State Ex Rel. Neelen v. Lucas

The purpose of the Wisconsin Retirement Fund is to provide for the payment of annuities and other benefits to employees and beneficiaries of employees of the state and other units of government. A retirement annuity or other benefit is determined upon the basis of the total amount of credits to the particular employee. Credits arise from contributions which have been made pursuant to statute by the participating employee and also from amounts which his employer unit is obliged to fund by contributions,, One type of credit provided by the employer unit is past service credit in those instances…