Deseret News | KSL investigation: Utah's retiring in place policy

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KSL investigation: Utah's retiring in place policy

citizen | 1:53 a.m. Oct. 31, 2009

How is this double dipping. The positions are appointed and by retiring in place they are collecting a retirement they contributed to. It costs the local agency less money because they do not pay into the URS for the position. Educators do this all the time, retire and go back to teaching, why are they not accused of double dipping? These positions can be terminated without cause and therefor this is not a regular employee collecting two checks, it is a retired employee who is appointed to this job and paid for it.

Big Brother | 10:35 a.m. Oct. 31, 2009

This is another example of big brother trying to control local government. The cities know who they are hiring and what they are paying. The positions are appointed and can be terminated. If the cities want to allow this that is their choice. It is a choice that should be made at the local level.

Fred | 6:27 p.m. Nov. 2, 2009

Citizen you are partially correct educators often do return to the classroom after retirement, but not in the same position from which they retired, and not even in the same school district unless they return as half-time or less or allow 6 months to lapse before they are rehired. You may think that I am splitting hairs, but it is really quite a bit different, because when a teacher retires, there are no assurance that the teacher will be hired back

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Ridiculous | 7:06 p.m. Nov. 2, 2009

I think the 401k contributions should be eliminated for anyone that is receiving both a salary and pension payments. Since people are living longer, I also think the percentages and years of service rules should be adjusted. If people worked from age 25 to age 50 and then received pension payments until they passed away at 65, the burden on the system would double if people worked from age 25 to 50 but the received pension payments until they passed away at age 80. Additionally as these people live longer they will likely incur more medical expenses. These employees should work for 30 to 35 years to get the pension benefits.

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