Disabled members who qualify no longer have to make contributions. 1981 Survivor benefits become available to spouses of remarried members, and are no longer reduced based on the spouse's age. Date pensions are increased for inflation moves from July 1 to January 1. Members stop making contributions when they reach 35 years of credited service. Member and employer contribution rates increase by 0.5 percentage points.
Plan changes to allow members and employers share any funding shortfall or surplus equally.
Disability benefits resume if member's relapse occurs within six months. Type 7 benefits paid for by plan surplus during Social Contract period. Deadline for employers to enter into a Revised Type 7 Supplementary Benefit agreement extended to March 31, 1999. Member and employer contribution rates decrease by two percentage points from 1st pay period of 1998, through December 31, 2002. 1999 Member and employer contribution holiday extended through to December 31, 2001.