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352 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Duly 18
a department or units other than that of his or her appointment upon the ~pecial
approval of the execufive ofices of each department or unit involved and the Ex-
ecufiue Committee of the Graduate College.
On motion of Mr. Howard, these amendments were approved.
Mandatory Retirement Policy: Amendment of the Genera/ Rules
(20) Amendments to the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act have ex-
panded coverage of that act to include workers in state governments. The amend-
ments further supersede the provisions of any public or private pension plan which
require retirement before age seventy, effective January 1, 1979, for nontenured
employees with the exception of certain administrators; and July 1, 1982, for
tenured faculty members.
H.B. 594 now awaiting action by the governor amends the article of the State
Pension Code dealing with the Illinois State Universities Retirement System, effec-
tive July 1, 1979, to remove the requirement that participants in the system must
retire by September 1 following the employee’s sixty-eighth birthday. This latter
requirement is presently referred to in Article 111, Section 4(b), of the University
of Illinois’s General Rules Concerning Uniuersity Organization and Procedure.
In view of these changes in federal and state law, and to provide a University
policy on this matter, I recommend that effective immediately each University
employee be required to retire no later than September 1 immediately following
his or her seventieth birthday as set forth in the following proposed amendment
to Article 111, Section 4, of the General Rules, the adoption of which is recom-
mended.
In accordance with the Preamble of the University of Illinois Statutes, 1
have consulted with the University Senatcs Conference.
Article I11
Sec. 4. RETIREMENT, DEATH, SURVIVOR, AND DISABILITY BENEFITS’
[(a) General ] University policy provides for the payment of salary in case
of illness or other disability for specified perids as described below. In addition to
the benefits provided by the University, a system of retirement, death. survivor, and
disability benefits is established by law creating the State Universities Retirement
Systrm of Illinois, a state agency separate and distinct from the University of
Illinois.
(a) Retirement Age. Each employee of the University must retire no later
than September 1 immediately following his or her seventieth birthday; however,
in exceptional cases and for substantial cause, retirement may be deferred upon
written request of the employee, approved by the chancellor, when appropriate, and
the president, for a period not to exceed one year at any one time.
(b) Participation in State Universities Retirement System. A deduction is
made from the salaries or wages of all employees who are participants in the re-
tirement system, as defined by law. [Under State Universities Retirement System
policy a participant must retire by September 1 following his or her sixty-eighth
birthday; however, in exceptional cases and for substantial cause, retirement may
be deferred by the employer for a period not to exceed 1 year at any one time.]
President Corbally reported that there was some internal disagreement
concerning the recommendation, largely based on the difficulty that deans
and others might encounter in taking into account the budget implications.
However, he expressed his strong feeling that considerations of equity out-
weighed all others.
On motion of Mr. Howard, this amendment was approved.
’ Deletions are in brackets; Sec. 4 (a) is new.