SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION

 

 

To:       All Participants, Pensioners, and Beneficiaries under the Asbestos Workers’ Local 47 Retirement Trust Pension Fund

 

Your Pension Plan was established effective July 1, 1956, by Asbestos Workers’ Local 47 and Employers who have Collective Bargaining Agreements with the Union.  The Plan is administered and sponsored by Trustees appointed by the Union and the Employers.

 

This booklet contains the highlights of your Pension Plan and described how the Plan works, your rights and benefits and how you may obtain those benefits.  Read and keep this booklet.  The complete Plan is set forth in the Plan documents which are the Trust Agreement and the Retirement Plan.  These may be reviewed at the office of the Trustees during normal business hours.

 

If you have any questions about your Pension Plan, your Trustees want those questions answered to your satisfaction.  The Trustees have engaged an experienced Plan AdministratorManager, TIC International Corporation,  to assist you in the aAdministration of the Plan.  If yYou may write orwill call the Plan Administrator at Manager at 6525 Centurion Drive, Lansing, MI 48917 517-321-7502; 517-321-7508 (fax).the number below, your questions will be answered.

 

ASBESTOS WORKERS LOCAL 47

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                PAGE

 

Board of Trustees Addresses                                                                                                            1

 

Type of Plan                                                                                                                                 2

 

Eligibility                                                                                                                                       2

 

How the Benefits are Paid                                                                                                         2

 

Important Factors in Determining Your Right to and the Amount of Your Pension                            2

 

Credited and Vesting Service                                                                                                     2

 

Vesting Service                                                                                                                 4

 

Loss of Service                                                                                                                 4

 

Benefits Levels                                                                                                                 5

 

Types of Benefits                                                                                                                            5

            Normal Retirement                                                                                                            6

            Immediate Early Retirement After Age 57                                                                    6

            Immediate Early Retirement Before Age 57                                                                  6

            Deferred Early Retirement                                                                                                7

            Social Security Benefit                                                                                                    7

            Total and Permanent Disability                                                                                      8

            Vested Deferred Retirement Benefit                                                                              8

            Participants Terminated Prior to June 1, 1976                                                       10

            Pensioners Returning to Work                                                                              11

            Adjustments in Retirement Benefits                                                                                       11

 

Form of Benefit                                                                                                                           11

            Life Annuity Benefit Form                                                                                           11

            Joint And Survivor Benefit Form                                                                               11

 

Commencing Benefits and Terminating Benefits                                                                           13

            Applying For Benefits                                                                                                      13

            Suspension of Benefits                                                                                        13

Death Benefits Before And After Retirement                                                                                   14

            Death Benefits Before Retirement                                                                                   14

            After-Retirement Death Benefits                                                                             15

 

Qualified Pre-Retirement Surviving Spouses’ Annuity Benefit                                        16

 

Your Rights                                                                                                                                 18

            Appeals                                                                                                                          18

            Non-Assignment                                                                                                          18

            Qualified Domestic Relations Orders                                                                            18

            Rights of Participants                                                                                                      19

 

Some Other Things To Know                                                                                                      20

            Funding                                                                                                                           20

            Maximum Benefits                                                                                                          20

            Plan Changes                                                                                                                          20

            Reciprocity                                                                                                                      21

            Cash-Outs                                                                                                                    21

            Limit of Plan Liability                                                                                            21

            Plan Termination                                                                                                         21

            Insured Benefits                                                                                                               21

 

 

 

 

 



ASBESTOS WORKERS’ LOCAL 47

 

RETIREMENT TRUST FUND

RETIREMENT TRUST FUND

 

The name of this Plan is ASBESTOS WORKERS’ LOCAL 47 RETIREMENT TRUST PLAN.

 

This Plan is sponsored by a Board of Trustees consisting of the following:

 

            Employer Trustees                                                   Union Trustees

 

            Robert Williams                                                           Larry Tolbert

            TICON, INC.                                                                       P. O. Box 19541

            712 Townsend                                                                    Kalamazoo, MI  49007-1914

            Midland, MI  48640

 

            Terry Cameron                                                          Craig Grigonis

            4781 Willford Road                                                   1220 Pacelli

            Gladwin, MI  48624                                                    Saginaw, MI  48603

 

            Thomas Dylenski                                                           Mickey Loftus-Phillips

            INDUSTRIAL ABATEMENT, INC.                          6403 Allegan Road

            4671 Paramount Dr., N.E.                                         Vermontville, MI  49096

            Grand Rapids, MI  49525

                                                                                                Gregory Revard, Alternate

            Joel Christensen(Alternate)                                         4 Flaggs Office Center

            MECHANICAL INSULATION, INC.                   300 St. Andrews Rd. Ste 304A

            3012 North Seventh Avenue                                          Saginaw, MI  48603-5977

            Lansing, MI  48906

 

The address of the Board of Trustees is:

 

                        Asbestos Workers Local 47 Retirement Fund

Board of Trustees

                        6525 Centurion Drive

Lansing, Michigan  48917

517--321-7502

                        517--321-7508 (fax)

 

 

The Plan Manager is:

 

TIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

6525 Centurion Drive

Lansing, Michigan  48917

517--321-7502

                        517--321-7508 (fax)

 

The Agent for legal process of the Plan is:

 

                        Christopher E. LeVasseur

                        STARK, REAGAN & FINNERTY, P.C.

