Hammond v. Hoffbeck

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• holding that benefits under Alaska’s ERS “are in the nature of deferred compensation and that the right to such benefits vests immediately upon an employee’s enrollment in that system”
• holding that when accrued state retirement benefits are modified any adverse effects must be offset by comparable new advantages to survive art. XII, § 7 challenge
• holding that when accrued state retirement benefits are modified any adverse effects must be offset by comparable new advantages to survive art. XII, § 7 challenge
• establishing that an employee's right to retirement benefits vests on employment and enrollment in a retirement system
• holding employees with contributions in PERS were entitled to “benefits under the system in effect at the time they were hired”
• holding retirement benefits modifications constitutionally infirm, and thus inapplicable, to members electing to receive unmodified benefits

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