Duty Disability Retirement. If, during the course of employment, an employee becomes totally and permanently incapacitated, the employee, or the County on the employee's behalf, shall apply for a duty disability retirement from the Monroe County Employees Retirement System, in accordance with and subject to the terms, conditions, limitation and restrictions therein provided. An employee shall remain on duty disability retirement subject to the reexamination provisions of the Retirement System in effect for disability retirees until he reaches what would have been the normal age necessary for regular, unreduced retirement. At such time, the employee's retirement benefit shall be recalculated based on final average compensation and the pension formula in effect at the time of disability retirement utilizing actual years of service plus years the employee has been on duty disability retirement.
Duty Disability Retirement. “If a Police member, Fire member or Public Safety Officer member is totally incapacitated for duty as a Police Officer, Fire Fighter or Public Safety Officer and the Board finds that his or her disability is the natural and proximate result of causes arising out of and in the course of his or her employment as a Police Officer, Fire Fighter or Public Safety Officer with the Employer and that the employee will likely be permanently so incapacitated, the member shall-be entitled to a duty disability retirement allowance calculated in the same manner as a Normal Retirement Benefit.” If a member disagrees with the finding of the medical director, he or she shall have the right to submit reports from his or her medical doctor. In the event a dispute continues to exist, the medical director and the member's doctor shall select a third doctor who shall provide the Pension Board with an opinion concerning the disputed matters before the Pension Board renders its decision. If is understood and agreed that if a dispute continues to exist concerning the meaning or application of the Pension Plan after a decision by the Pension Board, such dispute shall not be grieve able, but subject to review, as provided by applicable law, the Kalamazoo County Circuit Court or other court as may be appropriate. The Police member, Fire member or Public Safety Officer member may elect to waive the provisions of the duty disability retirement he or she is entitled to and accept such re-training, rehabilitation and/or other employment as the Employer may choose to offer. The Police Officer member or Firefighter member shall retain any benefits he or she has earned in the Police/Fire portion of the retirement system.
Duty Disability Retirement. 1. Employees who the City determines are totally and permanently disabled as a result of a duty connected injury and are unable to perform any work for the Fire Department shall receive the following long-term benefits:
Duty Disability Retirement. An employee who retires before attainment of his/her voluntary retirement age because of duty disability, shall receive a disability annuity of two/thirds (2/3) of his final average compensation until he/she is eligible for normal retirement at which time he/she shall be given service credit for the time he received a disability annuity.
Duty Disability Retirement. Employees who are receiving Worker’s Compensation Benefits as provided for in Article 27 shall receive benefits as therein provided. Effective for injuries and illnesses arising after the execution of the 2006-2010 collective bargaining agreement, employees who the City determines are totally and permanently disabled as a result of a duty connected injury and are unable to perform any work for the Police Department shall receive the following long-term payments and benefits:
Duty Disability Retirement. A member with one (1) or more years of credited service from date of hire who retires before attainment of his/her voluntary retirement age or twenty-five (25) years of credited service because of a duty or work-related disabilityl shall receive a disability annuity of two-thirds (2/3) of his/her average final compensation until he/she iseligible for normal retirement. Service credit shall be given for the time he/she receives the disability annuity. Normal retirement shall be based on current wages and salary schedule in the same classification the member held immediately prior to the disability.
Duty Disability Retirement
