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I (bW To rem ove th e 20-year lim ita
tion on th e n u m ber of years of
p rio r service.
2. (a) Increase from $3000 to $4200
th e lim it of an n u al salary on
w hich an em ployee contributes
to build up his cu rren t service
re tire m en t an n u ity w hich the
S tate m a tc h e s ^ ti.fe tire m e n t.
(b) Rem ove en tirely th e lim it of
an n u al B iS y |o n ® « ® h an em
ployee contributes to build up
his cu rren t service retirem en t
an n u ity w h i c h ajpres State
m a tc h e lja t retirem ent.,
3. To, p r ò v i d e th a t the actu arial
eq u ivalent of th e La-mount on de
posit in an em ployee’s account,
plus an equal am ount furnished
by th e -State,» shall be. paid to the
em ployee’s: w idow or b è n ^ K i'^ ^
as an an n u ity in the
fe^ d ieath afte r lOfy e cfers of service, but
b efore retirem en t.
4. Low erI frffii 1 5 years to 10 y ea ®
th e period o f |K |i / I O l r eau ired for
disability allow ance w here cause
is other th an actual perform ance
of duty, the five years of service
req u ired in c a s e s of RffiSpility'
^ c a u s e d on duty to rem ain u n
changed.
5. P rovide for optional retirem en t for
those who h av e 30 years or more
of service >cre&it BSsEare reaching
60 years of age w ith a reduced an
n uity provision sim ilar to th a t p ro
vided in case of E if e M a l re tire -
m ent after ^ ^ ^ ^ m o u ttr ^ .’U s^ g the
am ount qf
ene-
./'f its /t
OSEA Groups Busy
In su ran ce Com m ittee
At the first m eeting of the present
OSEA board of directors in Decem
ber 1949, E sp ecial com m ittee was ap
pointed for the express purpose of
studying hospital and surgical in s u S
ance and group lif e ' insurance’- fjlans
for possible im proved ^febhtracts.
'M embers of the com m ittee are as fol
lows: C hairm an, W illard Law less; Ed
Rief, Jack NortbrSBGor d o n ^ W GolsI
and David Cam eron. I
The chairm an rep o rts th a t in the
com m ittee’s 8 m onths of existence, it*
has considered the plans of ap p ro x i
m ately 45 insurance com panies. This
has consisted of both evening m eet
ings w ith” com pany representatives
and com m ittee consideration of cor
respondence w ith other companies.
m an, Mr. Lawless, ® s id rd j|g jB l to
the board of directors on its progress
sifting the m any and varied details
of the plans.
W ork continues, b u t th e group
plans to m ake final recom m endations
at the n ext board of directors m eet
ing.
Civil Service Com m ittee
A t the request of A cting
Commission, an OSEA special com
m ittee is keeping abreast of the Com
m ission’s progrpgki in p re p arin g the
current com parative pay survey.
The survey is to com pare state sal
aries w ith those paid for sim ilar posi
tions i i ^ n d u s a B ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ F a ^ ^ B ^ B
states and political subdivisions. The
tudk, R obert Ashby, Floyd Q uery and
Jam es B anks, all of Salem and m em
bers of the OSEA board of directors,
is m eeting w ith the Civil Service su r
vey
in terv als d uring the
course of study. R esults are to be
subm itted in a re p o rt to th e G overnor
p r S ||p th e n ex t legislative session.
S urvey d ata is based on thousands
of qu es t i onn air es r e t u rn ed b y c o o p -
erating firm s and agencies. A verage
salaries a re a com puted by recogized
BBBfe'tical m ethods.
OSEA DEPENDS UPON STATE EMPLOYES FOR
MEMBERSHIP STRENGTH