Pennsylvania Statutes Title 51 Pa.C.S.A. Military Affairs § 7306. Retirement rights

(1) He may continue to make regular payments into the fund during the period of his military leave of absence. The amount of such payments shall be the same as they would have been, had he not been granted a military leave of absence, but had instead remained actively in his employment. The time of making such payments shall be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the retirement association of which he is a member, but in no event shall be less frequent than semiannually. The employer shall make its contributions on the same basis as is used to compute the employee's contributions. In this case, his retirement rights shall be determined on the basis that he was in the active, continuous and uninterrupted employ of his employer for the period during which he was on military leave of absence.

(2) He may discontinue making payments into the fund during the period of his military leave of absence. In such event, the employer shall also discontinue making its contributions during this period. In this case, his retirement rights shall be determined by completely disregarding the period of his military leave of absence for all purposes.

(1) He shall, within six months after he returns to his employment, give written notice to the retirement association of which he is a member of his desire to receive the benefits of option (1).

(2) He shall pay into the retirement fund an amount equal to the total payments he would have made had he exercised option (1). Payment of such amount may be spread over a period of time agreeable to the retirement association and the employee, which in no event shall exceed a period commencing with the date he returned to his employment and equal in duration to the duration of his military leave of absence. Such agreed upon payments shall be made in the same manner as his regular payments into the fund are made. In this case, his employer shall pay into the fund an amount equal to the total payments it would have made had the employee exercised option (1). Payment of such amount by the employer shall be spread over the same time as the employee's payments.

(1) (Reserved).

(2) An employee who is an active participant or inactive participant on leave without pay of the State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan at the time the employee is granted a military leave of absence shall be entitled to make contributions to the State Employees' Defined Contribution Trust for the leave as provided by 71 Pa.C.S. Pt. XXV.