Suspension of Eligibility For Noncovered Employment

Your and your dependents’ coverage is suspended as follows:

Employed Participants

If you work in noncovered employment, your eligibility will be suspended on the first of the month following such employment. Noncovered employment means an hour or more of work in the building and construction industry during any calendar month, or during each four- or five-week payroll period ending in a calendar month, for which no contribution is required to be made to the Trust, though you engage in work:

• Anywhere within the State of Washington or in any contiguous state or in any state covered by a reciprocity agreement between the Trust and another welfare benefit plan;
• Of the type performed by employees or associate employees covered by the plan; or
• Which requires directly or indirectly the use of the same skills employed by employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement or associate agreement requiring contributions to the Trust.

Your eligibility will be reinstated on the first of the month following the month in which noncovered employment ceases. Notification to the Trust Office of the cessation of noncovered employment is required as a condition of reinstatement.

Retired Participants

If, after taking retirement under the Carpenters Retirement Plan of Western Washington, a retiree under age 65 becomes employed in noncovered employment, the eligibility of such retiree under the Employed Plan shall be suspended on the first of the month following such employment. Noncovered employment means an hour or more of work in the building and construction industry during any calendar month, or during each four- or five-week payroll period ending in a calendar month for which no contribution is required to be made to the Trust, though the retiree engages in work:

• Anywhere within the State of Washington or in any contiguous state or in any state covered by a reciprocity agreement between the Trust and another welfare benefit plan;
• Of the type performed by employees or associate employees covered by the plan; or
• Which requires directly or indirectly the use of the same skills employed by employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement or associate agreement requiring contributions to the Trust.

A retiree’s eligibility will be reinstated on the first of the month following the month in which noncovered employment ceases. Notification to the Trust Office of the cessation of noncovered employment is required as a condition of reinstatement.