Article I, Section 10
Section 10. Employee. The term “Employee” as used herein
shall mean (a) an employee who is included within the unit covered by a Collective
Bargaining Agreement between an Employer and a Union or (b) an employee of a
Named Employer if such Employer be lawfully included as an Employer as provided
in Section 1 of this Article; provided that, if permitted by the agreement described
in Article XIII, Section 2, a Named Employer may, by written agreement with
the Plan, exclude from the definition of “Employee” any employee subject to
a collective bargaining agreement between the Employer and a union which is
not listed under this Plan’s definition of “Union.” The term “Employee” does
not include a “leased employee,” within the meaning of Section 414(n) of the
Code, of an Employer.
For purposes of the definition of “Employee,” and notwithstanding
any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, individuals who are not classified
by a Named Employer, in its discretion, as employees under Section 3121(d) of
the Code (including, but not limited to, individuals classified by the Named
Employer as independent contractors and non-employee consultants) do not meet
the definition of Employee and are ineligible for benefits under the Plan, even
if the classification by the Named Employer is determined to be erroneous, or
is retroactively revised. In the event the classification of an individual who
is excluded from the definition of Employee under the preceding sentence is
determined to be erroneous or is retroactively revised, the individual shall
nonetheless continue to be excluded from the definition of Employee and shall
be ineligible for benefits for all periods prior to the date the Named Employer
determines its classification of the individual is erroneous or should be revised.
The foregoing sets forth a clarification of the intention of the parties hereto
regarding participation in the Plan in any Plan Year, including Plan Years prior
to the amendment of this definition of “Employee.”
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