When Disability Benefits End
Generally, your benefits under the pension plan will continue for as long as you are disabled. They will stop in the event you:
- reach your normal retirement date, at which time your disability pension converts to a service pension*
- die
- return to work for Metro
- take another job that you are reasonably suited to perform because of your background, training, education or experience
- refuse three job offers to return to work at Metro
- refuse to provide the annual disability report required by the Benefit Board
- refuse to allow the Benefit Board to obtain medical records that confirm your disability
*NOTE: You may be eligible to convert your Metro disability pension to an early retirement pension. If so, you should consider doing so. Why? Because your Metro disability pension is automatically reduced when you receive Social Security disability benefits. However, your Metro service pension is not reduced by either Social Security benefits or outside allowable earnings. So, by converting to an early retirement pension, you may increase your total monthly income. For more information, contact Human Resources.