2006 Minnesota Statutes

354.095 MEDICAL LEAVE; PAYMENT PROCEDURES.
Upon granting a medical leave, an employing unit must certify the leave to the association on
a form specified by the executive director. A member of the association who is on an authorized
medical leave of absence is entitled to receive allowable service credit, not to exceed one year,
for the period of leave, upon making the prescribed payment to the fund. This payment must
include the required employee and employer contributions at the rates specified in section 354.42,
subdivisions 2, 3, and 5 , as applied to the member's average full-time monthly salary rate on the
date the leave of absence commenced plus compound annual interest at the rate of 8.5 percent
from the end of the fiscal year during which the leave terminates to the end of the month during
which payment is made. The member must pay the total amount required unless the employing
unit, at its option, pays the employer contributions. The total amount required must be paid
before the effective date of retirement or by the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in
which the leave of absence terminated, whichever is earlier. A member may not receive more
than one year of allowable service credit during any fiscal year by making payment under this
section. A member may not receive disability benefits under section 354.48 and receive allowable
service credit under this section for the same period of time. Notwithstanding the provisions
of any agreement to the contrary, employee and employer contributions may not be made to
receive allowable service credit under this section if the member does not retain the right to full
reinstatement both during and at the end of the medical leave.
History: 1990 c 570 art 7 s 1; 1991 c 340 s 13; 1995 c 141 art 3 s 20