HB28 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy WoodRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Workers' compensation, all employees who are absent from work to make-up retirement contributions

Summary

Allows active contributing members of Alabama's Employees' Retirement System who are off work due to a work-related injury and on workers' compensation to buy up to two years of retirement service credit at actuarial cost, if they return to work.

What This Bill Does

If passed, a member can purchase up to two years of service credit for time missed due to a work-related injury while receiving workers' compensation, provided they return to work within one year after benefits end. The member must pay a lump sum equal to the full actuarial cost for each year of service purchased within two years after the disability ends. Credit is granted when the required contributions are remitted, and no duplicate credit is allowed for the same time period except for Social Security. The Employees' Retirement System Board of Control will set rules and verify the service purchased.

Who It Affects

• Active, contributing members of the Employees' Retirement System who were off work due to a work-related injury and received workers' compensation benefits (they may acquire up to two years of service credit).
• The Employees' Retirement System and its Board of Control (they will adopt rules, verify eligibility, and administer the credit purchase).

Key Provisions

• Allows up to two years of service credit for periods of absence due to a work-related injury while receiving workers' compensation.
• Credit is available only if the member returns to work within one year after cessation of benefits; credit is granted after the member pays the full actuarially determined cost within two years after the disability period ends.
• No credit for time already credited in this or other retirement plans (except Social Security).
• Board of Control must adopt rules for administration and verification of the service purchase; effective date is the first day of the third month after passage.

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Subjects

Workers' Compensation