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Early Retirement Incentive
We have received many questions regarding this topic and have posted them below.
I am a state employee with nearly 21 years of service with approximately 7 years remaining, with this unprecedented damage to the economy and the likely subsequent budget shortfalls is there currently any consideration for incentives or might there be for current state employees to leave service early? I wasn’t sure whom to direct this question to but thought it might be within your sections purview.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, revenues have fallen and the State Legislature is looking for ways to trim the State budget. One such way is to reduce the number of State employees. Has there been suggestions to incentivize eligible state employees to retire by offering to pay health insurance at the active employee rate until they reach Medicare eligibility?
I have heard there is going to be another buyout/early retirement package offered like there was a number of years ago to help with the state's budget shortfall due to COVID-19. Any truth to that?
During the Governor's press conference he mentioned the possibility of offering an early retirement incentive as part of the effort to balance the budget. Is there any information available on this yet?
An early retirement incentive and/or another buyout would require legislative authorization. We are not aware of any legislative proposals that have been offered at this time to provide either for general state employees. You can follow any bills affecting MOSERS on our Legislation page. May 15, 2020 is the last day of the current legislative session.
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