Okla. Admin. Code § 715:10-13-13

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 715:10-13-13 - Contributions while receiving workers' compensation payments

Any member who is an active contributing member and receives temporary total disability benefits during the period of absence from a public school due to a work-related injury or illness and qualifies for payment pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act shall receive credit for said period of absence, if contributions were not remitted on the member's regular annual compensation while the member is receiving temporary total or partial disability benefits, subject to the following requirements:

(1) the member was employed by the public school immediately prior to and during the period of absence,

(2) the member must notify the System in writing not later than four (4) months after the member's return to his or her job duties with the public school, or termination of the temporary total disability benefits, whichever is earlier, of the member's desire to receive service credit for the period of absence,

(3) the public school employer must certify to the System in writing the dates during which temporary total disability benefit payments were paid to the member, and

(4) the member and the public school employer shall each pay the respective contributions required for the period of absence without interest within sixty (60) days of billing by the System, or with interest at a rate consistent with the actuarial assumed earnings rate adopted by the Board of Trustees, compounded annually if paid after said sixty (60) days. Employee and employer contributions will be based on the member's regular annual compensation the member would have earned had the injury or illness not occurred.

(5) All balances due must be paid in full at least thirty(30) days prior to termination of employment or ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of a member's official retirement date.

Okla. Admin. Code § 715:10-13-13

Added at 15 Ok Reg 48, eff 9-4-97 (emergency); Added at 15 Ok Reg 3481, eff 7-15-98; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 854, eff 8-1-12

Amended by Oklahome Register, Volume 33, Issue 23, August 15, 2016, eff. 8/25/2016

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 36, Issue 22, August 1, 2019, eff. 8/11/2019