A/Z-Plan
Who's Eligible
• 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:
o spouse
o parents
o spouse's parents
o sons and daughters (including in-laws and step-children)
o grandchildren
o brothers and sisters (including in-laws, half and step)
o 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.)
o 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.
• Four new products per calendar year my be purchased or leased
X-PLAN
Who's Eligible
• Employees (full time, part-time and contract), retirees and their spouses of eligible partner companies (suppliers, fleets, etc.) and universities where Ford recruits.
• Members, Customers and spouses of selected organizations/associations with close strategic ties to Ford Motor Company.
• Selected individuals sponsored by a Ford Motor Company employee or retiree through the Friends & Neighbors Program.
• Participation is by invitation only, not all suppliers, fleets, etc. are eligible.
• Two new products per calendar year may be purchased/leased in total.