A&I maintains and tracks your eligibility in the Harrison Electrical Workers Trust Fund Active Employee Benefit Plan. The following menu provides links to an overview of how eligibility works. If after reviewing this information you need further assistance please contact us at A&I.

If you are a Category I or Category II employee and leave work temporarily for family and medical leave, the Trust will pay up to three moths of health and welfare benefits for you if you meet certain criteria. If you qualify, you receive the same benefits you had before taking family and medical leave.

Prerequisites for coverage under family and medical leave:

1. 1. You must be actively employed by a contributing employer at the time you take family and medical leave;
   
2. You must have worked for one or more contributing employers for at least 12 months (not consecutive) before the family and medical leave;
   
3. You must have worked for one or more contributing employers at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months before the family and medical leave;
   
4. The family and medical leave must be for one of the following reasons:
   
   1. Birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care;
   2. To care for a spouse, child, or parent with a "serious health condition"; or
   3. Your own "serious health condition."

   A "serious health condition" is an illness, injury or impairment involving:

   1. Inpatient treatment;
   2. Absence from work or school for three or more days with continuing treatment by a health care provider;
   3. Continuing treatment by a health care provider for a condition that is incurable or serious enough to result in three or more days of incapacity; or
   4. Prenatal care.
      
5. You must intend to return to work for your employer after the family and medical leave;
   
6. You may use the family and medical leave benefit once per 12 consecutive months.

The Benefit To Qualified Employees
If you qualify for this benefit as a Category I employee, your reserve account will be frozen at the end of the month that you leave work for the family and medical leave. The Trust will pay for up to three months of health and welfare coverage. After three months of Trust-paid coverage, you are responsible for payment of health and welfare coverage out of your reserve account or by COBRA payment.

If you qualify for this benefit as a Category II employee, your employer will pay the health and welfare premium for the month you last worked before taking the family and medical leave. The Trust then pays for up to three months of health and welfare coverage. After three months of Trust-paid coverage, health and welfare premiums must be paid by your employer or by COBRA payment.

Application Process
If you think you qualify for the family medical leave and want to use this benefit, complete the application form and return the completed application to the Plan Administrator. You will be notified whether you qualify for this benefit.

Trust paid health and welfare coverage will stop before the third month if you return to work or otherwise terminate your family and medical leave.