Vesting Service

4.02 - Vesting Service is the total number of years (and fractions to the next highest 1/12th) of employment with one or more Participating Employers subject to the following conditions and limitations:

• The amount of a Participant's Vesting Service as of September 1, 1986, shall be the Participant's total number of years of employment during which the Participant was an active contributor to the Plan.
• Subject to the other conditions and limitations herein, after August 31, 1986, Vesting Service shall be earned for each period of employment with a Participating Employer. For this purpose, employment with a Participating Employer shall be deemed to terminate pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.03.
• Except as otherwise provided herein, after August 31, 1986, notwithstanding any other provisions herein, an Employee shall not earn Vesting Service for any period during which such Employee fails or declines to make the required Employee contributions under this Plan.
• Notwithstanding (b) and (c) above, a Participant shall continue to earn Vesting Service, effective September 1, 1986, even though absent from work as a result of being Disabled, as defined in Section 1.20 if the Participant is receiving (or is eligible to receive after a waiting period) disability benefits under Section 6.06, under an Employer-sponsored long-term disability income plan (including disability benefits under Workers' Compensation) and/or under the Canada Pension Plan.
• After August 31, 1986, if a former Employee resumes employment with a Participating Employer before incurring a Break in Service, for the purpose of determining such Employee's Vested Percentage and not for the purpose of determining the Accrued Benefit in Section 1.01, the Employee's Vesting Service shall be computed as if the interruption of employment with Participating Employers had not occurred.