Break in Service definition

Break in Service means any Plan Year, or, for the initial eligibility computation period under Section 3.2, the 12-consecutive month period beginning on the first day of which an Employee has an Hour of Service, in which an Employee has 500 or fewer Hours of Service. Solely for this purpose, an Employee shall be considered employed for his normal hours of paid employment during a Recognized Absence (said Employee shall not be credited with more than 501 Hours of Service to avoid a Break in Service), unless he does not resume his Service at the end of the Recognized Absence. Further, if an Employee is absent for any period (i) by reason of the Employee’s pregnancy, (ii) by reason of the birth of the Employee’s child, (iii) by reason of the placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the Employee’s adoption of the child, or (iv) for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately after such birth or placement, the Employee shall be credited with the Hours of Service which would normally have been credited but for such absence, up to a maximum of 501 Hours of Service.
Break in Service means those absences following which the employee is treated as a new employee for purposes of computing seniority and years of service.
Break in Service means any “computation period” (as defined in Section 2.1 for purposes of determining years of Vesting Service) during which an Employee completes no more than 500 Hours of Service except that no Employee shall incur a Break in Service solely by reason of temporary absence from work not exceeding 12 months resulting from illness, layoff, or other cause if authorized in advance by an Employer or a Related Company pursuant to its uniform leave policy, if his employment shall not otherwise be terminated during the period of such absence.

Examples of Break in Service in a sentence

  • Full Break in Service shall be defined as a resignation or other separation from service with the Sheriff which does not carry with it a right to reinstatement.

  • Partial Break in Service shall include a separation from service of thirty-one days or more for unpaid educational leave, absence without authorized leave for thirty-one days or more (e.g., AWOL, as opposed to LWOP), and separation from service which carries with it the right to reinstatement (e.g., disability retirement, a suspension of greater than thirty days, etc.).


More Definitions of Break in Service

Break in Service means a period of time in excess of thirty (30) days during which an employee is not present at work and is not in paid leave status or on approved leave without pay.
Break in Service means a period of at least 13 consecutive Weeks during which the Employee has no Hours of Service, as defined herein. A Break in Service may also include any period for which the Employee has no Hours of Service that is at least four (4) consecutive Weeks in duration and longer than the prior period of employment (determined after application of the procedures applicable to Special Unpaid Leaves absence prescribed herein).
Break in Service means a Plan Year during which an Employee (a) has terminated employment or is no longer employed with the Company or an Affiliate, and (b) fails to complete more than five hundred (500) Hours of Service.
Break in Service means a period of time in excess of 5 working days when the person is not employed and that severs continuous employment.
Break in Service means any separation from State service, except for those separations listed in NAC 284.598.
Break in Service. A break in employment from the County such as a termination or resignation. A break in service does not occur because an employee is on an unpaid status. Calendar Year: January 1 through December 31.
Break in Service means a Plan Year during which an individual has not completed more than 500 Hours of Employment, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with the IRS Regulations. Solely for purposes of determining whether a Break in Service has occurred, an individual shall be credited with the Hours of Employment which such individual would have completed but for a maternity or paternity absence, as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with this Paragraph, the Code and the applicable regulations issued by the DOL and the IRS; provided, however, that the total Hours of Employment so credited shall not exceed 501 and the individual timely provides the Plan Administrator with such information as it may require. Hours of Employment credited for a maternity or paternity absence shall be credited entirely (i) in the Plan Year in which the absence began if such Hours of Employment are necessary to prevent a Break in Service in such year, or (ii) in the following Plan Year. For purposes of this Paragraph, maternity or paternity absence shall mean an absence from work by reason of the individual's pregnancy, the birth of the individual's child or the placement of a child with the individual in connection with the adoption of the child by such individual, or for purposes of caring for a child for the period immediately following such birth or placement.