Bd. of Trs. of the Ark. Pub. Emps. Ret. Sys. v. Garrison

On July 28, 2014, the Board of Trustees (Board of Trustees) of the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS) issued findings of fact and conclusions of law finding that the appellees, all former employees of county-owned nursing homes, were not eligible for membership in APERS. The Board of Trustees determined that the appellees were not "county employees" eligible for APERS benefits because they were paid from revenues generated by the patients of the nursing homes, rather than from appropriations made by the quorum courts of each county. The appellees successfully appealed the…