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LIAISON MEMORANDA BY TOPIC

Common Topics

  • Adjunct Professors (11-27)
  • Retirement Eligible Contributions and Wage Types (13-13)
  • Part-Time Employees (16-14)
  • Suggestions for Leave Certification (14-10)
  • Steps to Retirement (16-16)
  • Reporting Base Pay for Members with Dual Employment (16-28)
  • Termination Date (10-12)
  • 2019-2020 Employer Contribution Rates (19-05)
  • Emoluments (07-10)
  • Optional Membership / SSA (17-28)
  • Enrollment in LASERS for Part-Time, Intermittent, Temporary, Emergency, WAE, and Job Appointment Employees (13-16)
  • Reporting Leave Without Pay (13-24)

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General Policies

06-12: Cash Acceptance Policy
06-15: New Tax Notice from LASERS
07-01: Check 21 – Deposits of Agency Contributions
12-15: Privatization
12-22: Layoffs
15-01: Paperless Annual Statements
15-12: Updating Agency Contact Information in ESS
16-08: Act 368 of 2015 – Collection of Litter Fines
16-24: Submissions of LASERS Documents via Fax

Retirement

07-02: Pension Protection Act of 2006
10-01: New Retirement Option
10-06: LASERS Required Documents
11-31: Self-Funded COLA Not Best Choice for All
11-32: Vesting in LASERS for Rank-And-File Members
13-19: Selecting a Retirement Date
16-16: Steps to Retirement
16-23: Self-Funded COLA Election – New Form
23-01: Important Reminders for Selecting a Retirement Date

Enrollments/Terminations

06-08: Act 75 of the 2005 Regular Session
06-14: Certification at End of Employment Forms
07-04: Employment Status of LASERS Members
08-01: Eligibility in LASERS
08-02: LASERS Dual Employment Eligibilities
10-12: Termination Date
10-20: Member Registration Form 1-1 (ER1)
11-04: DROP and retirement eligibility changes for employees covered under ACT 75
12-27: Additional Steps in Hiring Process (Benefit Forfeiture)
13-16: Enrollment in LASERS for Part-Time, Intermittent, Temporary, Emergency, WAE, and Job Appointment Employees
14-13: Commission and Board Members Not Eligible for LASERS
15-19: Employees Hired After July 1, 2015
16-02: LASERS Training Class
16-12: Educating Early Career Members on LASERS
16-27: Survivor Benefits – Definition of a Minor Child
16-28: Reporting Base Pay for Members with Dual Employment
17-04: New Learning Opportunities for LASERS Members
17-14: New Video about the Deferred Compensation Plan
17-28: Optional Membership / Social Security
18-18: 2018 Legislation on Retirement Issues

Rehired Retirees

12-21: Procedures When Hiring Re-employed Retirees
13-23: Rehired Retirees

Contribution Eligibility

07-10: Emoluments
12-07: Employer Provided Cell Phones
12-23: Retirement Eligibility on Optional Pay
13-13: Retirement Eligible Contributions and Wage Types

Part-Time Employees

11-14: LASERS Eligibility for Part-Time Employees
16-14: Part-Time Employees

Adjunct Professors

11-27: Adjunct Professors

Leave & Furlough

06-01: Agency Reporting for Furloughed Employees
07-08: USERRA
09-21: Contributions for Furloughed Employees-Unclassified Employee
13-02: Leave Certification Form
13-24: Reporting Leave Without Pay (LWOP)
14-10: Suggestions for Leave Certification
16-07: Use of Leave When Returning to State Service
17-02: Payment of Leave for Certain Unclassified Officials
20-03: Reporting LWOP for Non-LaGov Agencies

Purchases & Refunds

11-19: 2011 Legislation
11-23: Air Time for Retirement Eligibility Purchases
13-15: Reminder on Air Time Purchases and Health Insurance Premiums
13-27: Refund of Accumulated Contribution Process

Administrative Errors

06-04: Agency Delinquent Contributions
07-09: Interest on Delinquent Contributions
24-02: Administrative Errors on Retirement Applications

Hazardous Duty

10-19: Act 992 Hazardous Duty Personnel
10-26: Act 992 New Retirement Plan Codes
10-27: HAZ Plan Transition Information
11-01: HAZ Plan Transition Update
11-05: Important Act 992 Reminders
11-07: HAZ Plan Enrollment Extension
11-12: HAZ Plan Enrollment Extension
11-13: HAZ Plan Enrollment Effective Date
11-15: HAZ Plan Enrollment Deadline

Disability

11-09: Applying for Disability
12-26: Disability Retirement for Employees with 20 Years
13-06: Disability Retirement for Employees with 20 Years (Clarification of Liaison Memo 12-26)

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