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HomeGovernment CodeDiv. 5Pt. 3Ch. 12Art. 4§ 21113 Partial Retirement Worktime Limits

§ 21113 Partial Retirement Worktime Limits

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§ 21113 Partial Retirement Worktime Limits

Key Takeaways

  • •If you work less hours to start getting some retirement money, and then go back to full-time work, you can't do the partial retirement thing again for 5 years.
  • •Your boss can only make you go back to full-time work if there's a big emergency and they really need you.
  • •If you're working less hours for partial retirement, you can only choose to work even fewer hours once per year.
  • •You can only choose to work more hours (but still not full-time) once every 5 years.

Example

A teacher works half-time to start getting some retirement money. After a year, she decides to go back to full-time teaching because the school needs more teachers.

Because she went back to full-time work, she can't choose to work less hours for partial retirement again for 5 years.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 21113 Partial Retirement Worktime Limits

(a) A public agency employee who voluntarily reduces his or her worktime for partial service retirement pursuant to Sections 21110 through 21115, and who subsequently returns to a full-time work schedule pursuant to the policy of the public agency employer, shall be ineligible for five years thereafter to again participate pursuant to those sections. The public agency employer may require a participating employee to return to full-time employment only in the event of an emergency requiring his or her full-time service. (b) A public agency employee who is participating pursuant to Sections 21110 through 21115 in reduced worktime for partial service retirement may: (1) elect only once in each fiscal year to further reduce his or her worktime; (2) elect only once in five years to increase his or her worktime to another less than full-time schedule. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

Key Terms

partial service retirementreduced worktimefull-time work scheduleemergencyfiscal year

Related Statutes

  • § 21110 Partial Service Retirement Worktime
  • § 21116 Partial Service Retirement Rules
  • § 21119 Partial Retirement Cost Exclusion
  • § 21114 Partial Retirement Work Benefits
  • § 21117 Partial Service Retirement Eligibility

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Government Code. Section 21113.
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