Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1762.1 – Full-time reemployment of retirees
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1762.1
- 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
A.(1) If a retiree receiving a normal benefit becomes employed by an employer as an employee on or after July 1, 2017, the retired member‘s retirement benefit shall be suspended and the retired member shall be a member of the system. Upon his subsequent separation from service, the system shall resume payments of the retired member’s original benefit.
(2) If the retiree worked for more than twelve months, he shall receive a supplemental benefit based on his salary and service earned during reemployment using the payment option elected by the member for his original retirement benefit. If the retiree is reemployed for a period of less then twelve months, he shall not earn a supplemental benefit and the system shall return the employee contributions to the member without interest and retain the contributions paid by the employer.
B. The supplemental benefit when combined with the original benefit shall not exceed the final compensation figure used to compute the original benefit or the supplemental benefit, whichever is greater.
C. If a retiree receiving a normal benefit becomes employed by an employer as an employee prior to July 1, 2017, the retired member may elect to have his benefit suspended and be a member of the system pursuant to this Section.
Acts 2017, No. 314, §1, eff. June 30, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 42, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.