PURPOSE: This rules clarifies the process for calculating creditable service of a member.
- (1) In calculating creditable service for purposes of buying back prior years of service, one (1) calendar month equals one-twelfth (1/12) of a year and any remaining days shall be converted into months on the basis that each thirty (30) calendar days equals one (1) month and any remainder will be credited as an additional month.
- (2) Credit will be computed using the date of employment to the earlier of the date of termination or August 27, 1994. Credit will be granted for up to twelve (12) months of authorized sick leave without pay due to an employee’s sickness or injury or authorized family leave. Credit will not be granted for any other periods of leave without pay, including, but not limited to, temporary layoffs.
AUTHORITY: section 50.1032, RSMo 1994.* Original rule filed Oct. 11, 1995, effective May 30, 1996. *Original authority 1995.