Enrolling & Making Changes (Pension)

New employees should typically sign up for retirement benefits like the pension and 457 plan through the Human Resources Department when they're first hired.

New employees must contribute to the Brookline Contributory Retirement System (the pension fund).

You can review your benefits with the following forms:

Pension Enrollment & Beneficiaries

• New Member Pension Enrollment Form
• Add or change pension lump-sum beneficiaries (if you die before retirement)
  • Decide multiple people who will get the one-time lump-sum contributions you paid into the pension system if you die before retiring.
• Add or change pension annuity beneficiaries (Option D)
  • Option D lets a one surviving beneficiary get an annuity instead of a lump sum if you die before retirement.

How much will I earn in my pension?

That depends how long you've worked, what your salary was, and what kind of job you held. These charts show the percentage of your salary you will receive. 

Multiply the indicated percentage by the average of your highest consecutive three years of regular compensation.

• Pension Payment Percentage Chart (GROUP 1 employees hired after April 2, 2012)
  • Group 1 (most common): Officials and general employees including clerical, administrative and technical workers, laborers, mechanics, and all others not otherwise classified.
• Pension Payment Percentage Chart (GROUP 4 for employees hired after April 2, 2012)
  • Group 4: Certain public safety officers and officials, correction officers and certain other correction positions, and parole officers or parole supervisors.