Retirement Incentive If a teacher meets all of the eligibility requirements contained in paragraph A of this Section, the teacher shall be paid a retirement benefit in accordance with paragraph B of this Section. A. To be eligible for retirement incentives, a teacher: 1. Must retire from the district pursuant to the rules of the Illinois TRS. 2. Must have at least 10 years of consecutive service as a certified employee in the District. Approved, unpaid leaves and periods of time during which a teacher is on the District’s recall list for purposes of a reduction-in-force shall not count towards accrued service in the District. However, such time shall not constitute an interruption in years of consecutive service in the District. 3. Must submit an irrevocable notice of retirement to the District by July 1, prior to the school year in which benefits will begin under this program. 4. Must not give rise to a requirement that the Board make payment to the TRS pursuant to the AERO provisions of the statutes. 5. Board will not be obligated to pay a penalty imposed by TRS due to the teacher’s salary exceeding the TRS cap if the teacher retires any time after submitting his/her letter of retirement. For example, a teacher that has earned more than a 6% increase in his/her salary in any of the three years prior to the year in which the teacher would start receiving retirement benefits, would not be eligible for this program. Note: a teacher that has received a greater than 6% increase in his/her salary under a grandfathered contract may still be eligible for this program, provided he/she meets the other eligibility requirements set forth in this section. If the teacher is found to be ineligible for this program pursuant to the 6% salary increase limitation discussed in this paragraph, the teachers may reapply for this program in any subsequent year and will be eligible for the retirement incentive when he/she would no longer cause the Board to have to pay a penalty to TRS in the event the teacher were to retire any time after submitting his/her letter of retirement, provided the teacher meets all the other eligibility requirements of this Section A. 6. The parties to this Agreement may waive the eligibility requirement contained in 2.A.5. of Article XVIII of this Agreement on the condition the teacher executes a promissory note promising to repay all or a portion of the Retirement Benefits provided under 2.B. of Article XVIII. In the event the teacher retires prior to the date stated in the teacher’s irrevocable Notice of Retirement, the teacher shall be responsible for the payment defined in the promissory note. Before a teacher executes a promissory note, the Board and Association will come to agreement as to the amount. 7. May not be receiving retirement benefits from previous contracts. 8. May retire before reaching full retirement if there are no additional costs to the District. 9. If there is a change in the law that causes a penalty to the district, the incentive will be modified at the beginning of the next fiscal year, July 1, to eliminate the penalty. Staff currently in the 4-year incentive are held harmless. Changes will only apply to members making new requests for the retirement incentive after the July 1 deadline each year.
Benefit Eligibility For purposes of the Benefit Plan entitlement, common-law and same sex relationships will apply as defined.
Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with incentive opportunities (measured with respect to both regular and special incentive opportunities, to the extent, if any, that such distinction is applicable), savings opportunities and retirement benefit opportunities, in each case, less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of those provided by the Company and its affiliated companies for the Executive under such plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.