UC RETIREMENT PLAN DOCUMENT - UPTE-CWA
UC RETIREMENT PLAN DOCUMENT - UPTE-CWA
UC RETIREMENT PLAN DOCUMENT - UPTE-CWA
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University of California Retirement Plan Article 5<br />
periods on pay status before and after an approved leave of absence<br />
without pay.<br />
(c) Service Credit During Military Leave.<br />
Service Credit shall be earned without payment of Member and<br />
University Contributions by an Active Member for a period on military<br />
leave provided the Member returns to University service at the<br />
expiration of such leave in accordance with the Member's<br />
reemployment rights in compliance with 38 U.S.C. §§4300–4333, as<br />
amended by the Uniformed Services Employment and<br />
Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), or other applicable law. The<br />
amount of Service Credit for a Plan Year during such period shall be<br />
equal to the ratio indicated in (a) above for the last 12 months of<br />
continuous service preceding the effective date of military leave.<br />
Continuous service includes periods on pay status before and after<br />
an approved leave of absence without pay. For purposes of this<br />
Section, a Member on military leave in accordance with USERRA or<br />
other applicable law shall be treated as not having incurred a Break<br />
in Service. A Member entitled to Service Credit under this subsection<br />
may, but need not, make up Member Contributions for the period of<br />
leave pursuant to Section 4.02.<br />
(d) Service Credit Established.<br />
An Active Member who is or has been without pay on account of an<br />
approved leave of absence without pay, furlough, temporary layoff,<br />
sabbatical leave, or extended sick leave, (collectively "Leaves" for<br />
purposes of 5.04(d) only) may, upon return from such status and<br />
proper request, establish Service Credit for such period by:<br />
• for that portion of the period occurring before November 1, 1990,<br />
making payment to the Plan of an amount equal to the University<br />
Contributions and Member Contributions which would have been<br />
paid to the Plan, plus interest to the date of completion of<br />
payment, and/or<br />
• for that portion of the period occurring on or after November 1,<br />
1990, making payment to the Plan in an amount equal to the Total<br />
Normal Cost, plus interest to the date of completion of payment.<br />
An Active Member who is or has been without pay on account of a<br />
Leave which commences on or after July 1, 1997, other than military<br />
leave, sabbatical leave, furlough, temporary layoff, or extended sick<br />
leave, may only establish Service Credit for a period of up to 24<br />
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