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Retirees may work in a non-covered part-time teaching or adjunct faculty position with their former employer and continue to receive retirement benefits, provided they have a bona fide break in service of at least one full calendar month from their retirement date over a period they normally would work. This includes teachers who retire under an early retirement incentive program (ERIP). If retirees work in more than one part-time position for their former employer, the total number of hours must not exceed a part-time schedule.
Periods of leave with or without pay, including educational leave and sabbaticals, as well as intersession periods do not count toward satisfying the bona fide break in service. Summer breaks for employees on nine-, 10- and 11-month contracts also do not satisfy this break.
Examples
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A teacher on a nine-month contract for the period August 1 to May 31 is retiring at the end of the contract. If the teacher wishes to return to same employer on a part-time basis, the months of June, July and August will not count toward satisfying the bona fide break in service. To continue receiving retirement benefits, the earliest the retiree could return to work would be September 1.
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A teacher on a 10-month contract for the period August 20 to June 15 is retiring at the end of the contract. If the teacher wishes to return to same employer on a part-time basis, the months of July and August will not count toward satisfying the bona fide break in service. To continue receiving retirement benefits, the earliest the retiree could return to work would be October 1.
