Common use of Longevity Increment Clause in Contracts

Longevity Increment. A Longevity Increment shall be added for all full-time (30 hours per week) unit members having completed 19 years of service in either the State Teachers Retirement System, the School Employees Retirement System, or the Public Employees Retirement System. The following guidelines shall apply: 18.8.1 Service must be verified by the employee from official records of STRS, SERS, or PERS. 18.8.2 Credit will be granted for all service which has the same value as Ohio teaching and/or the same value for credit under SERS or PERS. 18.8.3 All service credit and/or military credit must be purchased and/or certified from official records on forms provided by STRS, SERS, or PERS in order for it to be counted toward the longevity increment. (Section 3317.14 of the Ohio Revised Code.) 18.8.4 The longevity increment is added to the total salary only after all calculations have been made. 18.8.5 Only full years of service credit will be counted. 18.8.6 It is the responsibility of the unit member to report all such credit on or before February 1 prior to the year of eligibility. When newly hired eligible bargaining unit members who have at least nineteen (19) years of service as described in Article 18.8 report such credit within sixty (60) days from their initial Board hire date, the longevity increment will be added retroactively during the initial year of employment. Otherwise, such newly hired eligible bargaining unit members may report such credit on or before February 1 prior to the year of eligibility in accordance with Article 18.8. 18.8.7 There will be no granting of credit retroactively.

Longevity Increment. A Longevity Increment shall be added for all full-time (30 hours per week) unit members having completed 19 years of service in either the State Teachers Retirement System, the School Employees Retirement System, or the Public Employees Retirement System. The following guidelines shall apply: 18.8.1 Service must be verified by the employee from official records of STRS, SERS, or PERS. 18.8.2 Credit will be granted for all service which has the same value as Ohio teaching and/or the same value for credit under SERS or PERS. 18.8.3 All service credit and/or military credit must be purchased and/or certified from official records on forms provided by STRS, SERS, or PERS in order for it to be counted toward the longevity increment. (Section 3317.14 of the Ohio Revised Code.) 18.8.4 The longevity increment is added to the total salary only after all calculations have been made. 18.8.5 Only full years of service credit will be counted. 18.8.6 It is the responsibility of the unit member to report all such credit on or before February 1 prior to the year of eligibility. When newly hired eligible bargaining unit members who have at least nineteen (19) years of service as described in Article 18.8 report such credit within sixty (60) days from their initial Board hire date, the longevity increment will be added retroactively during the initial year of employment. Otherwise, such newly hired eligible bargaining unit members may report such credit on or before February 1 prior to the year of eligibility in accordance with Article 18.8. . 18.8.7 There will be no granting of credit retroactively.