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