Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 459 - OREGON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Division 75 - OPSRP PENSION PROGRAM
Section 459-075-0010 - Eligibility and Membership
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 459-075-0010
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Eligibility. An employee who is employed in a qualifying position on or after August 29, 2003 by an employer participating in the OPSRP Pension Program is eligible to become a member of that program, and maintain such membership, unless the employee:
(a) Has established
membership in the PERS Chapter 238 Program before August 29, 2003 under the
terms of ORS
238A.025 and has not terminated membership in that program under ORS
238.095;
(b) Is a judge member as defined in ORS
238.500;
(c) Elects to participate in an optional or
alternative retirement plan as provided in ORS Chapters 237, 243, 341, or 353;
or
(d) Is otherwise ineligible for
membership.
(2) Establishing Membership:
(a) An employee who
meets the requirements in section (1) of this rule becomes a member of the
OPSRP Pension Program on the first day of the calendar month following the
employee's completion of a waiting period of six full calendar months of
service in a qualifying position with the same participating public employer.
The six full calendar months of service may not be interrupted by more than 30
consecutive working days.
(b) The
waiting period begins on:
(A) The date the
employee is hired, and includes the month of hire as a full calendar month, if
the date of hire is the first business day of the month;
(B) The first day of the month following the
date of hire; or
(C) The first day
of the month following the end date of an interruption of service of more than
30 consecutive working days.
(c) In the event an employee is on an
official leave of absence as described in OAR 459-010-0010, the period of
absence shall not constitute an interruption of the waiting period under
subsection (a) of this section. The waiting period shall be extended by the
length of the leave of absence.
(d)
Absence from service by an educational employee during periods that the
employing educational institution is not in session shall not constitute an
interruption of the waiting period under subsection (a) of this
section.
(3) The provisions of this rule are retroactive to November 23, 2007.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 238A.450
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 238A.025, ORS 238A.100 & OL 2007 Ch. 769
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