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service satisfied (the 9-month span from May 1 to January 30 or
31) corresponds to an employee's "accumulated benefits" since,
contrary to the General Plan, vacation benefits do not vest
ratably under the Star Markets Plan. (Nonaccumulated benefits
consist of that one-quarter of the vacation entitlement measured
from the end of the relevant tax year (January 30 or 31) to the
applicable date of grant (April 30).)
For employees who qualify for 1 or 2 weeks of vacation pay,
the Star Markets Plan vacation season extends from May 1 through
December 31 of each year. Unless an individual terminates
employment prior to reaching his anniversary date, he becomes
fully vested in the first and second weeks of vacation as of the
date he is eligible to take his vacation under the plan (with the
exception of an employee starting between May 1 and December 31,
who can take his first week between May 1 and October 31, but
does not vest until his anniversary date).
All vacation under the Star Markets Plan must commence
within the calendar year in which an employee reaches his
anniversary date with Star Markets. No vacation benefits may be
accumulated from year to year. (The record does not disclose how
an employee whose anniversary date falls in the last week of
December is supposed to take his vacation. We presume that, as
long as his vacation commences before the end of that calendar
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