Eligibility

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.

 



Requirements to Use Reserve Account

To be eligible to make a partial self-payment, use your reserve account to obtain benefits, or obtain a disability waiver of health and welfare premiums, you must be one of the following:

  1. Employed by a contributing employer in a bargaining unit position or a non-bargaining unit position provided the Employer is a party to a Category 2 Agreement:
  2. Available for immediate dispatch to a contributing employer by being registered on the appropriate Local Union’s out-of-work list;
  3. Working for an Employer contributing to another trust that is a party to a reciprocity agreement with the Harrison Electrical Workers Trust Fund; or
  4. Eligible to receive, currently receiving or have received an IBEW pension, not working in the electrical industry, or disabled.

If you fail to qualify under one or more of the above paragraphs for 12 consecutive months, at the end of the 12th month, your reserve account will be canceled and the funds will be transferred to the general fund of the Trust.