New v. Dep't of Mgmt. Servs.

SLEET, Judge.

Betty E. New appeals a final administrative order denying her request for senior management service class (SMSC) benefits in the Florida Retirement System (FRS) from July 1, 2004, to her retirement date of June 30, 2015. Because the Department of Management Services (Department) in 2003 designated and approved Ms. New as eligible for SMSC class status retroactive to the date of her hiring in 2002, the Department could not impair or reduce Ms. New's retirement benefits, including SMSC class eligibility, based solely on the 2004 transfer of functions from local to State government,…