I’m a Regular Employee- when will my eligibility terminate (Loss of Eligibility)?
If you are a Regular Employee, your coverage will end on the earlier of the last day of the calendar month in which your employment ends, or the first to occur of the following:
- When your full-time military service exceeds 31 days;
- When you take a medical leave of absence without pay, the end of the first calendar month in which you have been on a medical leave for a continuous 2-year period if you do not return to active work by the end of that month, unless your medical leave is due to on the job injury;
- When your medical leave is due to on the job injury, until the first of the following:
- You are able to return to work; or
- You are determined by the Workers Compensation Appeals Board, to be permanent and stationary or to have reached maximum medical improvement;
- When you take a non-medical leave of absence, (other than FMLA or USERRA leave);
- Any leave of absence not referred to in the above 1 to 4, the end of the first calendar month in which you have been on a leave for a continuous 30-day period;
- When your employer ceases to be an Employer;
- When a labor dispute commences and you go on strike or are locked out;
- The first day of the Plan Year in which you elect to not participate in the Plan (waive coverage) for the Plan Year;
- When the Trust is terminated;
- If the Trust ceases providing coverage to you and other similarly situated individuals.
If you are a dependent, your coverage will end:
- When the eligible employee’s coverage ends; or
- When you cease to be a Dependent, if earlier;
- When the Trust is terminated;
- If the Trust ceases providing coverage to you and other similarly situated individuals.