Betts v. Board of Administration

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• finding limited vesting rights upon employment acceptance, which may be reasonably modified before retirement to maintain flexibility and accommodate changing conditions
• public employee’s pension constitutes an element of compensation, and a vested contractual right to pension accrues upon acceptance of employment
• alterations of employees’ pension rights must bear some material relation to the theory of a pension system and its successful operation, and changes in a pension plan which result in disadvantage to the employees should be accompanied by comparable new advantages
• alterations of employees' pension rights must bear some material relation to the theory of a pension system and its successful operation, and changes in a pension plan which result in disadvantage to the employees should be accompanied by comparable new advantages
• contractual right accrues on acceptance of employment
• contractual right accrues on acceptance of employment

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