Pennsylvania Ass'n of State Mental Hospital Physicians, Inc. v. State Employees' Retirement Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

“Credited service” is one of two variables in the basic formula for calculating retirement benefits under the State Employes’ Retirement Code of 1959.1 Under the Code of 1959, as amended, “credited service” also determines employees’ eligibility for benefits.2

Section 204(1) of the Code of 1959, which sets forth the method for computing “credited service,” provides:

“In computing the length of service of a contributor for retirement purposes, a year of service shall mean a period of twelve (12) months during which a contributor is a State employe and for…