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However, notwithstanding the paragraph above, in the event the employee successfully
claims another state job in any agency and classification which is insurance eligible without
a break in service, and is subsequently non-certified or involuntarily separated, the six (6)
month duration for the Employer contribution toward insurance benefits will begin at the
time the employee is non-certified or otherwise involuntarily separated and is no longer
actively employed by the Employer.
In no event shall an extended benefit eligibility period be longer than a total of six (6)
months. Further, an employee must be receiving an Employer Contribution under Section 3
(A) or (B) at the time of layoff in order to be eligible for the six (6) months continuation of
insurance.
3. Work-related Injury/Disability. An employee who receives an Employer Contribution and
who is off the State payroll due to a work-related injury or a work-related disability remains
eligible for an Employer Contribution as long as such an employee receives workers'
compensation payments. If such employee ceases to receive workers' compensation
payments for the injury or disability and is granted a medical leave under Article 10, he/she
shall be eligible for an Employer contribution during that leave.
4. Corrections Early Retirement Incentive.
a. Corrections Early Retirement Incentive Options. Any employee who is employed in
a classification covered by the Correctional Employees Retirement Plan (M.S. §§352.91
and 352.911) shall be eligible to retire under one of the following Corrections Early
Retirement Incentive programs if the conditions for eligibility as set forth in Section
3C4b below are met.
1) Pre-Fifty-Five Corrections Early Retirement Incentive. Any employee who
attains the age of fifty (50) after the effective date and before the expiration date of
the contract and who is employed in a classification covered by the Correctional
Employees Retirement Plan (M.S. §§352.91 and 352.911) who retires at or after
his/her fiftieth (50 th ) birthday but before his/her fifty-fifth (55 th ) birthday shall be
entitled to participate in the Pre-Fifty-Five (55) Corrections Early Retirement
Incentive in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 3C4b below.
Notwithstanding any changes in coverage in accordance with this or any
subsequent Agreement, the Employer contribution for health and dental insurance
shall be equal to one hundred twenty (120) times the amount of the monthly
Employer contribution applicable to that employee at the time of his/her retirement,
divided by the number of months until the employee attains the age of sixty-five
(65).
2) Post-Fifty-Five Corrections Early Retirement Incentive. Any employee who
attains the age of fifty-five (55) after the effective date and before the expiration date
of the contract and who is employed in a classification covered by the Correctional
Employees Retirement Plan (M.S. §§352.91 and 352.911) may opt during the pay
period in which his/her fifty-fifth (55th) birthday occurs or any time thereafter until the
employee attains the age of sixty-five (65) to participate in the Post-Fifty-Five
Corrections Early Retirement Incentive in accordance with the provisions set forth in
Section 3C4b below.
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