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Yeah you need to read your document again and very closely. I have seen a few documents that say something about part-time employees are excluded and they define the term part-time like you have written. But to over come the concerns ETA is bring up it clearly says if they ever work 1,000 hours in a 12 month period they enter the plan. The practical effect of this "class" exclusion is it is another way of saying you don't enter until you work 1,000 hours.

Once the 2018 form is available (probably October), you can certainly file it. I would NOT file with a 2017 form as that is likely to cause more problems than you want. Follow the instructions (like putting the year on the check) and you should be fine.