International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension ... - IUPAT

PARTICIPANTSParticipating EmployeesAn employee may be eligible to participate in the IUPAT Industry Pension Plan if he or sheworks for an employer who contributes to the Plan and satisfies at least one of the followingrequirements.• An employee can participate if he or she is doing work covered by an IUPAT contractwith a Contributing Employer.• An employee can participate if he or she is a paid officer and/or employee of an IUPATDistrict Council or Local Union which is accepted by the Trustees to participate in thePlan.• An employee can participate, even if he or she is not part of an IUPAT bargaining unit, aslong as the employee is a member of another class of employees of a ContributingEmployer (with an IUPAT collective bargaining agreement for other employees) whichhas been accepted for participation in the Plan by the Trustees.• An employee can participate if he or she is an employee of a union-industry relatedorganization, as defined in the Plan, which has been accepted for participation in the Planby the Trustees. This group includes pension, welfare, apprentice and other benefit plans,employer associations, union affiliates and similar organizations that assist the IUPATand its District Councils and Local Unions and the Contributing Employers in labor andindustry matters.• An employee can participate if he or she is an employee of an Employer that isincorporated and a member of the Finishing Contractors Association or a 100% unioncontractor.The Plan does not cover people who are not employees: namely, self-employed individuals, asole proprietor in an unincorporated business or a partner in an unincorporated business. This isdue to limitations under federal labor law.Participation in the Pension Plan by anyone whose work is not covered by a current IUPATcollective bargaining agreement is subject to the Employer’s execution of the Plan’s currentSupplemental Participation Agreement for Non-Unit Employees or a comparable agreement(including the IUPAT Constitution) acceptable to the Trustees. An employer who iscontributing for non-unit employees should make sure that it has signed the currentsupplemental agreement, which was adopted in 2004. The Plan will not pay benefits formanagerial employees or other employees who are not covered by a current IUPATcollective bargaining agreement (at the time contributions are paid) in the absence of asigned current Supplemental Participation Agreement for Non-Unit Employees, regardlessof the time that contributions have been paid.IUPAT INDUSTRY PENSION PLAN – ANNUAL EMPLOYER & UNION REPORT (2010) 2