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Suspending or Terminating Your Retirement

If you return to work in any capacity other than what is listed in this section as acceptable employment, you may work one-half time or greater in a TRS-covered position and either suspend or terminate your retirement benefit.

If you choose to suspend your benefit so you can work more than one-half time, the following will take place:

All benefit payments will stop
No further contributions will be made
No cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) will be attributed to the benefit during suspension
No changes may be made to the plan of retirement or beneficiary

When you stop working in the TRS-covered position, your benefit payments will be reactivated, and the COLAs will begin again.

If you choose to terminate your benefit so you can work more than one-half time, the following will take place:

You become an active member

Employer and employee contributions will be made to TRS based on your earnable compensation
Service credit is accrued

Changes may be made to the plan of retirement and beneficiary upon re-retirement
No cost-of-living adjustments will be attributed to the benefit during termination
Your benefit is recalculated based on additional service credit accrual and salary upon re-retirement

You may choose to terminate instead of suspend retirement if it is to your advantage to accrue additional service credit and salary in an effort to increase your benefit upon re-retirement.

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