Thoms v. Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System

CADY, Justice.

In this judicial review proceeding, an Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) pensioner who retired, returned to work, and retired again claims he was entitled to have his retirement benefits calculated by adding the years of his original employment to the years of his reemployment. Instead, IPERS calculated the amount of his benefits by separately determining his benefits based upon his original employment and adding them to the benefits calculated from the period of his reemployment. The district court affirmed the Employment Appeal Board decision that affirmed a…