Years of Service; Breaks in Service; Year of Employment

Breaks in Service

You will incur a “1-Year Break in Service” for each 365-day period that begins on your termination date and on each anniversary thereof during which you do not complete an hour of employment. For purposes of determining whether you have incurred a 1-Year Break in Service, a special rule applies to a maternity or paternity leave. Under the special rule, if you terminate employment for maternity or paternity reasons, you cannot incur a 1-Year Break in Service for the 365-day period that begins on your termination date and for the following 365-day period that begins on the first anniversary of your termination date. A maternity or paternity leave is a period during which you are initially absent from work on account of (i) your pregnancy, (ii) birth of your child, (iii) placement of a child in connection with your adoption of such child, or (iv) care of a child described in (ii) or (iii) immediately after such birth or placement. You must timely provide the University with sufficient information prior to your maternity or paternity leave to establish that your termination from work is on account of maternity or paternity reasons.

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