Hammond v. Public Employees' Retirement Ass'n of Colorado

Opinion by

Judge RUSSEL.

This is an appeal from the district court's review of an agency action. Plaintiff, Jane Hammond, appeals the judgment in favor of defendants, the Public Employees' Retirement Association of Colorado and its Board of Trustees (collectively PERA). We affirm.

I. Introduction

Consider the following hypothetical.

Two public employees are about to retire. The two have worked the same number of years, at the same rate of pay, for the same employer. Both have accrued four weeks of paid vacation. But they receive this benefit in different ways:

® Employee A works until the end of…