Sec. 11-216. Basis of service credit.

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(a)In computing the period of service of any employee for the minimum annuities, the following provisions shall govern:

(1)all periods prior to the effective date shall be computed in accordance with the

provisions governing the computation of such service, except for a re-entrant or future entrant who was not in service on the day before the effective date; provided that no period of lay-off or leave of absence in excess of one year shall be counted in such period of service.

(2)Service subsequent to the day before the effective date, shall include:

(A)the

actual period the employee performs the duties of his position and makes required contributions or performs such duties and is given a city contribution for age and service annuity purposes or minimum annuity purposes;

(B)leaves of absence from duty, or vacation, for which an employee receives all or part of his salary;

(C)periods during which the employee is temporarily assigned to another position in the service and permitted to make contributions to the fund;

(D)periods during which the employee has had contributions for annuity purposes made for him in accordance with law while on military leave of absence during World War II;

(E)periods during which the employee receives a disability benefit under this Article, or a temporary total disability benefit under the Workers' Compensation Act if the disability results from a condition commonly termed heart attack or stroke or any other condition falling within the broad field of coronary involvement or heart disease; and

(F)any period included under item (c)(3) of Section 11-215.

(b)Service during 6 or more months in any year shall constitute a year of service, and service of less than 6 months and at least 1 month in any year shall constitute a half year of service. However, the right to have certain periods of time considered as service as stated in paragraph 2 of Section 11-164 shall not apply for minimum annuity purposes.

(c)For all other annuity purposes of this Article, the following schedule shall govern the computation of a year of service of an employee whose salary or wages is on the basis stated, and any fractional part of a year of service shall be determined according to said schedule:

Annual or Monthly Basis: Service during 4 months in any one calendar year;

Weekly Basis: Service during any 17 weeks of any 1 calendar year, and service during any week shall constitute a week of service;

Daily Basis: Service during 100 days in any 1 calendar year, and service during any day shall constitute a day of service;

Hourly Basis: Service during 700 hours in any 1 calendar year and service during any hour shall constitute an hour of service.