What happens to Employer contributions made on my behalf when I work in an area of a different IBEW Local Union?
For a more detailed summary of what happens, see Section 1 5 of this booklet. If you work under a Collective Bargaining Agreement in the jurisdiction of another IBEW Local Union, your Employer’s contributions under that agreement will be made on your behalf to that Local Union’s pension fund. If that Local Union’s pension fund is signatory to the Electrical Industry Pension Reciprocal Agreement (or an separate agreement with this Plans Trust), the contributions that are reported to the other pension fund will be transferred to this Plan provided that you have authorized the transfer by registering with the Electrical Reciprocal Transfer System (ERTS) and you qualify to designate the Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan as your Home Fund (see Section 14.A.) in accordance with the Electrical Industry Reciprocal Pension Agreement.
