Every officer and employee presently or hereafter employed or elected by the City shall, upon retirement, receive those benefits mandated and required by the Act of May 23, 1945 (P.L. 903), as amended. The applicable provisions of such Act are hereby incorporated herein by reference. The City has entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth to place its employees under the Federal Social Security Act and the provisions of such Act relative thereto shall apply.
If, for any cause, any officer or employee contributing to the Officers' and Employees' Retirement Fund ceases to be in the service of the City before he or she has become entitled to any compensation, the total amount of the contributions paid into the Fund by him or her shall be refunded, in full, without interest. However, if the amount contributed has been returned to any such person and afterward such person re-enters the service of the City, he or she shall not be entitled to the compensation designated, unless he or she returns to the Fund the amount withdrawn, in which event the required period of service under this chapter shall be computed from the time he or she first entered the service of the City; otherwise, the date of his or her period of service shall commence upon re-entry.
In the event of the death of any unretired officer or employee of the City after he or she became entitled to any compensation, the total amount of contributions paid into the Fund by him or her shall be paid over to his or her estate without interest.
(Ord. 3888. Passed 1-12-71.)