5.10.6 NC Retirement
Revised: October 10, 2011
There are many benefits for permanent full-time and 30-hour permanent employees under the terms of the North Carolina State Retirement Program. These employees must enroll in, and contribute to, this retirement plan by contributing a percentage of their monthly salary. This contribution is made on a pre-tax basis. In addition to retirement benefits, the plan provides (1) a death benefit after one year of contributing membership service and (2) participation in the Disability Income Plan of North Carolina. In the Teachers鈥� and State Employees鈥� Retirement System, an employee becomes vested once he or she has have five years of membership service, or if the employee is a law enforcement officer, once he or she has five years of creditable service.