rules
Reciprocity

 

Cancellation of Credited Service/Pension Credit - Permanent Break in Service

Previously accrued Credited Service/Pension Credit will be canceled upon completion of five consecutive One Year Breaks in Service.

 

Vesting


Ten Year Vesting- (Effective 1-1-1976)

100% Vesting with 10 Years of Pension Credit or Credited Service (or attainment of Normal Retirement Age prior to a Permanent Break in Service)

 

Five Year Vesting (Effective 1-1-1998)

100% Vesting with:

  1. Five years of Credited Service or Pension Credit prior to a Permanent Break in Service; and
  2. One Hour of Covered Employment on or after January 1, 1998.