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- Service Credit Guide
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More FAQs about RI's Pension Crisis
The information outlined below is based on the Rhode Island Retirement Security Act of 2011, a law enacted November 18, 2011.
A Part-time Employee’s Guide to RIRSA
- A teacher’s year of service will be based on a full school year and any teacher employed at least half-time or more will receive credit on a proportional basis.
- If an employee has worked more than half of their total service at less than 30 business hours per week, and his average compensation used for benefit calculation purposes consists of three or more years when he worked more than 30 business hours per week, his average compensation will be calculated as the average of his highest 10 consecutive years.
- Effective July 1, 2012, any newly elected municipal official, who is compensated for less than 35 hours per week, will not be allowed membership into MERS as a result of that elected position.