Increases the number of days a retired municipal employee could work in a calendar year without interruption of pension benefits to 90 days.

Plain-English Summary

This bill would change the rules for retired municipal employees in Rhode Island who want to return to work for a city or town. Currently, there is a limit on how many days these retirees can work before their pension payments are paused or reduced. This bill would raise that limit to 90 days per calendar year, meaning retired municipal workers could work up to 90 days without losing any of their retirement benefits.

The people most directly affected are retired employees of Rhode Island cities and towns — such as retired public works staff, administrative employees, or other local government workers — who receive municipal pensions and might want to return to work part-time or temporarily. It would also affect municipalities themselves, since they would have greater flexibility to bring back experienced retired workers to fill staffing gaps or short-term needs without those workers having to worry about giving up their pension income during that period.

The bill has been introduced in the Rhode Island Senate and referred to the Senate Labor and Gaming Committee, where it will be reviewed before any further action is taken.