Because of the 40% FTE limitation on post-retirement employment, as a UWRP retiree you cannot become re-eligible for benefits offered in your new position through the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB). This includes the medical, dental, life, and long term disability (LTD). However, you retain PEBB retiree benefits from your pre-retirement work.
If you are a reemployed DRS retiree, you may participate in PEBB faculty/staff benefits if your new position stays within the DRS retiree employment limitations, but still meets PEBB employee medical, dental, life, and LTD eligibility rules. In a benefits-eligible position, you may temporarily waive participation in the PEBB retiree health plan.
If you are a reemployed DRS or UWRP retiree, you are considered a "re-hired annuitant" and no Social Security taxes are deducted from your UW pay. This is based on a pre-existing agreement between the UW and the Social Security Administration. You do not have the option to elect to pay Social Security taxes on UW pay.
If you are employed in a position that is eligible to accrue leave, normal policies apply based on the job class and any prior state service.
If applicable, your annual leave balances were paid out at the time of your original retirement. In post-retirement employment, annual leave is accrued based on normal policies, with the accrual rate equal to that of your pre-retirement accrual rate.
If you have an annual leave balance when your UW employment terminates again, your annual leave balance will again be paid out, subject to normal vacation cash-out limitations.
If applicable, your sick leave balance was paid out at the time of your original retirement, based on the normal sick leave cash-out rules. In post-retirement employment, sick leave is accrued based on normal policies.
If you contact Benefits & Work/Life at the time you terminate your UW employment again, any sick leave balance at that time will be paid into your existing VEBA account. You are responsible for contacting Benefits to request such a retirement and cash-out.
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