§ 5-10-19 — Employers to file information as to employees’ service and reemployment of retirants

West Virginia § 5-10-19

• Jurisdiction: West Virginia
• Ch. 5: GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS, OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC
• Art. 10: WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ACT

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(a) Each participating public employer shall file with the board of trustees, in such form as the board shall from time to time prescribe, a detailed statement of all service rendered to participating public employers by each of its employees and by any retirant who retired under section twenty-two-c of this article and who is working for the employer on a contract basis, as defined in section twenty-two-c of this article, and such other information as the board shall require in the operation of the retirement system:Provided, That for any retirants becoming reemployed by a participating public employer pursuant to the provisions of §5-10-48 of this code, the retirement board may also require of retirants and participating public employers such reports, forms and verifications as it deems necessary to ensure that a bona fide separation from service upon retirement has occurred.

(b) Prior to any retirant subsequently becoming employed on a permanent full-time, permanent part-time, per diem, leased employee, temporary full-time or temporary part-time basis by a participating public employer, the employer shall notify the board and the retirant, in writing, if and when any such potential employment will negatively impact the retirant’s retired status or benefits. Upon the retirant’s acceptance of such employment, the employer shall notify the board, in writing, of the retirant’s subsequent employment.

Legislative History

2025 Reg. Sess., SB712; 2021 Reg. Sess., HB3191; 2021 Reg. Sess., SB5; 1961 Reg. Sess., SB22