R962, Retirement Programs R962, Retirement Programs R962-1. To outline the programs of retirement available to Commissioner's Office personnel whose employment is handled through the University of Utah. Participation in one of the two retirement programs offered is required by Utah State Law for those persons whose eligibility is specified.
Salaried status becomes the primary criterion for identifying career-oriented personnel.
All full-time salaried or hourly staff personnel who are assigned to positions which are expected to last for more than four months. Staff personnel employed on a salaried or hourly basis for 20 or more, but less than 30 hours per week, who are assigned to positions which are expected to last for nine or more months. Persons on a partial retirement status pursuant to the Commissioner's Office phased retirement program. An employee who has been duly enrolled in a retirement program, but whose employment status is subsequently altered to such an extent that he is no longer eligible for that program, will not be automatically discontinued therein. Utah State Retirement System 5.1.