Ford Motor Company employees (A-Plan) and retirees (Z-Plan), as well as their eligible family members.
Eligible employees include:
All active full- time hourly employees and regular salaried employees, beginning with their date of hire.
All hourly retirees receiving a normal, early (regular or special) or disability retirement benefit, as long as any medical benefits are being received.
Salaried retirees who retired under the General Retirement Plan, including salaried employees who terminate between the ages of 50- 55 and who are eligible to receive certain deferred retirement benefits, are eligible while they are receiving benefits.
Surviving Spouses of employees who died while actively employed and Surviving Spouses of retirees who retired under the General Retirement Plan, or who are receiving benefits under the Ford- UAW Retirement Plan.
Employees on an approved leave of absence, for the duration of the leave or until expiration of any medical benefits.
Employees on layoff for the first 12 months of the layoff.
All regular part- time hourly and salaried employees who are eligible to receive medical benefits.
Members of the immediate family of the above. "Immediate family" means the following relatives of the employee or retiree:
spouse
parents
spouse's parents
sons and daughters (including in- laws and step- children)
grandchildren
brothers and sisters (including in- laws, half and step)
same- sex domestic partners covered under the health care plan (same as it is defined for health care coverage in the "Salaried Employee Benefit Bulletin #152", dated June 8, 2000.)
Immediate family members of eligible same- sex domestic partners (same as it is defined above)
Employees of approved subsidiary companies and approved affiliated companies as eligibility is defined at the time of approval.
NOTE: When both the employee/retiree and his/her spouse are deceased, the surviving family members are no longer eligible.