Self-Payments for Short Hours
If you do not have 140 credited hours in an eligibility (work) month even with your banked hours, you can make up to twelve (12) consecutive monthly self-payments to cover the difference between your credited hours and the number of hours needed to satisfy the 140-hour rule.
An additional twelve-month self-pay period will be allowed if you return to covered employment and have at least 100 credited hours during an eligibility (work) month that corresponds with, or immediately follows, a benefit month during which you were eligible because of a self-payment for short hours. Additional twelve-month self-pay periods will be allowed without limit as long as you continue to meet the 100-hour requirement.
You are only entitled to a self-pay period if you are an active employee who is already covered under the Plan when your hours shortage occurs. Self-payment amounts will be determined by multiplying the hours you are short of 140 times the current hourly contribution rate. The due date for short hours self-payments is the last day of the benefit month for which the payment is being made.