Group GROUP NAME. 1 Laborers, mechanics and workers engaged in duties requiring principally physical exertion. 2 Clerical, administrative, professional and technical workers engaged in duties requiring principally mental exertion. 3 Members of the teaching staff of the public schools of the city of Providence. Minimum Service Retirement Age for Group 60 60 60 4 Members of the fire department of the city of Providence. 58 5 Members of the police department of the city of Providence. 58 Allowance on service retirement. Allowance on service (2) Upon retirement for service a member shall retirement. receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial Annuity. equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of his retirement; and (b) A pension in addition to his annuity which Pension. shall be equal to five-eights of one per centum of his final compensation multiplied by the number of years of service since he last became a member; and (c) If he has a prior service certificate in full force Additional and effect, an additional pension which shall be equal to one and one-quarter per cent. of his final compensation multiplied by the number of years of prior service certified to him on his prior service certificate. Ordinary Disability Retirement. pension. Ordinary disability Medical (3) Medical examination of a member for ordi- retirement. nary disability shall be made upon application of examination. the head of the department in which said member is employed, or upon the application of said member or of a person acting in his behalf, stating that said member is physically or mentally incapacitated for Same subject. Allowance upon ordinary disability retirement. Annuity. Pension. Accidental disability retirement. Medical examination. the performance of duty and that he ought to be retired, provided that the said contributor has had ten or more years of total service. A medical examination of the member shall be made by three physicians engaged by the retirement board for this purpose, and should such medical examination show that said member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and ought to be retired, the physicians shall so report and certify to the retirement board and the retirement board shall retire the said member for ordinary disability forthwith. Allowance upon Ordinary Disability Retirement. (4) Upon retirement for ordinary disability a member shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of: (a) an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of his retirement, and (b) a pension which together with his annuity shall be equal to nine-tenths of one and one-quarter per cent. of his final compensation multiplied by the number of years of his total service; no member retiring with less than 15 years of total service shall receive a benefit less than he would have received had he had 15 years of total service, with the exception, however, that if a member did not enter the city service until after he had attained an age within fifteen years of the minimum service retirement age he shall not receive an allowance greater than ninety per cent. of the rate of allowance which he would have received had he remained in service until the minimum retirement age. Accidental Disability Retirement. (5) Medical examination of a member for accidental disability and investigation of all statements and certifications by him or in his behalf in connec- Same subject. tion therewith shall be made upon the application of the head of the department in which said member is employed, or upon the application of the member, or of a person acting in his behalf, stating that such member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of service as a natural and proximate result of an accident, while in the performance of duty, and certifying the definite time, place and conditions of such duty performed by said member resulting in such alleged disability and that such alleged disability is not the result of wilful negligence or misconduct on the part of said member and is not the result of age or length of service and that said member should, therefore, be retired. If a medical examination conducted by three physicians engaged by the retirement board and such investigation as the retirement board may desire to make shall show that said member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of service as a natural and proximate result of an accident, while in the performance of duty, and that such disability is not the result of wilful negligence or misconduct on the part of said member and is not the result of age or length of service, and that such member should be retired, the physicians who conducted the examination shall so certify to the retirement board stating the time, place and conditions of such service performed by said member resulting in such disability and the retirement board shall retire the said member for accidental disability. Allowance on Accidental Disability Retirement. (6) Upon retirement for accidental disability a member shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of: Allowance on accidental disability retirement. Annuity. Pension. Re-examination of members retired on account of disability. (a) an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement, and (b) a pension in addition to the annuity of sixtysix and two-thirds per cent. of his final compensation. Re-examination of Members Retired on Account of Disability. (7) Once each year the retirement board may, and upon his application shall, require any disability pensioner under the minimum age for service retirement to undergo a medical examination, said examination to be made at the place of residence of said pensioner, or other place mutually agreed upon, by a physician or physicians engaged by the retirement board. If said examination indicates that said pensioner is able to engage in a gainful occupation, his name shall be placed on such appropriate lists, of candidates as are prepared for appointment to positions in his department for which he is stated to be qualified, of a salary grade not exceeding that from which he was last retired. Should said beneficiary be engaged in a gainful occupation or should he be offered service as a result of the placing of his name on such list of candidates, the retirement board shall adjust and from time to time readjust the amount of his disability pension to an amount which shall not exceed the rate of pension upon which he was originally retired, and which, when added to the amount then earnable by him, shall not exceed the amount of the final compensation on the basis of which his pension was determined. Should any disability pensioners under the minimum age of retirement refuse to submit to one medical examination in any year by a physician or physicians designated by the retirement board his retirement allowance may be discontinued until his withdrawal of such refusal, and should his refusal continue for one year, all his rights in and to such pension may be revoked by the retirement board. A disability pensioner reinstated to active service shall be reinstated as a member and participate in the benefits of the retirement system, but upon subsequent service retirement, shall, in respect to service rendered prior to such disability retirement, be paid only ninety per centum of the regular service retirement benefit. Accidental Death Benefit. Accidental death benefit. Payment of accumulated (8) Upon the accidental death of a member before retirement, provided that evidence shall be contributions. submitted to the retirement board proving that the death of such member was the natural and proximate result of an accident while in the performance of duty at some definite time and place and that such death was not the result of wilful negligence on his part, his accumulated contributions shall be paid to his estate, or to such person having an insurable interest in his life as he shall have nominated by written designation, duly executed and filed with the retirement board, and upon application by or on behalf of the dependents of such deceased member the retirement board shall grant a pension of one- Pension may half the final compensation of such member. (a) to his widow, to continue during her widowhood; or (b) if there be no widow, or if the widow dies or remarries before any child of such deceased member shall have attained the age of sixteen years, then to his child or children under said age, divided in such manner as the retirement board in its discretion shall determine, to continue as a joint and survivor pension of one-half of his final compensation until every such child dies or attains said age; or be paid to whom. |