CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOUR ACTIVE WORK IS DEEMED TO CONTINUE

 

If you are not Actively at Work as a Member because of a situation set forth below, the Employer may deem you to be in Active Work as a Member only for the purpose of continuing your employment and only for the periods specified below in order that certain of your benefits under This Plan may be continued.

All such benefits will be subject to prior cessation as set forth in WHEN BENEFITS END.

In any case, the benefits will end on:

1.       the date the Employer notifies us that your benefits are not to be continued; or

2.       the end of the last period for which the Employer has paid premiums to us for your benefits.

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Your Sickness or Injury, Your Leave of Absence, Your Lay Off

With respect to all Personal Benefits and all Dependent Benefits, the period determined in accordance with the Employer's general practice for a Member in your job class.

However, in the event the leave qualifies under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), the period cannot be longer than 12 weeks in any 12 month period following the date the leave of absence begins.

Your Employment Ends

With respect to all Personal Benefits and all Dependent Benefits, the 31 day period after the date such benefits would have ended because your employment ended.

With respect to all Personal Benefits and all Dependent Benefits, the 90-day period after the date such benefits would have ended because your employment ended due to a plant closing or partial plant closing.

In any event, such benefits will end on the date you would otherwise be entitled to similar benefits.

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