Chapter: Participation in the Plan
Participation In The Plan
Many different employers participate in the Plan. In general, only employers
with a collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America participate
in the Plan. Participating employers are referred to as Employers. As described
below, in general, employees who perform writing services for these Employers
will become participants in the Plan. In general, every employee will automatically
become a Participant in this Plan the January 1 on or after when the first contribution
to this Plan is required to be made on the employee’s behalf by an Employer.
Once an employee is a Participant,
participation will continue until death, or a Break in Service, whichever occurs
first, as more fully described later.
Special rules apply to employees
of certain named employers (the Writers Guild of America, East and west, the
Plan, the Writers’ Guild-Industry Health Fund, and the Inter-Guild Federal Credit
Union). These rules are described in a supplement to this document available
to those employees.
Covered Earnings
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