1-Year Break in Service means the applicable computation period during which an Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of Service with the Employer. Further, solely for the purpose of determining whether a Participant has incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, Hours of Service shall be recognized for "authorized leaves of absence" and "maternity and paternity leaves of absence." Years of Service and 1-Year Breaks in Service shall be measured on the same computation period.
1-Year Break in Service means, if the Hour of Service method is used, the applicable computation period that is used to determine a Year of Service during which an Employee or Former Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of Service. However, if the Employer selected, in the Service Crediting Method Section of the Adoption Agreement, to define a Year of Service as less than 1,000 Hours of Service, then the 500 Hours of Service in this definition of 1-Year Break in Service shall be proportionately reduced. Further, solely for the purpose of determining whether an Employee has incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, Hours of Service shall be recognized for "authorized leaves of absence" and "maternity and paternity leaves of absence." For this purpose, Hours of Service shall be credited for the computation period in which the absence from work begins, only if credit therefore is necessary to prevent the Employee from incurring a 1-Year Break in Service, or, in any other case, in the immediately following computation period. The Hours of Service credited for a "maternity or paternity leave of absence" shall be those which would normally have been credited but for such absence, or, in any case in which the Administrator is unable to determine such hours normally credited, eight (8) Hours of Service per day. The total Hours of Service required to be credited for a "maternity or paternity leave of absence" shall not exceed the number of Hours of Service needed to prevent the Employee from incurring a 1-Year Break in Service.
1-Year Break in Service means a Period of Severance of at least 12 consecutive months.
More Definitions of 1-Year Break in Service
1-Year Break in Service. ’ means a calendar year, plan year, or other 12-consecutive-month period designated by the plan (and not prohibited under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) during which the participant has not completed more than 500 hours of service.
1-Year Break in Service means, if the Hour of Service method is used, the applicable computation period that is used to determine a Year of Service during which an Employee or Former Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of Service. However, if the Employer selected, in the Service Crediting Method Section of the Adoption Agreement, to define a Year of Service as less than 1,000 Hours of Service, then the 500 Hours of Service in this definition of 1-Year Break in Service shall be proportionately reduced. Further, solely for the purpose of determining whether an Employee has incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, Hours of Service shall be
1-Year Break in Service means the applicable computation period during which an Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of Service with the Employer. However, the Employer may amend the Plan to provide a lesser number of Hours of Service in a Plan amendment for eligibility purposes, vesting purposes, or accrual purposes without adversely affecting the Plan's reliance on the IRS advisory letter. Further, solely for the purpose of determining whether a Participant has incurred a 1‑Year Break in Service, Hours of Service shall be recognized for "authorized leaves of absence" and "maternity and paternity leaves of absence." Years of Service and 1‑Year Breaks in Service shall be measured on the same computation period. For purposes of this definition, "authorized leave of absence" means an unpaid, temporary cessation from active employment with the Employer pursuant to an established nondiscriminatory policy, whether occasioned by illness, military service, or any other reason. Furthermore, for purposes of this definition, "maternity and paternity leave of absence" means an absence from work for any period by reason of the Employee's pregnancy, birth of the Employee's child, placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such child, or any absence for the purpose of caring for such child for a period immediately following such birth or placement. For this purpose, Hours of Service shall be credited for the computation period in which the absence from work begins, only if credit therefore is necessary to prevent the Employee from incurring a 1‑Year Break in Service, or, in any other case, in the immediately following computation period. The Hours of Service credited for "maternity and paternity leaves of absence" shall be those which would normally have been credited but for such absence, or, in any case in which the Administrator is unable to determine such hours normally credited, eight (8) Hours of Service per day. The total Hours of Service required to be credited for "maternity and paternity leaves of absence" shall not exceed the number of Hours of Service needed to prevent the Employee from incurring a 1‑Year Break in Service.
1-Year Break in Service means the applicable computation period during which an Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of Service with the Employer. Further, solely for the purpose of determining whether a Participant has incurred a 1-Year Break in
1-Year Break in Service means, for purposes of eligibility for participation, a Period of Severance of at least 12 consecutive months.
1-Year Break in Service means a Plan Year during which an Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of Service and is not employed on the last day of the Plan Year.
1-Year Break in Service means a Plan Year during which an Employee has not completed more than 500 Hours of Service with the Employer. An Employee shall not incur a 1-Year Break in Service for a Plan Year in which he becomes a Participant, dies, retires or suffers Total and Permanent Disability. Further, solely for the purpose of determining whether a Participant has incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, Hours of Service shall be recognized for "maternity or paternity leaves of absence."