Communication Corner | eBlast – Leave of Absence Provision Update

eBlast – Leave of Absence Provision Update

Audience: Employers

Product: Defined Benefit

Contacts: Contact that completed the amended adoption agreement indicating they wanted to allow employees to earn service credit while on a LOA and have mandatory employee contributions for one or more of their DB divisions.

Date Sent: 1/19/2021

Format: Email

Description: In an effort to clarify the Leave of Absence (LOA) provision to employers who have already submitted their amended adoption agreement (AAA), an eblast was sent with provision highlights.

Sample: A copy of the eblast can be found here.

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