Employer-Matching Death Benefit

The employer-matching death benefit is payable to your beneficiary One or more persons, trusts, or organizations a member or participant names to receive plan benefits, if any, upon the death of the member or participant. if you die before retirement and you die:

• while actively employed by a PERS employer,
• while on an official leave without pay* from a PERS employer,
• within 120 days after separation from service with a PERS employer, or
• at any time before receiving a retirement or disability benefit if you die as a result of a job-related injury received while in the service of a PERS employer.

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Death Benefits before Retirement

Retired Police Officer and Firefighter Survivor Benefits

Taxes on Death Benefits