Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1762 – Part-time reemployment of retirees
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1762
- Earnings: means the full amount of compensation earned by a member for service rendered as an employee, excluding bonuses or fees in excess of regular salary or retainer, overtime pay, or payments relative to termination of employment including but not limited to accrued sick or annual leave and severance pay. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Employee: means a person including an elected official, actively employed by a participating employer on a permanent, regularly scheduled basis of at least an average of thirty-five hours per week. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Final compensation: means the average monthly earnings during the highest sixty consecutive months or joined months if service was interrupted. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- Member: means a contributing employee who is covered under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
- retirement system: means the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana, established as of January 1, 1955, defined in Chapter 4, Title 11 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and as subsequently amended. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1732
A.(1) Whenever a retiree receiving normal retirement benefits becomes reemployed by an employer but he does not meet the definition of an employee and his monthly earnings are equal to or less than the difference between his monthly average final compensation and his monthly retirement benefit, his retirement benefits shall continue and he shall not be a member of the system.
(2) Whenever a retiree receiving normal retirement benefits becomes reemployed by an employer but he does not meet the definition of an employee and his monthly earnings exceed the difference between his monthly average final compensation and his monthly retirement benefit, his retirement benefits shall be reduced by the amount his monthly earnings exceed the difference between his monthly average final compensation and his monthly retirement benefit for every month of such employment and he shall not be a member of the system. The calculation of monthly earnings shall not include income attributable to service as a part-time elected official listed in La. Rev. Stat. 11:164.
B. For a retired member first reemployed on or after July 1, 2016, during a period of reemployment by an employer without his meeting the definition of an employee, the retiree and his employer shall make contributions to the retirement system as provided by this Chapter, but the retiree shall receive no additional service credit and shall not accrue any additional retirement benefit in the retirement system. Upon termination of reemployment, employee contributions paid since reemployment shall, upon application, be refunded to the retiree without interest. The retirement system shall retain the employer contributions and interest on contributions made pursuant to this Subsection.
C. The retired member and the employer shall immediately notify the board of the retiree’s date of employment, the amount of his monthly salary, and any changes in salary, number of hours employed per week, estimated duration of employment, and date of termination of employment.
D. For purposes of this Section, there shall be an annual cost-of-living adjustment to the average final compensation figure used to determine whether benefits are to be continued or reduced. This cost-of-living adjustment shall be based upon and directly reflect the annual percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 225, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:7202 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 1081, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Acts 2016, No. 649, §1, eff. June 17, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 314, §1, eff. June 30, 2017; Acts 2019, No. 416, §1, eff. June 20, 2019.