PERS Information Handbook
- Complete handbook
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Services for PERS members
- Membership
- Service credit
- Disability benefits
- Death benefits
- Pension benefits
- Retiree health benefits
- Working after retirement
- Divorce, taxes, and other legal issues
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Index
Complete PERS Information Handbook
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Table of Contents
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Introduction & General Information
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- Introduction
- Administration of the PERS
- Funding of the PERS DB Plan
- Appeals
Services for PERS Members
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- Retirement and Benefits Online
- Member Services Online
- Counseling Services
- Communicating with the PERS
- Writing the PERS
- Visiting and Calling the PERS
- Confidentiality of Records
Membership
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- Who is a Member of the PERS DB Plan?
- Employers Participating in the PERS DB Plan
- Employees Not Covered Under the PERS DB Plan
- Membership Tiers
- Simultaneous PERS and TRS Credit
- Contributions
- Refunds
- Time Limit for Refund or Benefit
- Tax Considerations
- Annual Statement
- Beneficiary Designation
Service Credit
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- Credited Service
- Reinstatement of Refunded Service
- Refund of Contributions on Cost-of-Living Differential
- Call to Active Duty Military Service
- Claimed Service
- Indebtedness Payments
Disability Benefits
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- Occupational Disability Benefits
- Nonoccupational Disability Benefits
- Vocational Rehabilitation Requirements
- Continuing Eligibility Requirements
- Converting to a Normal Retirement Benefit
- Peace Officers and Fire Fighters Receiving Occupational Disability Benefits
Death Benefits
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- Nonoccupational Death Before Retirement
- Occupational Death Before Retirement
- Death Benefit Payments
- Death Benefits for Retired Members
Pension Benefits
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- Vesting
- Minimum Requirements for Age-Based Retirement
- Minimum Requirements for Service-Based Retirement
- Pension Benefit Calculation
- Retirement Benefit Options
- Joint and Survivor Options
- Rights of Spouses and Dependents
- Refund Rights
- Establishing Benefit Entitlement
- How to Apply for Benefits
- Pension Benefit Payments
- Conditional Service Benefit
- Public Service Benefit
- Duplicate Benefits
- PERS and Your Social Security Pension Benefits
- After-Retirement Benefit Increases
Retiree Health Benefits
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- Medical Coverage at Retirement
- Optional Health and Life Plans
- Medicare and Your PERS Medical Coverage
Working After Retirement
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- Standard Option
- Waiver Option
- Retirement Incentive Programs
- Exceptions
- Earlier Retirement Incentive Programs
Divorce, Taxes, and Other Legal Issues
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- Divorce
- Local, State, and Federal Taxes
- Other Legal Issues
Appendix
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- Employers Participating in the PERS and Date Entered
- Early Retirement Factors
- Joint and Survivor Options
- Joint and Survivor Option Examples
- Indebtedness Factors
- Publication Resources
Glossary
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Index
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Posted 2011 PERS Handbook Web Edition 1/13/2012