Hallett v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

This case presents the question whether a teacher who was paid a fixed salary for both his regular teaching duties and his additional services as director of driver education is entitled to have the hourly wages he also earned teaching driver education before and after normal school hours count toward calculating his retirement allowance pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 5.2 A Superior Court judge affirmed the decision of the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (CRAB), ruling that the plaintiff’s hourly pay is not included as part of “[rjegular *67compensation” pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 1. We…