Rules for Maternity or Paternity Leaves of Absence. In addition to the foregoing rules, solely for purposes of determining whether a One Year Break in Service has occurred in a computation period, an individual who is absent from work for maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit for the Hours of Service which would otherwise have been credited to such individual but for such absence, or in any case in which such Hours cannot be determined, 8 Hours of Service per day of such absence. Provided, however, that:

Rules for Maternity or Paternity Leaves of Absence. In addition to the foregoing rules and solely for purposes of determining whether a One Year Break in Service for participation and vesting purposes has occurred in a computation period, an individual who is absent for maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit for the Hours of Service which would otherwise have been credited to such individual but for such absence, or in any case in which such Hours of Service cannot be determined, 8 Hours of Service per day of such absence; provided, however, that:

Rules for Maternity or Paternity Leaves of Absence. In addition to the foregoing rules and solely for purposes of determining whether a One Year Break in Service for participation and vesting purposes has occurred in a computation period, an individual who is absent for maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit for the Hours of Service which would otherwise have been credited to such individual but for such absence, or in any case in which such Hours cannot be determined, eight Hours of Service per day of such absence; provided, however, that:

if a maternity or paternity leave extends beyond one Plan Year, Hours of Service shall be credited to the Plan Year in which the absence begins to the extent necessary to prevent a One Year Break in Service, otherwise such Hours of Service shall be credited to the following Plan Year. For purposes of this paragraph, an absence from work for maternity or paternity reasons means an absence # by reason of the pregnancy of the individual, # by reason of a birth of a child of the individual, # by reason of the placement of a child with the individual, in connection with the adoption of such child by such individual, or # for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement.

Parenting Leaves. To the extent not otherwise credited and solely for the purpose of determining whether a One‑Year Break in Service has occurred, Hours of Service shall be credited to an employee for any period of absence from work due to pregnancy of the employee, the birth of a child of the employee, the placement of a child with the employee in connection with the adoption of such child by the employee or for the purpose of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement. The employee shall be credited with the number of Hours of Service which otherwise would normally have been credited to such employee but for such absence. If it is impossible to determine the number of Hours of Service which would otherwise normally have been so credited, the employee shall be credited with eight (8) Hours of Service for each day of such absence. In no event, however, shall the number of Hours of Service credited for any such absence exceed five hundred one (501) Hours of Service. Such Hours of Service shall be credited to the computation period in which such absence from work begins if crediting all or any portion of such

if a maternity or paternity leave extends beyond one Plan Year, the Hours of Service shall be credited to the Plan Year in which the absence begins to the extent necessary to prevent a One Year Break in Service, otherwise such Hours of Service shall be credited to the following Plan Year.