Top Paid Group definition

Top Paid Group means the top 20 percent of Employees who performed services for the Employer during the applicable year, ranked according to the amount of "415 Compensation" (determined for this purpose in accordance with Section 1.26) received from the Employer during such year. All Affiliated Employers shall be taken into account as a single employer, and Leased Employees within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n)(2) and 414(o)(2) shall be considered Employees unless such Leased Employees are covered by a plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5) and are not covered in any qualified plan maintained by the Employer. Employees who are non-resident aliens and who received no earned income (within the meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer constituting United States source income within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3) shall not be treated as Employees. Additionally, for the purpose of determining the number of active Employees in any year, the following additional Employees shall also be excluded; however, such Employees shall still be considered for the purpose of identifying the particular Employees in the Top Paid Group:
Top Paid Group means the top 20 percent of Employees who performed services for the Employer during the applicable year, ranked according to the amount of "415 Compensation" (determined for this purpose in accordance with Section 1.26) received from the Employer during such year. All Affiliated Employers shall be taken into account as a single employer, and Leased Employees within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n) (2) and 414(o) (2) shall be considered Employees unless such Leased Employees are covered by a plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5) and are not covered in any qualified plan maintained by the Employer. Employees who are non-resident aliens and who received no earned income (within the meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer constituting United States source income within the meaning of Code Section 861(a) (3) shall not be treated as Employees. Additionally, for the purpose of determining the number of active Employees in any year, the following additional Employees shall also be excluded; however, such Employees shall still be considered for the purpose of identifying the particular Employees in the Top Paid Group: (a) Employees with less than six (6) months of service; (b) Employees who normally work less than 17 1/2 hours per week; (c) Employees who normally work less than six (6) months during a year; and (d) Employees who have not yet attained age 21. In addition, if 90 percent or more of the Employees of the Employer are covered under agreements the Secretary of Labor finds to be collective bargaining agreements between Employee representatives and the Employer, and the Plan covers only Employees who are not covered under such agreements, then Employees covered by such agreements shall be excluded from both the total number of active Employees as well as from the identification of particular Employees in the Top Paid Group. The foregoing exclusions set forth in this Section shall be applied on a uniform and consistent basis for all purposes for which the Code Section 414(q) definition is applicable.
Top Paid Group means the group of Employees in a particular year that consists of the top 20% of the Employees, ranked on the basis of Earnings received from the Company during such year.

Examples of Top Paid Group in a sentence

  • In determining who is a Highly Compensated Employee, the Employer makes the Top Paid Group election by checking this line .

  • In determining who is a Highly Compensated Employee, the Employer makes the Top Paid Group election by checking this line ____.

  • In determining who is a Highly Compensated Employee, the Employer makes the Top Paid Group election by checking this line _____.

  • All Employees with Compensation exceeding $80,000 (as indexed) shall be considered Highly Compensated Employees, unless Top Paid Group Election below is checked.

  • All Employees with Compensation exceeding the dollar amount specified in Code Section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d) (e.g., $115,000 for “determination years” beginning in 2013 and “look-back years” beginning in 2012) shall be considered Highly Compensated Employees, unless Top Paid Group Election below is checked.


More Definitions of Top Paid Group

Top Paid Group means, for any Plan Year, the top twenty percent (20%) (in terms of Total Compensation) of all Employees, excluding the following:
Top Paid Group. Top Paid Group" means the top 20 percent of Employees who performed services for the Employer during the applicable year, ranked according to the amount of "415 Compensation" received from the Employer during such year. All Affiliated Employers shall be taken into account as a single employer, and leased employees within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n)(2) and 414(o)(2) shall be considered Employees unless such leased employees are covered by a plan described in Code Section 414(n)(5) and are not covered in any qualified plan maintained by the Employer. For the purpose of determining the number of active Employees in any year, the following Employees shall be excluded. However, such Employees shall still be considered for the purpose of identifying the particular Employees in the Top Paid Group:
Top Paid Group means the Employees who are in the top twenty percent (20%) of the Employees of the Company in terms of Section 415 Compensation for such Plan Year; provided, however, that for purposes of determining the number of Employees to be included in the Top Paid Group, the following Employees shall be excluded to the extent permitted by Section 414(q)(4) of the Code: (a) Employees who have not completed six (6) months of service with the Group; (b) Employees who normally work less than seventeen and one-half (17 1/2) hours per week or less than six (6) months during a Plan Year; (c) Employees who have not attained age twenty-one (21); (d) except as provided by regulations promulgated under the Code, Employees who are covered by a collectively bargained agreement; and (e) Employees who are non-resident aliens and who receive no earned income (within the meaning of Section 911(d)(2) of the Code) from the Company which constitutes income from sources in the United States (within the meaning of Section 861(a)(3) of the Code).
Top Paid Group for any Plan Year means the top 20 percent (in terms of Total Compensation) of all Employees of PACCAR Inc and its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 2.1(nn) without regard to the last sentence thereof) on a U.S. dollar payroll, excluding the following:
Top Paid Group means the group consisting of the top 20% of the Employees when ranked on the basis of Section 415 Compensation during either the Look-Back Year or the calendar year beginning with or within the Look-Back Year as selected in Article I.
Top Paid Group means the top twenty percent (20%) of the Employees ranked on the basis of Compensation during the year; provided, however, that Employees described in Code Section 414(q)(8) and Q&A 9(b) of Temporary Treasury Regulation Section 1.414 (q)-1T are excluded in the manner provided therein.
Top Paid Group means a group consisting of the top paid twenty percent (20%) of the employees of the Company and all affiliates ranked on the basis of Total Remuneration from the Company and all affiliates paid during the plan year. In determining the members of the top paid group, the following employees shall be excluded: