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[[2 columned table]]
| Length of Service | Period of Payment |
| --- | --- |
| 1 year and less than 2 years | 6 months |
| 2 years and less than 3 years | 12 months |
| 3 years and less than 5 years | 18 months |
| 5 years and less than 10 years | 36 months |
| 10 years and less than 15 years | 48 months |
| 15 years and over | 60 months |

In the case of an employee with less than one year of service such employee shall not be covered by the benefits provided in this Section, but shall receive such benefits, and only such benefits, as are provided by Section 7.

(b) For the purposes of this order, the length of service of the employee shall be determined from the date he last acquired an employment status with the employing carrier and he shall be given credit for one month's service for each month in which he performed any service (in any capacity whatsoever) and twelve such months shall be credited as one year's service. (The employment status of an employee shall not be interrupted by furlough in instances where the employee has a right to and does return to service when called.) In determining length of service of an employee acting as an officer or other official representative of an employee organization he will be given credit for performing service while so engaged on leave of absence from the service of the carrier:
Provided, That in calculating the dismissal allowance for such an employee, such allowance shall be based upon the compensation paid such employee by the carrier during his last twelve (12) months of service on the company payroll and not on the compensation he may have been paid by the employee representative organization.

(c) An employee shall not be regarded as deprived of employment in case of his resignation, death, or on account of age or disability in accordance with the current rules and practices applicable to employees generally, dismissal for justifiable cause in accordance with the rules, or furlough because of reduction in forces due to seasonal requirements ment as the result of the merger who is not deprived of his employment within three years from the effective date of said merger.

(d) Each employee receiving a dismissal allowance shall keep Eastern informed of his address and the name and adress of any other person by whom he may be regularly employed.

(e) The dismissal allowance shall be paid to the regularly assigned incumbent of the position abolished. If the position of an employee is abolished while he is absent from service, he will be entitled to the dismissal allowance when he is available for service. The employee temporarily filling said position at the time it was abolished will be given a dismissal allowance on the basis of said position until the regular