Working After Retirement - Judges
Judges do not have
a waiting period before they can return to work. District magistrate judges
cannot return to work
in Senior Judges Service. Other retired judges have three options for returning
to judicial service.
- You may enter into a two-year contract to return to temporary judicial duties for up to 104 days a year at 25 percent of your current salary. This agreement may be renewed for up to 12 years. You will continue to receive your retirement benefit, but you will not be an active, contributing member of the Retirement System for Judges.
- You may accept assignments from the Kansas Supreme Court to perform judicial services. You are paid on
a daily basis (per diem) and also receive compensation for subsistence, mileage and expenses. There is an annual earnings limit on per diem compensation. You will continue receiving your retirement benefit, but you will not be an active, contributing member of the Retirement System.
- If you are elected again or appointed as a judge, your retirement benefits will stop. You will resume active membership and earn additional service credit. When you retire again, your retirement benefit is recalculated.