Credit for Disability Periods

If you received a PERS disability retirement allowance A retirement benefit paid when the member cannot work due to an injury or illness. Earned wages may reduce the monthly disability benefit. any time after January 1, 1985, and subsequently returned to employment with a PERS-participating employer An employer who participates in the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). after the period of disability, you can receive retirement credit for periods of PERS disability retirement or workers' compensation A federal program in which employees disabled on the job can receive pay. Any workers' compensation payments Tier Two members receive may offset disability benefits. disability payments, if you meet the eligibility requirements.

To receive the retirement credit, if your PERS disability was approved as a “Non-Duty Disability,” you must apply to purchase the retirement credit and make the full-cost purchase within 90 days preceding your effective date of service retirement.

To receive the retirement credit, if your PERS disability was approved as a “Duty Disability” or you were receiving workers’ compensation payments, you must request the retirement credit any time prior to your effective retirement service retirement date and no later than 240 days after the date on your Notice of Entitlement for service retirement. No payment is required; your employer pays the cost. If the retirement credit is for a period when you were receiving workers’ compensation payments, you must also submit acceptable documentation of an approved workers’ compensation claim.