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PPS-14. DISABILITY RETIREMENT (It) (cont'd) <br />2. Transfers. Needs to ha <br />in unfilled positions should not <br />or wnlcn rnev are <br />4. 100% Disability Retirement. Public pension plans in which city <br />to use a <br />ny Supstanrlal gainrui <br />le service limits tests <br />to have more than five <br />uisaaltity penetits trom al; other sources other than privately financed <br />disability insurance, as well as a portion of employment earnings, should be an <br />offset against city disability pension payments to the extent that these <br />combined payments approach after-tax salary for the former position. <br />Rising costs of disability retirements pose a threat to the financial <br />soundness of most Minnesota public pension plans. The foregoing changes are <br />needed to minimize the financial impact of legitimate disabilities. <br />Furthermore, abuses of disability retirement provisions in public pension plans <br />have, in the past, caused serious waste of human resources and scarce public <br />funds. In view of the current laws forbidding discrimination against <br />handicapped persons who are not disabled from gainful employment, the League <br />recommends legislation to implement the above listed policy. <br />PPS-15. COMPARABLE. WORTH (C) <br />the full impact of the 1 <br />rtment <br />no <br />is] <br />PPS-16. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION (C) <br />The League recommends that the legislature amend the unemployment <br />compensation law to lengthen the requalification period, to limit eligibility <br />for temporary employment under one year in duration, and to relieve part-time <br />employers who continue employment of an individual from any responsibility to <br />contribute to compensation due to termination from other employment. <br />I <br />K02 <br />