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Welcome to Frequently Asked Questions.  Please select a topic for more information.

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General Topics

Act 2002-38

Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) 

Act 2001-9  

Legislation with major changes to the retirement code.

Act 2002 - 234

Annuitant Return to Service - Extracurricular Activity

Disability

Process and qualifications for disability benefits

Annuitants/Retirees

Retirement check processing, estimated benefits, and changing beneficiaries

Death Benefits

Processing death benefits, when payments begin

Divorce

Impact of divorce on benefits

Employer Reporting

Reporting service credits, difference between termination day and last day of service, waiving membership

Estimate of Retirement Benefits

Completing the request form, interpreting the estimate and other related information

Health Options Program (HOP Official Web Site)

Enrollment process, types of coverage

Investments

Summary of investments, employer matching

Leaving Employment before Retirement

Vesting your account

Membership

Statement of Account information, multiple service credit, withdrawing from account while employed

Non-Qualifying Part-Time Service

Description, guidelines, application information, purchase information

Purchase of Service

Eligibility, application, types of service

Retirement Benefits & Process

Information you need to prepare to retire: eligibility, options, estimates, retirement counseling, applying for retirement

Taxes

Rollovers, taxability of withdrawn contributions, IRS forms

Interaction Applications

Benefit Summary

Members may view and print a record of their monthly retirement benefit, including deductions

Estimates on the Web

Version 1.0 of our evolving retirement benefit estimator

Maintain Accounts

How to manage your PSERS interaction account

My Menu

Navigating our web applications

Statement of Account

How members can view and print their most recent statement

The 1099R

Detail about the information reported on this IRS form

Pension Administration System Web Applications

Employer Security Administrators

How to establish an account and the duties of an Employer Security Administrator

Employer Contacts

Getting the right information to the right people - how employers can keep their PSERS contacts up to date online

Enrolling Members on the Web

Complete information for employers using our web-based Member Demographic and Contract Record to enroll/report new employees to PSERS

Logging In/General Help

How to log into the Employer web applications and more

Member Address

Help with updating a member's address on the web

Reporting Salary

Requirements for reporting through Contract Records and Work Reports using the web-based PAS

June 2004 Training FAQs

Additional information from the June 2004 Employer Training Sessions