HRS §88-97
Returning to work after earning a pension benefit
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If you left a job with a vested pension and come back before retiring, you rejoin the pension system and pay contributions under the rules in effect during your new period of service. When you retire, your pension is calculated using your total service under the formula that applies at that time.
employees
The statute, as written — Return to service of a member who has vested benefit status
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
If a former member who has a vested benefit status as provided in section 88-96(b) returns to service before the former member's retirement, the former member shall again become a member and shall contribute for membership service as provided by the law in effect during the member's reenrolled period of membership. Upon retirement, the member's benefit shall be the benefit computed with the member's combined service included under the formula in effect at the time of retirement.
Sections this one refers to
§88-96 Getting your pension money back when you leave a job
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