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<blockquote data-quote="959Nanook" data-source="post: 309278" data-attributes="member: 14462"><p><strong>General comment: I'm not familiar with is balancing Reserves or Guard with a UPS career or how a mobilization would impact my retirement or pension.</strong>I have over a decade of military service and over half of that was as a Reservist. I had two pre-9/11 overseas deployments on active duty and I was mobilized as a Reservist for Operation Iraqi Freedom so I'm very familiar with serving in the Army Reserves during the current GWOT (or at least for my MOS and pay grade in the unit I would be returning to if I enlisted with the Army Reserves). </p><p></p><p>So far as as my UPS retirement is concerned, it seems that I would not be accruing hours during mobilizations so I would not be earning credible service towards retirement (my understanding is that eligibility for retirement is subject to the Rule of 80 in my local). I do understand that my UPS seniority is not impacted by my mobilization. </p><p></p><p><strong>Where I'm really fuzzy is how my pension contributions would be handled during Annual Training and/or mobilizations.</strong> The Military Clause of the old National Master Agreement states:</p><p></p><p>"Employees in service in the uniformed services ... shall be granted all rights and privileges provided by USERRA ... This shall include ... pension contributions for the employee's period of service, as provided by USERRA."</p><p></p><p>Would I be correct in thinking that UPS continues making contributions to my pension if I get mobilized? <strong>This is something that I would really appreciate someone who has been mobilized with the Reserves or Guard as an UPSer to provide some clarification.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>big_arrow_up</strong> : Thanks for your reply. Your response is fairly similar to what I have heard from most sources...it just ain't worth the trouble for most UPSers to try and balance the two in the long run. </p><p></p><p><strong>FromBluetoBrown</strong> : Good to hear that there are UPSers who find it worthwhile to balance the two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="959Nanook, post: 309278, member: 14462"] [B]General comment: I'm not familiar with is balancing Reserves or Guard with a UPS career or how a mobilization would impact my retirement or pension.[/B]I have over a decade of military service and over half of that was as a Reservist. I had two pre-9/11 overseas deployments on active duty and I was mobilized as a Reservist for Operation Iraqi Freedom so I'm very familiar with serving in the Army Reserves during the current GWOT (or at least for my MOS and pay grade in the unit I would be returning to if I enlisted with the Army Reserves). So far as as my UPS retirement is concerned, it seems that I would not be accruing hours during mobilizations so I would not be earning credible service towards retirement (my understanding is that eligibility for retirement is subject to the Rule of 80 in my local). I do understand that my UPS seniority is not impacted by my mobilization. [B]Where I'm really fuzzy is how my pension contributions would be handled during Annual Training and/or mobilizations.[/B] The Military Clause of the old National Master Agreement states: "Employees in service in the uniformed services ... shall be granted all rights and privileges provided by USERRA ... This shall include ... pension contributions for the employee's period of service, as provided by USERRA." Would I be correct in thinking that UPS continues making contributions to my pension if I get mobilized? [B]This is something that I would really appreciate someone who has been mobilized with the Reserves or Guard as an UPSer to provide some clarification.[/B] [B] big_arrow_up[/B] : Thanks for your reply. Your response is fairly similar to what I have heard from most sources...it just ain't worth the trouble for most UPSers to try and balance the two in the long run. [B]FromBluetoBrown[/B] : Good to hear that there are UPSers who find it worthwhile to balance the two. [/QUOTE]
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