Health Care Reform: Safe Harbor for Determining Full-Time Employee Status. New guidance has been issued on two requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act) that will become effective in 2014.
Early retirement benefits will continue to be available at age 62, but they will be reduced more. When the full-benefit age reaches 67, benefits taken at age 62 will be reduced to 70 percent of the full benefit and benefits first taken at age 65 will be reduced to 86.7 percent of the full benefit.
Retirement may also occur at age 55 with less than five years of service, if two years are credited since age 53. If you are a Tier 2, 3, or 4 member who is at least age 55, you can retire without a pension reduction as long as you have 30 years of service credit.