When Legal Coverage Begins and Ends

When Coverage Begins

When you first join the company, your Legal Plan coverage begins on the first of the month after you have submitted a properly completed enrollment form, provided you enroll within 90 days of your eligibility period.

When Coverage Ends

If you are no longer eligible to participate in the plan or your employment with DallasNews Corporation ends, the plan will cover the legal fees for those covered services that were opened and pending during the period you were enrolled in the plan. Of course, no new matters may be started after you become ineligible.
Generally, coverage under DallasNews Corporation’s Legal Plan for you and your eligible dependents ends when you:
No longer meet eligibility requirements described in Eligibility and Participation (see Who Is Eligible)
Terminate employment with DallasNews Corporation (effective at the end of the month you terminate or, through special arrangement and payment, through the end of the calendar year you terminate)
Cancel or drop coverage
Stop making any payments for coverage
Die
Coverage also ends if the plan is terminated, your employer stops participating in the plan or the plan is amended to terminate coverage for a group or class of individuals that includes you.