If you are on Special Leave without Pay or are planning to take SLWOP, you have two options regarding your participation in Fund:
No. For Pension Fund purposes, a participant is deemed to have separated from the Pension Fund when he/she has completed a consecutive period of three years of leave without pay without having paid concurrent contributions in accordance with Article 25(a) of the Regulations and Rules of the Fund. To re-enter the Fund, you would have to satisfy the requirements for participation once again.
There are 2 scenarios:
Please note that if the child was conceived (i.e. a child in utero) prior to the SLWOP, they would be considered a survivor.
There are 2 scenarios: