Employer’s Guide to Retirement *NEW*
This guide contains detailed information about service credit, contribution reporting, retirement plans, re-employed retirees, benefit calculations, and much more. Please note this guide is a work in progress. The chapter and page numbers are subject to change and the links are not active.
Please review and forward your suggestions to: EmployerGuide@lasersonline.org
Download chapters here Employer’s Guide to Retirement
- Chapter 1 – Membership & Enrollment
- Chapter 2 – Service Credit
- Chapter 3 – Contribution Reporting
- Chapter 4 – Refund of Contributions
- Chapter 5 – Purchases, Transfers & Reciprocals
- Chapter 6 – Survivor Benefits
- Chapter 7 – The Retirement Process
- Chapter 8 – Retirement Benefit Calculation & Eligibility
- Chapter 9 – Retirement Options & Cost-of-Living Adjustments
- Chapter 10 – Regular Retirement
- Chapter 11 – Initial Benefit Option
- Chapter 12 – Deferred Retirement Option Plan
- Chapter 13 – Disability Retirement
- Chapter 14 – Conversion of Unused Annual & Sick Leave
- Chapter 15 – Re-employed Retirees
- Chapter 16 – Community Property & Divorce
- Chapter 17 – Hazardous Duty Services Plan
- Appendix A – How to Enroll and Terminate Members Using ESS
- Appendix B – DROP v. IBO
- Appendix D – Glossary of Terms
Employer Self-Service Contribution Reporting User Guide
The ESS guide contains information on logging in to Employer Self-Service, submitting employer and employee contributions, the employer Option 1A rehired retiree module, and more.
FTP File Layout Guide for SOLARIS
This guide explains file layout requirements, file format rules, file rejection reasons, and more.
Historic Agency Contribution Rates
This document contains all Historic Agency Contribution rates for LASERS retirement plans.
Liaison Memoranda
You can now view Liaison Memoranda by topic or by year.
Open Forum 2018
LASERS Annual Agency Open Forum was held on September 25, 2018.
Click here to view the 2018 Open Forum Book.
Video Sessions:
Publication Order Form
For cost-saving purposes, LASERS no longer prints the Member’s Guide to Retirement. However, you may request copies of certain chapters through this online form.