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This bill provides a COVID-19 retirement credit to essential public-sector workers in Massachusetts. The key provisions are: 1) The bill defines "employee" as a person employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its political subdivisions, state and community colleges and universities, and the University of Massachusetts. The "COVID-19 Essential Employee Retirement Credit Bonus" is defined as three years added to the employee's age or years of service, or a combination thereof, for the purpose of calculating their retirement benefit. 2) The Secretary of Administration and Finance is required to identify all employees who worked on-site during the COVID-19 state of emergency declared on March 10, 2020 through December 31, 2020, and provide a list of these employees to the state retirement board and other relevant retirement boards by June 30, 2021. The retirement boards must then notify each eligible employee in writing. 3) The state retirement board and other relevant boards are required to establish and make the COVID-19 Essential Employee Retirement Credit Bonus available to eligible employees on or after the effective date of the act.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1669