Eligibility of Retirees Sample Clauses

Eligibility of Retirees. The MILA plan in effect on September 30, 2004, shall be amended to incorporate the following eligibility provisions for retirees: (a) During the term of this Master Contract any retiree who is covered under MILA’s Premier Plan as a non-Medicare eligible retiree on September 30, 2004, shall continue to be covered under MILA’s Premier Plan, as may be modified, until the retiree becomes eligible for Medicare at which time the retiree’s MILA benefits will be limited to Medicare wraparound benefits. (b) Any active employee who during a six-month window period, commencing October 1, 2004, and ending on March 31, 2005, elects early retirement under the terms of the local pension plan in effect as of September 30, 2004, and actually retires on or before March 31, 2005, shall be eligible during the term of this Master Contract to be covered by MILA’s Premier Plan, as may be modified, until the retiree becomes eligible for Medicare at which time the retiree’s MILA benefits will be limited to Medicare wraparound benefits. (c) After the window closes on March 31, 2005, until the expiration of the term of this Master Contract, to be eligible for MILA benefits as a non-Medicare eligible retiree, a retiree must be fifty-eight (58) years of age with twenty- five (25) or more years of service, as defined by the local pension plan, and such retiree will qualify for coverage under MILA’s Basic Plan, as may be modified, until such retiree becomes sixty-two (62) years of age, when the retiree will become eligible to be covered under MILA’s Premier Plan, as may be modified, until such retiree becomes eligible for Medicare, at which time such retiree’s MILA benefits will be limited to Medicare wraparound benefits. (d) Any former employee who no later than September 30, 2004, is no longer in the industry but has sufficient service to qualify for a vested pension benefit upon the attainment of the age of sixty-five (65) and who is also entitled to receive MILA benefits as of September 30, 2004, shall be eligible to receive MILA Medicare wraparound benefits when he attains the age of sixty-five (65). Any individual employee who leaves the industry after September 30, 2004, without retiring and who is eligible for a vested pension benefit when he leaves the industry shall not be eligible to receive any MILA benefits when he retires.

Eligibility of Retirees. The parties agree that employees who retire who are eligible in accordance with the appropriate statute (RCW 28A.400.210) shall be compensated for their respective accumulated general leave in accordance with applicable state regulations.