Common use of Active Employee or Retired or Laid-off Employee Clause in Contracts

Active Employee or Retired or Laid-off Employee. The Plan that covers a person as an active employee, that is, an employee who is neither laid off nor retired is the Primary Plan. The same would hold true if a person is a dependent of an active employee and that same person is a dependent of a retired or laid-off employee. If the other Plan does not have this rule, and, as a result, the Plans do not agree on the order of benefits, this rule is ignored. This rule does not apply if the rule labeled D.1. can determine the order of benefits.

Active Employee or Retired or Laid-off Employee. The Plan that covers a person as an active employee, that is, an employee who is neither laid off nor retired retired, is the Primary Planplan. The Plan covering that same person as a retired or laid-off employee is the Secondary plan. The same would hold true if a person is a dependent of an active employee and that same person is a dependent of a retired or laid-off employee. If the other Plan does not have this rule, and, and as a result, the Plans do not agree on the order of benefits, this rule is ignored. This rule does not apply if the rule labeled D.1. paragraph 1 can determine the order of benefits.

Active Employee or Retired or Laid-off Employee. The Plan plan that covers a person as an active employee, that is, an employee who is neither laid off nor retired retired, is the Primary Planprimary plan. The plan covering that same person as a retired or laid-off employee is the secondary plan. The same would hold true if a person is a dependent of an active employee and that same person is a dependent of a retired or laid-off employee. If the other Plan plan does not have this rule, and, and as a result, the Plans plans do not agree on the order of benefits, this rule is ignored. This rule does not apply if the rule labeled D.1. B.4.a can determine the order of benefits.