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Retirement Plans With Highest Return In Suffolk
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This means you are entitled to a retirement benefit even if you leave public employment before you are old enough to retire. Most Tier 6 members are eligible for a service retirement benefit at age 63, or they can choose to retire as early as age 55 with a reduced benefit.
You are eligible to receive retiree benefits if you meet the “Rule of 75.” This rule states that you must be a minimum of 55 years of age and have a minimum of 10 years of full-time service without any intervening breaks in service; if you meet both minimums, then the total of your age and years of service must equal ...
Vesting is automatic; you do not have to fill out any paperwork to become vested. Tier 1, 2, 3 or 4 members who have at least five years of credited service are vested. As of April 9, 2022, Tier 5 and 6 members also only need five years of service credit to be vested.
Social Security benefits are typically computed using "average indexed monthly earnings." This average summarizes up to 35 years of a worker's indexed earnings.
Tier 4 has better reduction factors if you retire before age 62 with less than 30 years of service; and, Your maximum pension factor is unlimited under Tier 4, but is limited to 60% under Tier 3.
Members: Benefit Improvements for Tier 6 For Tier 6 members, your FAE will now be based on the average of your three highest consecutive years of earnings, the same as members in other tiers. Previously, your FAE was the average of your highest five consecutive years of earnings.
Tier 6 requires public employees to work until age 63, up to 40 years, in order to retire without penalty. Public employees in Tier 6 can no longer retiree at age 55 with 30 years of service without suffering from significant penalties that reduce their overall pension.
Tier 6 Basic Plan members may retire as early as age 55 with at least five years of Credited Service provided that they file their service retirement application while still on active payroll.
In the case of early retirement, a benefit is reduced 5/9 of one percent for each month before normal retirement age, up to 36 months. If the number of months exceeds 36, then the benefit is further reduced 5/12 of one percent per month.
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