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Tommy Wilharm
Guest
I live and work in Georgia. I have worked for a large city for 25 years. I had worked for this city for 6 years previously. We did not have a retirement plan for those first six years. Upon being interviewed for employment in 1978 I was told that if I would accept the job, I would be credited with the first six years as longevity for this term of employment which would increase my vacation time accrued and retirement time (Annual retirement pay equals 2% of salary per year worked). For all of these past 25 years I have been credited with the six years for vacation time which increases with each 5 years of longevity. For several years my employment date was shown as 1972 to account for the promised six years. At some time, this date was changed by our HR section to 1978, thus discounting the six years. I continued to get vacation time at the original rate. I have also continued to recieve recognition pins and letters (the last was a 30 year pin) Is it legal for them to change the original employment date which changes our original agreement thereby lowering my retirement pay by 12% of my annual income?