EXCLUSIONS FROM CREDITED SERVICE Clause Samples

EXCLUSIONS FROM CREDITED SERVICE. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.05, Credited Service shall not include: (a) any period of active membership in any other plan of the Company for which a benefit is credited under such other plan, except as provided in the Retirement Agreement; (b) any period of temporary absence as described in subparagraph 4.01(b) (1) during which such Member is not receiving earnings from the Company or income under Section 5.05 unless the Member returns to employment with the Company prior to Normal Retirement Date upon cessation of disability. This paragraph does not apply to short periods of leave of absence not exceeding one (1) year, unless the Member fails to return to active employment, in which case such leave of absence will not be included in Credited Service. In no event, however, shall the total periods of temporary absence to be included as Credited Service, excluding those throughout which the Member suffers a physical or mental impairment, as certified in writing by a qualified medical doctor licensed to practice under the laws of Canada, that prevents the Member from performing the duties of employment in which the Member was engaged before the commencement of the impairment, exceed the sum of: (1) five years; and (2) the periods of parenting, as defined in Revenue Rules, subject to a maximum of 36 months of such periods of parenting and a maximum of 12 months for any one period of parenting.