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Rehired Other Than Regular Full-time (Previous Service Paid Out)

Forms Checklist:

Pension Membership Enrolment (pdf) (Word)

CAAT Pension Plan Waiver (if not becoming a Member) (pdf) (Word)

Member Handbook

It's about your privacy

Transferring Service

Definition / Eligibility:

An Other Than Regular Full-time (OTRFT) Employee of a College who is under age 71 and was previously a Member of the CAAT Pension Plan will, upon rehire, automatically be treated as a new Employee if upon termination they either:

received a refund, or
chose to transfer the Commuted Value of their pension out of the Plan.

OTRFT Employees must wait to join the Plan. They may choose to join when they have completed 24 months of continuous eligibility service and are actively working, providing they are still under age 71. Once they join the Plan, they remain Members as long as they are employed and under age 71. At age 71 they must stop contributing and start receiving their pension, even if still employed.

College Responsibilities:

At time of hire, give Employee a copy of the Member Handbook and the pamphlets "It's about your privacy" and "Other than Regular Full-Time Employment."
Notify Employee when they become eligible to join the CAAT Pension Plan.
Complete Pension Membership Enrolment form. The Member may want to name a non-Spouse Beneficiary in Section B, "Personal Information " and must sign page 2, "Consent for the Collection and Use of Personal Information".
Make copies of the Pension Membership Enrolment form for your records and return the original to the Plan.
When enrolling Employee, you must ask if Employee wants to purchase previously refunded service or if they have any service that can be transferred into the Plan. Most transfer agreements have time limits and costs usually increase if the purchase is delayed. If the Member has any such service please refer to Section 6 - Transfers and begin the process immediately. Note that OTRFT service prior to becoming eligible for enrolment cannot be purchased.
Tell Employee that if they decide not to join the Plan when they are first eligible, but decide at a later date that they want to join, they must satisfy the eligibility conditions at that time.
Complete a CAAT Pension Plan Waiver if Employee is not becoming a Member of the Plan and retain for your records.
If Employee does not want to become a Member of the Plan and refuses to sign the waiver, document the refusal and keep on file.

CAAT Pension Plan Responsibilities:

Enrol new Member.

Plan Text Reference: 2.19, 2.24, 3.02, 3.03

May 2009