§ 45310 Retirement Benefits For Prior Service

• •Your retirement money can include time you worked for the city before the retirement plan started.
• •The city can take your retirement contributions directly from your paycheck.

You worked for the city for 5 years before they started a retirement plan. Now, when you retire, those 5 years count toward your pension.

The city can include the time you worked before the retirement plan existed when calculating your pension. They can also take your retirement contributions out of your paycheck automatically.