Special Circumstances Returning to Work If you are a TRS Retired Employee returning to work with a TRS agency, Texas law restricts your ability to work at other employers that participate in TRS and how much you can work. Consult with TRS and your hiring agency before returning to work after retirement. ORP Retired Employees do not have the same restrictions. Returning to work in any capacity could affect your Social Security Benefits so contact the Social Security Administration to learn how those changes may affect your benefits. YOUR TRS ANNUITY GENERAL INFORMATION If you plan to work in Texas public education after service or disability retirement, you should carefully review all requirements that apply to such work. If you do not effectively terminate employment because you do not wait long enough to return to work or to arrange your return to work, your service or disability retirement can be totally revoked and you can be required to pay back annuity payments you have already received. If you comply with all of the requirements and your retirement is effective, but you work more than the law allows while receiving your monthly benefit, you lose monthly service or disability annuity payments for months in which your work exceeds the allowable amount. To work after service or disability retirement without revocation of retirement or loss of benefits, a retiree must: • terminate all employment with a TRS-covered employer (see "Termination of Employment Before Retirement" and "Negotiation for Return to Employment" in the TRS handbook), • wait to negotiate a return to employment as permitted under law, • not work for a TRS-covered employer during the required break in service after the effective retirement date, and • work only the amount of time permitted. 2020-2021 Insurance Enrollment Guide for Retirees | Special Circumstances
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