PERS will stop your disability payments if:
A direct position with a PERS-participating employer that requires 600 or more hours of work per year. A nonqualifying position or positions may become qualifying by requiring 600 hours of work or more per calendar year for one or more PERS-participating employers. A nonqualifying job that becomes qualifying is changed to active service status. at any age.PERS will re-establish your Tier One or Tier Two member account to show the same balance that was there when your disability first became effective (your effective date for disability retirement).
You do not receive creditable service Creditable service is one of the factors used to determine a member’s retirement eligibility and pension amount at retirement. Members earn service credit for every calendar month in which they are employed in a qualifying position for more than half the total days in the month and are paid by their PERS-participating employer. Working fewer than 600 hours in a month or taking a leave without pay lasting half the month or more disqualifies a month from earning service credit. while receiving disability benefits. However, if you return to work with a PERS-participating employer An employer who participates in the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)., you can restore your service time.