Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 58 - RETIREMENT
Part I - Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System
Chapter 17 - Purchases of Service by Reinstated Employees
Section I-1701 - Purchases of Service by Reinstated Employees

A. When an employee is reinstated to a position in state government by the Department of Civil Service or a court of law, the employee is entitled to receive retirement service credit for the period of time that is reinstated provided payment of employee and employer contributions, plus interest, is made to the retirement system within 60 days of the reinstatement.

B. If reinstated, the employee shall pay an amount equal to the current employee's contributions based on the earned compensation for the period of time that was reinstated. The employing agency shall pay the employer contributions that would have been due plus compound interest at the actuarial valuation rate for all contributions payable from the date the contribution was due until paid.

C. When a reinstated employee is entitled to back pay from the employing agency, the agency shall remit the employer and employee's contributions that would have been due if the employee had been employed during that time, plus interest. The agency shall also provide LASERS with a report of earnings on a monthly basis for the period for which the individual was reinstated.

D. If a member has received a refund of contributions after a wrongful termination, he must repay the refund not later than the sixtieth day following the first day the member returns to work after reinstatement is ordered for the member's retirement status and service credit to be fully restored.

E. Any costs to the retirement system associated with these procedures shall be paid by the employing agency.