The length of time between the date an employee leaves a firm and the date the employee resumes working for that firm. For pension and employee benefit plan purposes in the United States, a plan participant cannot be deprived of benefits which accumulate before a break in service unless the break is longer than (a) five years or (b) the amount of time that the participant has been employed when the break commences, whichever is greater.----------[ Back
A calendar year, plan year or other consecutive 12-month period designated by the plan during which a plan participant does not complete more than 500 hours of service.
Any interruption or irregularity in your accumulation of pensionable service, for example: periods during which neither you nor your employer made contributions and no contributory service was accumulated, or periods when you worked less than full time, even though your employment contract was full time.
If you separate from Covered Employment before attaining Vested Status you may incur a permanent Break in Service. The result of a Break in Service is the loss of all Pension Credit earned prior to the date of the break.
"Off the rolls"; a period of interrupted Federal employment beginning with a separation action and continuing for 1 or more workdays before reemployment in the Federal Service.
A break in service occurs in any plan year in which 500 or less hours of service were completed. Calculations to determine breaks in service occur at the end of the plan year.
Leaving University employment, including any period on pay status but without covered compensation, or any period off pay status for four or more consecutive months. The following periods do not constitute a break in service for UCRP membership as long as you return to pay status at the end of the period: approved leave of absence without pay; temporary layoff (less than four months); furlough; period of right to recall and preference for reemployment; return to pay status the next working day after leaving University employment; return to pay status after a military leave in accordance with employees' reemployment rights; or return to pay status from a medical separation within the time allowed under University policy.
A computation period during which an employee is credited with less than 501 hours of service. For participant purposes, a break in service may mean that an employee must again meet the eligibility requirements to re-enter the plan.
An interruption of continuous State service. An employee experiences a break in State service when an employee (1) separates from State service and is paid for unused annual leave; (2) moves from one State agency to another and is not employed by the receiving agency within 15 calendar days following the last day worked (or approved day of leave at the transferring agency); (3) remains on leave without pay for a period of more than one calendar year; (4) separates from State service as a result of a reduction in force and is not recalled to the original position or reinstated in State government within 12 months of the effective date of the separation; (5) involuntarily separates from State service and the agency's decision is upheld by the State Employee Grievance Committee or by the courts; or (6) moves from a full-time equivalent (FTE) position to a temporary, research grant or other Non-FTE position.
A break in service occurs when an employee receives a lump sum payment for accrued annual leave credits, except in the case of layoff of an employee with permanent status in any class; is separated due to layoff and is not re-employed within 12 calendar months from the date of layoff; is absent without authorized leave of absence for three or more consecutive workdays; or resigns from a university or other state agency to accept a position in the USPS with a university and a period in excess of 31 days elapses between the last day on the payroll of the university or other state agency and the first day on the payroll of the receiving university.
For purposes of pension plans, a 12-month period during which an employee works 500 or fewer hours.
A period during which you are not actively at work for Northrop Grumman or an affiliated company. A break in service occurs when you terminate employment or complete less than 501 hours of service in a calendar year - due to certain leaves of absence, for example.
a period of three calendar months or more between termination and resumption of employment within the purview of the Council
a separation of at least one scheduled working day of Laboratory/University employment
A consecutive twelve-month period during which the Employee has not completed any hours of service, beginning on termination of employment or the first anniversary of an absence from employment due to disability, vacation, leave, layoff or a similar reason.
A 12 month computation period during which a participant is credited with no more than 500 hours of service.
the applicable computation period during which an employee has not completed more than 500 hours of service with the employer. Generally, no service credits or vesting accumulations occur during this period.
an interruption in employment that affects the employee's benefits.
