Blog Posts in Retirement

New Ohio firefighter cancer presumption law . On January 4, 2017, Ohio enacted into law Substitute Senate Bill 27, also known as the “Michael Louis Palumbo, Jr., Act.” Sub. S.B. 27 makes two major ...

Effective January 7, 2013, the Ohio Legislature enacted new provisions affecting the rights of members of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) seeking a disability retirement, as well ...

The Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) Board of Trustees has approved a change to the method used to calculate disability benefit awards, which will eliminate consideration of a member's ...

If you have retired under the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund, you may request a reconsideration of your percentage of disability if you were granted less than the maximum. Ohio Revised Code 742.39(B) ...

A frequent question we receive is whether disability retirement benefits under the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) are taxable. The correct answer is: it depends. There are three (3) types of ...

Ohio Administrative Code 145-2-23 governs the appellate process when the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System issues a notice denying or terminating disability retirement benefits. This rule ...