If a government worker gets fired for committing a crime, do they lose their pension?
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May 11th, 2012
Cop, teacher, fireman, politician, military, civilian who works for the military, regular government worker (employee of a town, city, village, county, state, federal government), is convicted of a crime, do they lose the pension that they paid into?
Is the outcome different depending on the crime?
Is the outcome different depending on the length of their employment?
I had this discussion with several coworkers and nobody knew the answer. I googled it and perhaps because I did not enter the right terms, got all sorts of information, but nothing specific to the answers I was looking for.
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Not necessarily. If the crime did not involve their job, there is a good chance they will keep their pensions even though they’re in prison. In fact why should they. Consider a guy that spent 30 years in the military winning commendations and good conduct ribbons retires then shoots his wife. That in no way reflects on his military service. Why should he loose his pension.
Now consider this, there are people in prison drawing Social Security payments for the disabled because they are socially incapable of dealing with a job and other people without violence. Now that’s a crime!
Well, when the last German President was caught blackmailing a newspaper, he resigned, but he still got all the honours and benefits of regular presidential retirees.
Absolutely outrageous. He should have been drawn and quartered instead.
Yup.
When Nixon resigned, he preserved his pension. If the impeachment had gone through, he would have lost it all.
It depends on which government you are talking about. Each city, county, and state has its own unique set of employment circumstances.
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