[Luke]

There are too many variables to really make this simple, but I will try. If you are retired under PERL you can't take a job with a PERS agency and still draw your retirement. If, however, you are retired in a CERA 1937 Act county system (such as Sacramento County - SCERS), then you can retire from there, and then go work for a PERS agency and still receive your retirement.

The difference between safety and non-safety retirement is huge. When I was class counsel for the County retirees in the suit over retroactivity of 1937 Act benefits that settled about 5 years ago now, the settlement had figures worked out where safety retirees received, I believe about double, the amounts of non-safety retirees. I'll see if I can track down the settlement agreement somewhere to see what the actual amounts were. Although that is under the 1937 Act and not PERL, I don't think the differences are significant between the two Acts.