                        1111 West Long Lake Road - Suite 202

                        Troy, Michigan  48007-7037

                        (248) 641-9955

                        (248) 641-9921 (fax)

 

 

The name of this Plan is ASBESTOS WORKERS’ LOCAL 47 RETIREMENT TRUST PLAN.

 

This Plan is sponsored by a Board of Trustees consisting of the following:

 

  Employer Trustees           Union Trustees

  Robert Williams           Larry Tolbert

  Terry Cameron           Craig Grigonis

  Thomas Dylenski           Mickey Loftus-Phillips

                  Gregory Revard, Alternate

 

The address of the Trustee is:

 

  c/o  TIC INTERNATIONAL

     6525 Centurion Drive

Lansing, Michigan  48917

517--321-7502 (o)

     517--321-7508 (f)

 

 

The Plan Manager is:

 

TIC INTERNATIONAL

     6525 Centurion Drive

Lansing, Michigan  48917

517--321-7502 (o)

     517--321-7508 (f)

 

The Agent for legal process of the Plan is:

 

     Christopher E. LeVasseur

     STARK, REAGAN & FINNERTY, P.C.

     1111 West Long Lake Road

     Suite 202

     Troy, Michigan  48007-7037

     (248) 641-9955

 

Service of legal process may also be made upon the Trustees.  The fiscal year of the Plan is January 1 through December 31.

 

Employer Identification Number:  38-6059001

 

Plan Number:  001

 

A.        Type of Plan

 

This is a Defined Benefit Plan.

 

B.             Eligibility

 

You are covered on the first day you do work which requires your Employer to contribute to the Plan.  Employees of the Union are also covered.

 

C.        How The Benefits Are Paid For

 

The entire cost of the benefits is paid by Employer Contributions.

 

D.            Important Factors In Determining Your Right To And The Amount Of Your Pension

 

Your pension benefits are determined by:

 

1.            Your Years of Service (See “E”);

2.            The benefit levels established by the Trustees (See “F”);

3.            Your age at retirement (See “G’); and

4.            The type of benefits you elect (See “H”).

 

E.            Credited And Vesting Service

 

CREDITED SERVICE, when multiplied by the benefit level applicable to you, will tell you the amount of your pension benefit.  VESTING SERVICE will tell you when your right to a pension cannot be taken away.

 

1.            Credited Service.  Credited Service is divided into two parts.

 

(a)        Past Credited Service.  If you were working as a member of the Bargaining Unit on July 1, 1956, you received one year of Credited Service for each year since 1937 in which you worked 1600 hours.  In a year in which you worked more than 400 but less than 1600 hours, you received partial credit.

 

(b)        Future Credited Service.  This is Service after July 1, 1956.  Between July 1, 1956, and June 1, 1976, Service was determined by hours worked.  After June 1, 1976, Service was determined by Hours of Service.  An Hour of Service is an hour for which you were paid or entitled to be paid.

 

July 1, 1956 to January 1, 1972

Hours Worked in Each Calendar Year                                        Credited Service

 

                              0 to   399                                                                                              None

                          400 to 600                                                                                             ¼ year

                          601 to 1000                                                                                           ½ year

                        1001 to 1400                                                                                         ¾ year

                        1401 or more                                                                                         1 year

 

January 1, 1972 to January 1, 1995

Hours in Calendar Year                                                                Credited Service

 

                              0 to   399                                                                                              None

                                      400                                                                                         ¼ year

                 each additional 16 hours                                                                                 1/100th year

        1600 hours or more                                                                             1 year

 

January 1, 1995 to January 1, 1998

Hours in Calendar Year                                                                Credited Service

 

                        0 to 199                                                                                                None

            200 to 1600                                                                               Total hours x .000625

1600 hours or more                                                                             1 year

 

January 1, 1998 to January 1, 1999From January 1, 1998

Hours in Calendar Year                                                                Credited Service

 

                        0 to 199                                                                                                None

            200 to 2000                                                                               Total hours x .000625

2000 hours or more                                                                             1¼ year

 

From January 1, 1999

Hours in Calendar Year                                                                Credited Service

 

                        0 to   199                                                                                           None

            each additional hour                                                                  Total hours x .000625