Gvoernmental 401 vesting years of service

[Guest Steven N]

Can a governmental 401(a) plan define a year of service for vesting purposes to be more than 1,000 hours in a 12-consecutive moth period? If yes, is there a limit to how many hours can be required in order to be credited with a year of service?

[mbozek]

Can a governmental 401(a) plan define a year of service for vesting purposes to be more than 1,000 hours in a 12-consecutive moth period? If yes, is there a limit to how many hours can be required in order to be credited with a year of service?

government plans can set any period of service they want to use.

[david rigby]

government plans can set any period of service they want to use.

... within the contraints of the plan document, local statute, and (most commonly) state statute.