One Year Break in Service. A One-Year Break In Service shall be determined by the following method (check one):
One Year Break in Service. The term “One Year Break in Service” means, with respect to any employee or Participant, the 12-consecutive-month period commencing on the date of his or her termination of employment with the Employers and Related Companies or, if earlier, the first anniversary of a layoff by the Employers and Related Companies without recall, if the employee or Participant is not paid or entitled to payment for the performance of duties for an Employer or Related Company during that period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for purposes of determining whether a One Year Break in Service has occurred, if an employee or Participant is absent from service on account of a Maternity or Paternity Absence (as defined below) beyond the first anniversary of the date on which such absence began, a One Year Break in Service shall not occur until the third anniversary of the first day of such absence. For all other purposes hereunder, however, no portion of such Maternity or Paternity absence occurring after the first anniversary of the first day thereof shall be credited as part of a Year of Service. The term “Maternity or Paternity Absence” means an employee’s or Participant’s absence from work which commences on or after January 1, 1985 because of the pregnancy of such individual, the birth of a child of such individual, the placement of a child with such individual in connection with the adoption of a child by such individual, or for purposes of caring for the child by such individual immediately following such birth or placement. The Administration Committee may require the employee or Participant to furnish such information as it considers necessary to establish that such individual’s absence was a Maternity or Paternity Absence. An absence on account of a period of leave required by the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 shall not be counted towards a One Year Break in Service.
One Year Break in Service. “One Year Break in Service” shall mean the period described in Section 1.25(a), subject to the terms of Sections 1.25(b) and (c).
One Year Break in Service. A 12-consecutive-month Break in Service. The One-Year Break in Service starts on the first of the month following the month in which Service was last credited and ends at the end of the 12th calendar month thereafter.
One Year Break in Service a 12-month period during which an employee is credited with fewer than five hundred (500) Hours of Service. The 12-month period will be the Plan Year.
One Year Break in Service. For purposes of determining whether an Employee has incurred a One-Year Break in Service, the twelve (12) month periods ending on the following dates shall be considered Plan Years for purposes of determining computation periods: August 31, 1999 and each prior August 31; and December 31, 1999 and each later December 31. Services performed and Hours of Service earned during the period beginning January 1, 1999 and ending August 31, 1999 shall be taken into account in the computation period ending August 31, 1999 and in the computation period ending December 31, 1999.
One Year Break in Service. A Plan Year in which the individual has no more than 500 Hours of Service. For purposes of determining whether a One-Year Break in Service has occurred, an individual who is absent from work by reason of a “maternity or paternity absence” shall receive credit for the Hours of Service which would have been credited to such individual but for such absence, or, in any case in which such Hours cannot be determined, eight Hours of Service per day of such absence, but in no event more than 501 Hours of Service. Such Hours of Service shall be credited (a) only in the Plan Year in which the absence begins if necessary to prevent a One-Year Break in Service in that Plan Year, or (b) in all other cases, in the following Plan Year. For purposes of this Section 1.36, “maternity or paternity absence” means an absence from active employment beginning on or after January 1, 1985 by reason of (a) the individual’s pregnancy, (b) the birth of a child of the individual, (c) the placement of a child with the individual in connection with the adoption of such child by such individual, or (d) for purposes of caring for any such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to give an employee a right to a leave of absence for any reason.
One Year Break in Service. (a) A One Year Break in Service, for purposes of eligibility, means a Period of Severance of at least twelve (12) consecutive months. A Period of Severance means a continuous period of time during which an Employee is not employed by the Employer. Such period shall begin on the date the Employee retires, quits, is discharged, or dies, or, if earlier, the twelve (12) month anniversary of the date on which the Employee was otherwise first absent from work.
One Year Break in Service. Except with respect to an individual whose absence from employment constitutes a Maternity or Paternity Absence (as defused below), the term “One Year Break in Service” means the l2-consecutive-month period commencing on an employee’s Termination Date (as defined in subsection 9.2) if he is not paid or entitled to payment for the performance of duties for the Company or a Related Company during that period. With respect to an individual whose absence from employment constitutes a Maternity or Paternity Absence, the term “One Year Break in Service” means the 12-consecutive-month period commencing on the second anniversary of the date such individual’s Maternity or Paternity Absence began if he is not paid or entitled to payment for the performance of duties for the Company or a Related Company during that period. The term “Maternity or Paternity Absence” means an employee’s absence from work on account of the pregnancy of such individual, the birth of a child of such individual, the placement of a child with such individual in connection with the adoption of a child by such individual, or for purposes of caring for the child by such individual immediately following such birth or placement. The Committee may require the employee to furnish such information as it considers necessary to establish that such individual’s absence was a Maternity or Paternity Absence.
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