Credited Week

Before March 31, 1960. For periods before March 31, 1960, a Credited Week is a week of employment for which a participating Employer would have been required to make a contribution to this Plan had the Plan been in effect at that time. Credited Weeks before March 31, 1960, are based on a Participant’s Covered Earnings in accordance with the following schedule:

In no event will a Participant be given more than 52 Credited Weeks in any one calendar year.

On or after March 31, 1960. For the periods on or after March 31, 1960, a Credited Week is:

1. A week of employment for which an Employer is required to make a contribution to this Plan. A Participant who earns $5,000 of "gross compensation" in a Plan Year ($3,200 for Plan Years before 1997) shall be deemed to earn eight Credited Weeks for that Plan Year. For this purpose, "gross compensation" shall mean the amount of compensation upon which Employer contributions are based, as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement from time to time; or
2. A week of employment for which an Employer made a contribution to the WGA Pension Trust Fund for the Broadcast Industry. (These are called "Live Fund" Years. "Live Fund" Years do not count in determining eligibility for, and the amount of, the Normal Death Benefit). The number of such weeks (not to exceed 52) each calendar year is determined by dividing $400 into the compensation paid each calendar year by the Employer to a Participant in the WGA Pension Trust Fund for the Broadcast Industry; or
3. A week of employment (whether or not for writing) with an Employer for which the Employer is not contractually required to make contributions to this Plan, if such noncontributory employment comes immediately before or after contributory employment with the same Employer without any intervening employment, quit, discharge or retirement.