Period of Severance. For Plans using Elapsed Time for purposes of crediting a Year of Service for eligibility, accrual of benefits and/or vesting, Employees will receive credit for all periods of Service from their date of hire (or rehire) until the next Period of Severance. When using Elapsed Time:
(a) a Break in Service shall mean a Period of Severance of at least twelve (12) months;
(b) a Period of Severance is a continuous period of time during which the Employee is not employed by the Employer;
(c) a Period of Severance begins on the date the Employee retires, quits, or is discharged, or if earlier, the twelve (12) month anniversary of the date on which the Employee was otherwise first absent from Service.
Period of Severance. For Plans using Elapsed Time for purposes of crediting Service:
(a) a Break in Service shall mean a Period of Severance of at least twelve (12) months;
(b) a Period of Severance is a continuous period of time during which the Employee is not employed by the Employer;
(c) a Period of Severance begins on the date the Employee retires, quits, or is discharged, or if earlier, the twelve (12) month anniversary of the date on which the Employee was otherwise first absent from Service.
Period of Severance. For purposes of the hourly records method, a Period of Severance is a period equal to the number of consecutive Plan Years or, with respect to eligibility, the applicable computation period under the definition of Year of Service, in which an Employee has 500 Hours of Service or less. The Period of Severance shall be determined on the basis of Hours of Service and shall commence with the first Plan Year in which the Employee has 500 Hours of Service or less. With respect to any period of absence during which a Period of Severance does not commence, the Participant shall be credited with the Hours of Service (up to a maximum of 501 Hours of Service in a Plan Year) which would otherwise have been credited to him or her but for such absence, or if such Hours of Service cannot be determined, 8 Hours of Service for each day of absence. For purposes of the elapsed time method, a Period of Severance is a continuous period of at least 12-consecutive months during which an individual's Employment is not continuing, beginning on the date an Employee retires, quits or is discharged or, if earlier, the first 12-month anniversary of the date that the individual is otherwise first absent from service (with or without pay) for any other reason, and ending on the date the individual again performs an Hour of Service. Anything in the definition thereof to the contrary notwithstanding, a Period of Severance shall not commence if the Participant is:
(A) On an authorized leave of absence in accordance with standard personnel policies applied in a nondiscriminatory manner to all Employees similarly situated and returns to active Employment by the Employer or Affiliate immediately upon the expiration of such leave of absence;
(B) On a military leave while such Employee's re-employment rights are protected by law and returns to active Employment within ninety days after his or her discharge or release (or such longer period as may be prescribed by law); or
(C) Absent from work by reason of (i) the pregnancy of the Employee, (ii) the birth of a child of the Employee, or (iii) the placement of a child with the Employment in connection with the adoption of such child by such Employee, or (iv) the care of such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement. In determining when such a Participant's Period of Severance begins, the Participant will be credited with (i) for purposes of the elapsed time method, the 12-consecutive month period beginning on the ...
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Period of Severance. The term "Period of Severance" means a continuous period of time during which an Employee is not employed by the Employer or an Affiliate beginning on the date the Employee retires, quits or is discharged, or if earlier, the 12 month anniversary of the date on which the Employee was otherwise first absent from service.
Period of Severance. For purposes of applying the Elapsed Time Method, a Period of Severance is any continuous period of time during which the Employee is not employed by the Employer. A Period of Severance begins on the date the Employee retires, quits or is discharged, or if earlier, the 12-month anniversary of the date on which the Employee is first absent from service for a reason other than retirement, quit or discharge. In the case of an Employee who is absent from work for maternity or paternity reasons, the 12-consecutive month period beginning on the first anniversary of the first date of such absence shall not constitute a Period of Severance. For purposes of this paragraph, an absence from work for maternity or paternity reasons means an absence (i) by reason of the pregnancy of the Employee, (ii) by reason of the birth of a child of the Employee, (iii) by reason of the placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such child by the Employee, or (iv) for purposes of caring for a child of the Employee for a period beginning immediately following the birth or placement of such child.
Period of Severance. For purposes of the Elapsed Time Method, a Period of Severance is a continuous period of time during which the Employee is not employed by the Employer. Such period begins on the date the Employee retires, quits, is discharged, or dies or, if earlier, the first 12-month anniversary of the date on which the Employee was otherwise absent from service. A Period of Severance will not commence if an individual is absent from work by reason of a Maternity or Paternity Absence. Solely for purposes of determining when the individual’s Period of Severance begins, the individual will be credited with the 12-consecutive month period beginning on the first anniversary of the first date of such absence. No Period of Severance shall occur due to an individual’s “qualified military service” (as defined in Code Section 414(u)) if the individual is entitled to reemployment rights under USERRA.
Period of Severance. (A) An Employee’s Period of Xxxxxxxxx commences on his or her Severance from Service Date and ends on the date on which the Employee is again credited with an Hour of Service by the Employer.
(B) If an Employee has a Severance from Service Date as a result of quitting, discharge or retirement and then earns an Hour of Service within twelve (12) months from the Severance from Service Date, the Period of Severance shall be counted as part of such Employee’s
Period of Severance. Each period of time commencing on an individual's Severance from Service Date and ending on a Reemployment Commencement Date.
Period of Severance. The term “Period of Severance” shall mean the period of time commencing on an Employee’s Severance From Service Date and ending on the date on which the Employee again performs an hour of service for the Employer.
