ORS 238.082

(1) Subject to the limitations in this section, any public employer may employ any member who is retired for service if the administrative head of the public employer is satisfied that such employment is in the public interest.

(2) Except as provided in this section, the period or periods of employment by one or more public employers of a retired member who is reemployed under this section may not total 1,040 hours or more in any calendar year.

(3) A retired member who is receiving old-age, survivors or disability insurance benefits under the federal Social Security Act may be employed under this section for the number of hours permitted by subsection (2) of this section, or for the number of hours for which the salary equals the maximum allowed for receipt of the full amount of those benefits to which the person is entitled, whichever is greater.

(4) Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, the limitations on employment imposed by subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply to a retired member who is employed as a teacher or as an administrator, as those terms are defined in ORS 342.120, if the retired member is employed by a school district or community college district located within a county with a population of not more than 35,000 inhabitants according to the latest federal decennial census, or is employed by an education service district and the retired member’s primary work duties are performed in a county with a population of not more than 35,000 inhabitants according to the latest federal decennial census. A retired member who is employed under this subsection as a teacher, as defined in ORS 342.120, by the same public employer that employed the member at the time of retirement remains in the same collective bargaining unit that included the member before retirement.

(5) Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, the limitations on employment imposed by subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply to a retired member who is employed:

(6) Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, the limitations on employment imposed by subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply to a retired member who is employed to temporarily replace an employee who serves in the National Guard or in a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States and who is called to federal active duty.

(7) Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, the limitations on employment imposed by subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply to a retired member who is employed by a road assessment district organized under ORS 371.405 to 371.535.

(8) Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, the limitations on employment imposed by subsections (2) and (3) of this section do not apply to a retired member who is a nurse and is employed by a public employer as a nurse or for the purpose of teaching nursing during the period in which a nursing workforce shortage declared by the Legislative Assembly or the Governor is in effect.

(9)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, subsections (4) to (8) of this section do not apply to any member who retires under the provisions of ORS 238.280 (1), (2) or (3).

(b) Subsection (4) of this section applies to a person who retires under the provisions of ORS 238.280 (1), (2) or (3) as long as the person’s date of retirement is more than six months before the date the person is employed under subsection (4) of this section.

(10) Employment under this section does not affect the status of a person as a retired member of the system and a recipient of retirement benefits under this chapter.

(11) Hours worked by a person employed under subsections (4) to (8) of this section shall not be counted for the purpose of the limitations on employment imposed by subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

(2) The limitations on employment imposed by ORS 238.082 (2) and (3) do not apply to a retired member who is employed by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training for the purpose of providing training under ORS 181.610 to 181.712 [series became 181A.355 to 181A.670].

(3) This section does not apply to any member who retires under the provisions of ORS 238.280 (1) or (3).

(4) Hours worked by a person employed under this section shall not be counted for the purpose of the limitations on employment imposed by ORS 238.082 (2) and (3).

(5) Employment under this section does not affect the status of a person as a retired member of the Public Employees Retirement System and a recipient of retirement benefits under this chapter.

(2) This section does not apply to any member who retires under the provisions of ORS 238.280 (1) or (3) unless the person’s date of retirement is more than six months before the date the person is employed under this section.

(2) The limitations on employment imposed by ORS 238.082 (2) and (3) do not apply to a retired member who is employed by a school district or an education service district as a teacher of career and technical education.

(3) This section applies to a person who retires under the provisions of ORS 238.280 (1), (2) or (3) as long as the person’s date of retirement is more than six months before the date the person is employed under this section.

(4) Employment under this section does not affect the status of a person as a retired member of the Public Employees Retirement System and a recipient of retirement benefits under this chapter.

(5) Hours worked by a person employed under subsection (2) of this section shall not be counted for the purpose of the limitations on employment imposed by ORS 238.082 (2) and (3).