Common use of Eligibility and Membership Clause in Contracts

Eligibility and Membership. 3.01 Each active Employee who was a Member of the Prior Plan on March 1, 1991, shall remain a Member of the Plan. For the period January 1, 1988 to March 1, 1991, non-full-time Employees were eligible to join the Prior Plan in accordance with the minimum requirements under the Pension Benefits Act. 3.02 Each full-time Employee hired on or after March 1, 1991, shall be eligible to become a Member on his date of hire. 3.03 Effective March 1, 1991, each non-full-time Employee shall be eligible to become a Member after the completion of two (2) years of Continuous Service and provided that: a) his Earnings are not less than 35% of the YMPE, or b) he has worked a minimum of seven hundred (700) hours, in each of two (2) prior consecutive calendar years. In any case the membership of such non-full-time Employee shall not cease by reason only that his Earnings are less than 35% of the YMPE, or he is employed fewer than seven hundred (700) hours in a subsequent calendar year.