Subject:

Regulation:

MEMBERSHIP:

December 6, 2010: The following shall apply specifically to non-instructional employees.  Instructional employees are covered under the Teachers Retirement System.

Full-time employees:  Membership in the retirement system is mandatory for all non-instructional employees who are regularly employed on a full-time basis.

The Blue Hills Regional Vocational School Retirement System will grant one full year of creditable service for retirement purposes to those employees of the Blue Hills Regional Vocational School District employed on a full-time basis, as defined in their specific category of work, for at least a full academic year provided that such annual employment period consists of at least one hundred and eighty days.  These employees must work the entire contract year to be granted the full year of creditable service.  Food Service Workers are excluded from this rule.

Permanent Part-time Employees:  Part-time employees working a minimum of 20.0 hours per week on a permanent basis must become members of the system.  Creditable service shall be calculated on a prorated basis as it relates to a full-time position.

Part-time Employees who work on average less than 20.0 hours per week during the lesser of: the period of their employment or one year shall not become members of the system.

Contract Employees:  Hired to perform a specific set of duties for a limited time (Less than 1 year); that will perform tasks above the capability or experience level of existing personnel; or hired to fulfill essential duties when coverage by existing staff is not feasible due to vacation schedules, illness, job vacancy, special projects, etc. Contract employees shall not be eligible for membership in the retirement system.

Consultants (Fee for Service):  Hired to perform specialized services for a limited time that are beyond the expertise or capability of existing personnel.  Consultants shall not be eligible for membership in the retirement system.

On-Call Employees:  Employees hired to fulfill the temporary clerical/other needs of the school.  “On-call” employees are hired on an annual contract basis, (with no notice termination clause for both parties), that commences on the date of hire and ends on the one year anniversary of the date of hire.  “On-call” employees shall not be eligible for membership in the retirement system.

Temporary and Part-time employees who become full-time employees may be eligible to “buy back” creditable service which was earned while employed at less than part-time, (20.0 hours per week and therefore ineligible for membership in the retirement system); at the discretion and eventual vote of the retirement board (provided that creditable service shall be granted) based on actual service rendered.

Employees not classified not full-time and thus not eligible to become members of the retirement system must contribute to (Massachusetts Deferred Compensation Plan) the alternative defined contribution plan system of the board.

Food Service Workers; (covered by the Food Service Workers Salary Schedule) who work 20.0 or more hours per week and who are under contract with Blue Hills for the entire school-year shall receive a full year of creditable service  for each full school-year worked.

Grant Employees:  Employees compensation paid through a federal grant and whose employment terms and conditions would otherwise qualify them for membership, are eligible for membership in the Blue Hills Regional Vocational School Retirement System.

CREDITABLE SERVICE:

December 6, 2010:Creditable Service: Retroactive Creditable Service: The Blue Hills Regional Vocational School Retirement System will allow a full year credit for those employed on a full-time basis or permanent part-time basis as defined on this date retroactively to those years in which such persons were so employed.  This change will apply only to those employees who retire subsequent to the effective date of this notice.

Make-Up Payments:
Purchase of prior creditable service may be in a lump sum at any time prior to retirement or in periodic payments as agreed to by the Board.

Employees of a temporary nature who were formerly deemed ineligible for membership in a government unit covered by Massachusetts General Law chapt. 32 may buy back past service upon becoming a permanent employee.

Each employee requesting permission to make-up payments for their previous employment shall provide the retirement system with a verified list of earnings by period, by calendar year, not including any overtime or bonuses, so that a make-up payment can be calculated.

REGULAR COMPENSATION:

MISCELLANEOUS: