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DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO ELIGIBILITY
Bargaining Unit Employee - An employee who is a member of a collective bargaining unit represented by a union and who is a full-time employee of a contributing employer.
Non-Bargaining Unit Employee - An employee who is not a member of any collective bargaining unit represented by a union and who is a full-time employee of a contributing employer or of the Fund.
Benefit Month - A period of one calendar month during which a person is covered under the Plan because he has met the applicable eligibility requirements during the corresponding eligibility month.
Eligibility Month - A period of one calendar month during which a person meets the applicable eligibility requirements necessary to provide benefit coverage during the corresponding benefit month.
Credited Hour
- Any hour worked by an employee for which an employer contribution is required under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement;
- With respect to a non-bargaining unit employee, any hour worked by such an employee for which an
employer contribution is made under the terms of the employer's participation agreement with the Trustees; - Any hour of work credited to an employee under the Eligibility During Disability provisions;
- Any hour of work received or due from another welfare fund having a reciprocity agreement with this Fund;
- Any hour credited to an employee while on active military duty (see page 20); and
- Any hour credited to an employee while he is attending a JATC-sponsored school (see page 20).