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Employer’s Guide to Retirement

This guide contains detailed information about service credit, contribution reporting, retirement plans, re-employed retirees, benefit calculations, and much more.

Please review and forward your suggestions to: EmployerGuide@lasersonline.org

Individual Chapters (text only)

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
  • Chapter 18 – Judicial Retirement Plans
  • Chapter 19 – Wildlife Agents Plan
  • Chapter 20 – Correctional Retirement Plans
  • Appendix A – How to Enroll and Terminate Members Using ESS
  • Appendix B – DROP v. IBO
  • Appendix C – LASERS Membership Categories
  • Appendix D – Glossary of Terms
Guide (all current chapters)

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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.

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FTP File Layout Guide for SOLARIS

This guide explains file layout requirements, file format rules, file rejection reasons, and more.

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Historic Agency Contribution Rates

This document contains all Historic Agency Contribution rates for LASERS retirement plans.

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