Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement System (CMERS)
Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement System (CMERS)
Membership
Municipalities may designate which departments (including elective officers, if specified) are covered under the CMERS. This designation may be the result of a resolution or a collective bargaining agreement. A member must customarily work at least 20 hours a week. Police officers and firefighters hired over the age of 60 are not eligible for membership. Municipalities may place additional restrictions on CMERS eligibility, such as limiting CMERS membership to full-time employees. It should be noted that the CMERS does not cover municipal teachers.
By Members:
For members not covered by Social Security: 5% of compensation.
For members covered by Social Security: 2-1/4% of compensation up to the Social Security taxable wage base plus 5% of compensation, if any, in excess of such base.